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Ellen Burstyn received an Emmy nomination for her performance, even though her character only appears on-screen for eleven seconds, and has only two lines.

Jean Harris served her prison term at the Bedford Hills Correctional Institute. It still functions as a women's prison. In a strange coincidence, the name of the road that leads to the main gate is Harris Road.

The Tarnower bedroom depicted in this movie is an exact replica, down to the smallest detail, of Herman Tarnower's bedroom as it was in 1980. As was the Tarnower dining room and trophy room. However, in this movie, more animal heads cover the walls.

Ellen Burstyn and Cloris Leachman previously appeared in The Last Picture Show (1971), where they both received their first Oscar nominations (both competed with each other and Leachman won].

Ellen Burstyn, who appears in a minor role in this movie, played Jean Harris in 1981, only a short time after her trial, in the docudrama "The People vs. Jean Harris," which was based on actual court transcripts. Burstyn received an Emmy nomination.