The title is the phonetic translation of the words "Mi ricordo" (I remember) as spelled in the dialect of Rimini, the town in which the director Federico Fellini was born, and where the film is set. The correct spelling should be "A m'arcord".
Director Federico Fellini has denied that the movie is autobiographical, but agreed that there are similarities with his own childhood.
The Mille Miglia was a thousand mile endurance race conducted on open roads in Italy from 1927 - 1957.
The first movie ever released on home video in the "letterbox" format (on an RCA SelectaVision CED videodisc, January, 1984), preceding the letterbox laserdisc release of Woody Allen's Manhattan (1979) by eight months.
In the Italian version, the voice of Titta narrating the trailer can be heard. He tells about his family, his friends, his passions, and what is the real meaning of Amarcord.