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Best Actor in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical | 1981 | Walter
Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium | 1981 | Brian
Best Motion Picture | 1981 | Brian
The Oktoberfest scene at the beginning of the film was not staged. The filmmakers hid eight cameras to prevent people from knowing they were being filmed.
Sam Waterston arrived late to begin filming because his role in Heaven's Gate (1980) ran much longer than anticipated. By the time he began his work as Cutter he was exhausted. As a result people mention how awful he looks two times, and he blames jet lag.
Glenda Jackson was reportedly delighted at the prospect of re-teaming with Walter Matthau after having co-starred with him a couple of years prior in the romantic comedy House Calls (1978).
Walter Matthau, who lost family and friends in the Holocaust, only agreed to travel to Germany to shoot the opening Oktoberfest scene on condition that his son, David Matthau, was cast as Ross.
The U.S. State Department issued several "real" passports for Matthau's character's several aliases. The documents were filmed in tight close-ups and were kept in a safe at the production company's office for security. When filming was complete, they were returned by hand to the State Department.
"Carla: You seem like a nice man. You remind me of my father. Kendig: That's always been my problem."
"[first lines] Kendig: Hey Yaskov, how are ya? Yaskov: Kendig. What as unexpected pleasure. Kendig: May I have it please? Yaskov: Have what? Kendig: I got it all on film, Yaskov. You don't want to deal with the West Germans, they don't like Russian Intelligence, you know that. Just give it to me, and we'll forget all about it. Yaskov: I could make a run for it, you know. Kendig: Come on, Yaskov. You running, me chasing? We'd look like Laurel and Hardy."
