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New York City | Based On Novel Or Book
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Best Music Scoring of Music Adaptation or Treatment | 1968 | John
Most Promising Newcomer Female | 1968 | Sharon
Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special | 1969 | André
Best Classic DVD | 2006
Drama | 1968
Favorite Motion Picture | 1968 | Sharon
Budget 5,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 50,000,000 USD
Judy Garland originally was cast in the role of Helen Lawson. She was fired because of her drinking and behavior and was replaced by Susan Hayward. Other actors considered as replacements were Tammy Grimes and Bette Davis.
Censorship restrictions at the time prevented some of the book's more colorful instances from making it into the film, such as Jennifer's experimentation with lesbianism, Ted Casablanca's homosexuality, and Tony's predilection for anal sex.
Mark Robson had a very combative relationship with all his actresses, particularly singling out Sharon Tate for his harsh treatment. Patty Duke hated working with him, and years later, after his death, still called him "a mean son of a bitch".
The novel and, by extension, this film adaptation are loosely based on novelist Jacqueline Susann's experience as an actress from the late 1930s to the late 1950s. When her acting career never took off, she settled for her second career of choice - writing novels.
Some ads for the film featured photos of the female leads, along with taglines about each individual character and her pill color of preference. (e.g., "This is so-and-so; she took the red pills.") Unfortunately, the ad department hadn't paid much attention to the movie, because the same approach was taken with Susan Hayward's character Helen Lawson - the only lead female character who didn't take pills and, in fact, was quite vocal in her dislike of recreational pill-popping.
"Neely O'Hara: Boobies, boobies, boobies. Nothin' but boobies! Who needs 'em? I did great without 'em."
"Miriam Polar: Tony, how many times do I have to tell you? At night, all cats are gray."
