The Bonfire of the Vanities

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• In the opening tracking shot, when Bruce Willis gets in the elevator, Brian De Palma can be seen, dressed up as a waiter. It was technically impossible for the camera crew and the director to stay off camera in that shot, so De Palma chose to do a cameo there. To be unrecognizable, he shaved off his trademark beard.
• 'Bruce Willis (I)' was added to the cast to provide box office clout despite the fact that none of his non-action movies had ever turned a profit. His fee was $5 million, $4 million more than top-billed Tom Hanks.
• F. Murray Abraham's contract for this movie stipulated that his name appear above the title in the advertising, or not at all. Since the producers already had Tom Hanks, Melanie Griffith, 'Bruce Willis (I)' and Morgan Freeman above the title, Abraham chose not to be credited.
• The cover of Peter Fallow's book at the end is based on the original hardcover design of Tom Wolfe's novel "The Bonfire Of The Vanities."