The Piano

• The last movie Nirvana Frontman Kurt Cobain watched before he died.
• The play performed in the movie is an adaptation of "Bluebeard", which is a French fairy tale recorded by Charles Perrault about a man who marries, kills his wives after they fail a test, stashes their bodies in a small chamber, then marries again. In the original story, the main character (Bluebeard's current wife) escapes her psychopathic husband and finds happiness elsewhere.
• Movie Goof (continuity error): When the boat leaves the island, Ada trails her hand in the water, which is still and calm. On long shots, it is foaming from the action of the oars, and the boat on the water.
• Movie Goof (anachronisms): SPOILER: Ada has three pierce marks in her anatomical left ear, seen when she is sleeping after her finger has been cut off. Women of GB did not have that practice during this period.