This would be the first of two Oscar-nominated films where Wexler would be fired and replaced by Butler, the second being One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), where Wexler had similar problems with Miloš Forman.
Bio je ovo prvi od dva filma nominirana za Oscar gdje je Wexler otpušten i zamijenjen Butlerom; drugi je bio Let iznad kukavičjeg gnijezda (1975.), gdje je Wexler imao sličnih problema s Milošom Formanom.