This article is from the Movie Trivia, by Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au with numerous contributions by others.
- 'Mark Knopfler' (qv), lead singer of Dire Straits, wrote the soundtrack for
this film. Lyrics from a previous Dire Straits album ``Love Over Gold'' are
used as dialog in the film: ``I hear the terrible twins came to call on
you'' is similar to: ``I hear the seven deadly sins came to call on you'',
and ``The bigger they are, baby, the harder they fall on you'' are both
lyrics from the song ``It Never Rains''. Alan Bird says the words ``dire
staits'' in one of the radio studio scenes shortly after Maddy has left him.
 
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