·2000年，拍摄电影《欢乐之屋》(The House of Mirth)时，Eric Stoltz给Laura Linney看了剧本，她便马上决定加入本片的拍摄。·本片标题指的是美国自然历史博物馆里的一个获奖展览：一头巨型鱿鱼与鯨鱼的搏斗。这个展览出现在本片结尾。 ·影片拍摄用了23天。·比尔·默瑞本来要出演男主角，但最后时刻却退出了，因为他想要在出演《破碎之花》后休息一下，于是这个角色被杰夫·丹尼斯接替了。
Bernard Berkman: Joan, let me ask you something. All that work I did at the end of our marriage, making dinners, cleaning up, being more attentive. It never was going to make a difference, was it? You were leaving no matter what... 伯纳德：琼，我要问你，在我们婚姻的最后阶段，我所做的那些事，做晚餐、打扫、更关心人……都没有用么？无论如何你都要离开……Joan Berkman: You never made a dinner. 琼：你从没做过晚餐。Bernard Berkman: I made burgers that time you had pneumonia. 伯纳德：你得肺炎的时候我做过汉堡。--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Frank Berkman: Across the park? Is that still Brooklyn? 弗兰克：穿过公园，那还是布鲁克林么？复制复制成功复制失败，请手动复制
