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• When Bette Midler takes the stage at the town Halloween Party, she says "Hello Salem, my name is Winifred. What's yours?". This is a take-off of the famous line, "Hello world, my name is Rose, what's yours?" that is spoken by Mama Rose in the musical "Gypsy". Midler played Mama Rose in the television version, Gypsy (1993) (TV), the same year this film was released.
  
  
• The role of Max Dennison was originally offered to Leonardo DiCaprio, but was given to Omri Katz when DiCaprio turned it down to appear in What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993).
  
  
• The ballad hit "Almost Unreal" by Swedish pop duo Roxette was originally meant to be included in the movie's soundtrack, but it was dropped and used in Super Mario Bros. (1993) instead.
  
  
• Charles Rocket acquired a certain notoriety for swearing on live television during the final moments of the 21 February 1981 episode of "Saturday Night Live" (1975). There's an in-joke in connection to this, where he says to Max, "Watch your language!".
  
  
• Omri Katz was unwell at the time of his first audition, and was initially rejected for the role of Max.
  
  
• There were seven statues made of Bette Midler for the scene in which she bursts in the sunlight toward the end of the movie. One of the statues, along with Winnie's spell book, is housed at the Planet Hollywood restaurant in Orlando, Florida.
  
  
• Rosie O'Donnell was originally offered the role of Mary Sanderson, but it was ultimately given to Kathy Najimy. O'Donnell claims on her blog that she turned down the offer to work with the Divine Miss M because she didn't want to be a "scary witch".
  
  
• After having locked the Sanderson sisters in the school kiln, the three kids celebrate as they walk to the park. The house shown directly behind Max and Thackery while they talk is, ironically, the residential edifice used as Thora Birch's home in 1999's American Beauty (1999).
  
  
• During the final fight in the cemetery, the background music imitates Miss Gulch's (the Wicked Witch) theme from The Wizard of Oz (1939).
  
  
• The film grossed $39,514,713. Although it became more popular over the years; not only is it a cult favorite but it also can be viewed regularly on television during the month of October.
  
  
• Brother and sister Garry Marshall and Penny Marshall play husband and wife. He's the one dressed as Satan.
  
  
• Several scenes appear in the original trailer that are not included in any theatrical, VHS, or DVD version of the film. They include the kids attempting to push the witches into a pool, the witches being surrounded by trick-or-treaters holding out their hands, and Mary snacking in a grocery store only to be dragged out by Winifred.
  
  
• During a February 10, 2008 interview on the BBC show "Breakfast", Bette Midler stated that out of all of her films, this was her favorite.
  
  
• Tobias Jelinek plays a character named Jay. Oddly enough, his physical appearance as well as his personality reflects the character Jay, of the Jay and Silent Bob fame.
  
  
• A kid wearing a Michael Myers Mask and Clown Suit was seen out the front of the "Devils" house.
  
  

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