The Fly (1958 film)/Trivia


 * Star-Making Role For Jeff Goldblum.
 * So much so that Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert actually said he was snubbed an Oscar nomination for Best Actor because of the Academy's refusal to consider horror when working out candidates. It truly is one of Goldblum's most riveting performances.
 * What Could Have Been: Musician Bryan Ferry originally composed a song called Help Me at Mel Brooks and Stuart Cornfield's commission and was originally going to be played in the movie's closing credits. However, David Cronenberg, despite liking the song, felt that it was inappropriate to the film itself and after screening to Brooks and Cornfield, they all agreed that the song didn't mesh with the film, resulting with the song being played only in the film's bar scene and not being included in the movie's soundtrack album making the song extremely rare.
 * A second remake was in the works, to be directed by Todd Lincoln, produced by Fox Searchlight, and was to be released in 2006.