The movie's star, Luciano Pavarotti, refused to work more than 12 hours a day and also declined to work after 8 pm. On-set, he insisted that he only be filmed in angles that made him look smaller. Allegedly, he made so many demands that crew-members began to jokingly call the film "No, Luciano" (a parody of the actual title ''Yes, Giorgio'').
Apparently, the original review of the film in People Magazine was just two words long. It read: "YES, GIORGIO (PG) - No, Pavarotti".
The film has been noted for being an adult love story without an adult love scene, with the film providing a food fight instead as a Freudian substitute (i.e. a love scene or a sex scene).
The film was made and released about 21 years after its same-named source novel by Anne Piper had been first published in 1961.
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