Near the end of the film, a character mentions that Dr. Howard (Julie Andrews) used to give out Hershey bars on Halloween. Then another character calls her "the Hershey lady". Hershey bars are a running joke in the first film that Garner and Andrews made together, The Americanization of Emily, in 1964. The last line of that film is "I'll settle for a Hershey bar" (Emily).
Cast and crew were interviewed behind the scenes while filming "One Special Night." Julie Andrews said, "I had no idea how cold it was going to be up here in Montreal." Director Roger Young said, "We had one day when it was 38 degrees below zero Fahrenheit." Andrews said, "A newscaster on the television came out that morning, and he threw a glass of water into the air, and it was snow before it hit the ground. And, we'd been filming outdoors and at night."
James Garner, interviewed while working on "One Special Night," said of Julie Andrews, "Anybody that's ever been around Julie for ten minutes falls in love with her."
The director, Roger Young, talked behind the scenes about working with Julie Andrews and James Garner on the TV movie, "One Special Night." He said, "There is no work with the stars - they're too good. They're wonderful people. They're very professional... prepared. The crew loves 'em, I love 'em, they're the best. I mean, you know, they're the best. It's not work - it's fun."
The director of "One Special Night," Roger Young, in an interview during the filming of the movie, talked about the kissing scenes between Julie Andrews and James Garner. Young says, "We had a kissing scene yesterday, and he (Garner) thinks with all the retakes and different angles that they've had in all their pictures, they probably have kissed about 500 times."