Board for the final chess game was initially turned the wrong way. A white square should always be on the player's right side.
Fina Strazza's debut.
Both Ralph Macchio and F. Murray Abraham made their cinematic breakthrough 30 years before the release of A Little Game. Macchio starred as Daniel LaRusso in The Karate Kid (1984), which spawned three sequels (Macchio reprises his role as LaRusso in the second and third film) and a 2010 remake starring Jaden Smith, while Abraham starred as envious composer Antonio Salieri in Amadeus (1984), a biopic of the legendary classical composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart which also tells his cold rivalry with Salieri. At The 57th Annual Academy Awards (1985), Amadeus won 8 Oscars, and Abraham's portrayal of Salieri earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor, while his co-star Tom Hulce, who portrayed the titular role of Mozart, ended up being nominated for the category that year. Also, in the same ceremony, Macchio's co-star in The Karate Kid, Pat Morita, was nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category for his memorable role as Mr. Miyagi in the film. The award went to Haing S. Ngor for The Killing Fields (1984).