 This was Woody Allen (qv)s first movie for the fledgling Orion  Pictures, whose executives had run United Artists and produced  Allens movies for that company. Allens first Orion film was to  have been _Zelig (1983)_ (qv) which was held up because of technical  problems. When Orion insisted upon a sooner movie, Allen obliged by  quickly writing the screenplay for "Sex Comedy."