 This was the last film shot by director of photography  Conrad L. Hall (qv). One day, when he was setting up a shot of  Paul Newman (I) (qv), Hall looked through his vewfinder and began  to cry. When asked what was wrong, he just said "He was so  beautiful. He was so beautiful." Tom Hanks (qv) said that when he  walks onto sets, hes used to walking over wires and cables and  other lighting and camera equipment; Hanks said he never had to do  that on the set of this film because Hall was so organized.