Editing Scent of a Woman (1992 film) (section)

==Production==
The rights to remake [[Dino Risi]]'s ''[[Scent of a Woman (1974 film)|Profumo di donna]]'' were purchased by [[Ovidio G. Assonitis]] and first slated for presale by Ronald DeNeef's Rainbow International at MIFED in October 1988, alongside Assonitis's ''[[Beyond the Door III]]'' and ''[[Midnight Ride (film)|Midnight Ride]]'' (then called ''Nowhere to Run'').<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 19, 1988 |title=Mixed Bag of Italian Prods Are Up For Sale at Mifed |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://read-archive.variety.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&edid=cf15081d-d9bd-484d-bbc2-49ebb0f375a1&pnum=298&search=%22Scent+of+a+Woman%22&archiveopen=true |access-date=June 21, 2024}}</ref> When Assonitis became Chairman of [[The Cannon Group, Inc.|Cannon Pictures Inc.]] in 1989, he announced that his films currently in development and production, including the remake of ''Scent of a Woman'', would be made and released under the Cannon banner.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 23, 1989 |title=Cannon Reborn with Assonitis, Pierce at Top |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://read-archive.variety.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&edid=cef9203c-03ef-420e-bea7-007270a5eb06&pnum=17&search=%22Scent+of+a+Woman%22&archiveopen=true |access-date=June 21, 2024}}</ref>

By May 1990, Cannon Pictures had entered into an agreement with [[Universal Pictures]] to produce the film.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 16, 1990 |title=Pathe Unloads Cannon In Complex Deal With Trihoof |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://read-archive.variety.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&edid=b47b5206-a0c8-4622-acbe-a19f9f4cb285&pnum=19&search=%22Scent+of+a+Woman%22&archiveopen=true |access-date=June 21, 2024}}</ref> in 1991, [[Bo Goldman]] was hired to write the screenplay. He later said, "If there is a moral to the film, it is that if we leave ourselves open and available to the surprising contradictions in life, we will find the strength to go on."<ref name="2006 UK DVD" />

[[Martin Brest]] was approached to direct the film in April 1991, and chose this film over another potential remake with which he was presented, a remake of ''[[Death Takes a Holiday]]'' (which was made and released by Universal as ''[[Meet Joe Black]]'' starring [[Brad Pitt]], [[Claire Forlani]] and [[Anthony Hopkins]]).<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 9, 1991 |title=Gartner Veepee of Development At Brest Firm |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://read-archive.variety.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&edid=98e2bfaa-8a7e-4d00-91a4-5906145b8b7d&pnum=3&search=%22Scent+of+a+Woman%22&archiveopen=true |access-date=June 21, 2024}}</ref> By early August, Brest had officially signed, and [[Al Pacino]] was being sought for the lead.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 8, 1991 |title=Brest Will Direct, Produce U's Scent |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://read-archive.variety.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&edid=9307f36e-3033-4de9-960b-35a9e1299ae1&pnum=1&search=%22Scent+of+a+Woman%22&archiveopen=true |access-date=June 21, 2024}}</ref> Pacino officially signed on the following month.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 6, 1991 |title=Just for Variety |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://read-archive.variety.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&edid=0de9e715-4bbc-4d3a-b9f9-8ab56f976dce&pnum=2&search=%22Scent+of+a+Woman%22 |access-date=June 21, 2024}}</ref>

===Casting===
Rising young actors, including [[Matt Damon]], [[Ben Affleck]], [[Brendan Fraser]], [[Anthony Rapp]], [[Randall Batinkoff]], [[Dante Basco]], [[Chris Rock]] and [[Stephen Dorff]] auditioned for the role of Charlie Simms<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 4, 2012 |title=Meet Matt Damon |website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/1997/12/matt-damon-199712 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413085146/http://www.vanityfair.com/news/1997/12/matt-damon-199712 |archive-date=April 13, 2016 |access-date=June 15, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Wolfe |first=Alexandra |date=November 16, 2013 |title=Stephen Dorff on the Motel Life and Finding Good Roles |work=Wall Street Journal |url=http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304644104579194191922133818 |url-status=live |access-date=June 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724001105/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304644104579194191922133818 |archive-date=July 24, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=December 3, 2014 |title=Chris Rock: The Rolling Stone Interview |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/chris-rock-the-rolling-stone-interview-20141203 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118172321/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/chris-rock-the-rolling-stone-interview-20141203 |archive-date=January 18, 2018 |access-date=June 15, 2021}}</ref> before [[Chris O'Donnell]] was cast in November 1991.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 19, 1991 |title=Just for Variety |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://read-archive.variety.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&edid=ff5a9365-0a29-4920-823c-3af0d5a720ae&pnum=2&search=%22Scent+of+a+Woman%222 |access-date=June 21, 2024}}</ref> [[Jack Nicholson]] was offered the role of Lt. Col. Frank Slade but turned it down.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 17, 2017 |title=15 Facts About 'Scent of a Woman' |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/84058/15-facts-about-scent-woman |website=Mental Floss |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513071050/https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/84058/15-facts-about-scent-woman |archive-date=May 13, 2021 |access-date=June 15, 2021}}</ref>

===Research===
Pacino painstakingly researched his part in ''Scent of a Woman''. To understand what it feels like to be blind, he met clients of New York's Associated Blind, being particularly interested in accounts by those who had lost their sight due to trauma. Clients traced the entire progression for him—from the moment when they knew that they would never see again to the depression and through to acceptance and adjustment. The [[Lighthouse Guild|Lighthouse]], an advocacy group for the blind also in New York, schooled him in techniques that a vision impaired person might use to find a chair and seat themselves, pour liquid from a bottle, and light a cigar.<ref name="2006 UK DVD">{{Cite AV media |title=Scent of a Woman |date=2006 |last=Brest, Martin (director) |type=DVD |publisher=[[Universal Pictures|Universal Pictures (UK)]] |place=United Kingdom |chapter=Production notes}}</ref>

===Filming===
Production on ''Scent of a Woman'' began on December 3, 1991, in New York City,<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 6, 1991 |title=Film Production Chart |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://read-archive.variety.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&edid=2738b05f-0fd8-4eef-8515-63cc8fd8d0ba&pnum=12&search=%22Scent+of+a+Woman%22 |access-date=June 21, 2024}}</ref> and ran until April 1992.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 3, 1992 |title=Film Production Chart |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://read-archive.variety.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&edid=ac34cd19-a239-45e0-86f7-203181ff1910&pnum=14&search=%22Scent+of+a+Woman%22 |access-date=June 21, 2024}}</ref> It was filmed in the following US locations.<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 29, 1992 |title=A Sight for Sore Eyes |work=[[Newsweek]] |url=http://www.newsweek.com/1992/03/30/a-sight-for-sore-eyes.html |url-status=live |access-date=November 14, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054511/http://www.newsweek.com/1992/03/30/a-sight-for-sore-eyes.html |archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Brooklyn]], New York City
* [[DUMBO, Brooklyn|Dumbo]] neighborhood, Brooklyn, New York City
* [[Emma Willard School]], 285 Pawling Avenue, [[Troy, New York|Troy]], New York
* [[Hempstead House]], Sands Point Preserve, 95 Middleneck Road, [[Port Washington, New York|Port Washington]], [[Long Island]], New York
* Long Island, New York
* Manhattan, New York City
* [[Meeting House for the New York Society of Ethical Culture]], [https://ethical.nyc/rentals/ Alder Hall], 2 W 64th St, New York, NY (Frank's speech defending Charlie)
* [[Newark Liberty International Airport]], Newark, New Jersey
* [[Oak Room (Plaza Hotel)|The Oak Room]], The [[Plaza Hotel]], Fifth Avenue at 59th Street, Manhattan, New York City (where Frank and Charlie have dinner)
* [[Pierre Hotel]], Fifth Avenue & 61st Street, Manhattan, New York City, Cotillion Ballroom (where Frank and Donna dance the tango)
* Port Washington, Long Island, New York
* [[Prince's Bay]], [[Staten Island]], New York City
* [[Princeton, New Jersey|Princeton]], New Jersey
* [[Queens]], New York City
* [[Rockefeller College]]—Upper Madison Hall, [[Princeton University]], Princeton, New Jersey (scene at the Baird library)
* Staten Island, New York City
* [[Troy, New York|Troy]], New York
* Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, 301 Park Avenue, Manhattan, New York City (Frank's hotel)

===Music===
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| name       = Scent of a Woman
| type       = Soundtrack
| artist     = [[Thomas Newman]]
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| released   = January 19, 1993
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| genre      = [[Soundtrack]], [[instrumental]]
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| label      = [[MCA Records|MCA]]
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The soundtrack music for the film is composed and conducted by [[Thomas Newman]]. The tango to which Frank and Donna dance is "[[Por una Cabeza]]".{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}