Primary Colors Trivias

When Libby and Henry are driving back from the Florida meeting, the reflections on their windows are in slow motion.When Norman Asher suggests going on talk shows, his lips say, "Oprah," but the soundtrack says, "Montel.".When Henry looks out the window at the hotel in Manchester, New Hampshire, he gazes at a Krispy Kreme donut shop. In 1992 there were no Krispy Kreme donut shops in the state of New Hampshire.

While the movie is based on events taking place in 1992, the cars used in the movie are later models.During Thanksgiving at Jack's home, his mother asks everyone to sing "You Are My Sunshine" "in honor of all the southern governors" but her mouth says something completely different.

On the morning after Henry's first trip to New Hampshire (which was made spontaneously, without any change of clothes or luggage), his shirt nonetheless changes repeatedly between shots.Near the beginning of the film, Stanton's tie is back to front, but in the next shot it's round the right way.

Stanton's hand positions during speech to senior citizens.When Gov. Stanton is on "Geraldo" Richard Jemmons compares Henry to Libby "who actually goes crazy when her candidate turns out not to be the rock her church was built on", but his mouth does not sync with "the rock".

The lead was originally offered to Tom Hanks, who turned it down because of his friendship with then-President 'Bill Clinton' .

Then-President 'Bill Clinton' enjoyed the film so much that he even invited John Travolta to a party, on one condition, he must come as Governor Jack Stanton. John Travolta declined.John Travolta gained 30 pounds to play Jack Stanton.

Mel Gibson was considered to play the lead but was turned down in favor of John Travolta.The house used as the Picker house is Oak Alley Plantation - same site of Louis' house in Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994).

This film was the opening film of the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.Allison Janney said that she was offered the role of C.J. Cregg on "The West Wing" (1999) after Aaron Sorkin saw her small part as Miss Walsh in this film.