In the music credits at the end of the film, all songs sung by Stillwater are credited to the characters who would have written them.
This motion picture is a work of fiction. The character "Penny Lane" is loosely based on an actual person. Most of the other characters in this photoplay, and all events, are fictitious."
In the opening credits, Frances McDormand's name is originally misspelled (as Francis), but the hand writing the names erases and corrects the name.
The opening credits are presented in the form of notes being hand-written on a set of note cards. The hand writing the credits is director Cameron Crowe's.
At the end, one can hear a record changer playing the outgoing groove of a record, the needle lifting, and the player shutting off.
Photographs of Stillwater, William, and the Band-Aids are shown during the final credits.
At the beginning, right when the 'vinyl records' credit comes up, a record player needle can be heard to land on a record. There is a bit of fuzz, and then the music kicks in.
In the special edition DVD the extended cut of the film is renamed "Untitled".
Actress Amy Wright is credited for the role of 'Mrs. Deegan' in the director's cut of the movie on DVD in 2001, but not on Blu-ray 2008. Actor Shannon Saint Ryan is credited on director's cut DVD as 'Shannon St Ryan'. On the director's cut Blu-ray, he's 'Shannon Saint Ryan'. Actor Bodhi Pine Elfman is on director's cut DVD 'Bodie Elfman', on director's cut Blu-ray 'Bodhi Elfman'.