Harrison Ford fans know he was cut from the movie, but if you're careful you can still see him: in the prison scene, the man standing next to the door against the wall is Harrison ·Ford.
· Antonioni's original arrangement ended with a plane drawing in the air: "Fuck you, America!" This section was eventually cut by the owner of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.
· Antonioni's leftist political views brought a lot of controversy to the film. Because "Zabriskie Point" was declared anti-American, the producers were exhausted by opposing forces on all sides. The FBI had infiltrated the crew, the rightists kept protesting at the filming location, the anti-war students were afraid of being betrayed, the Oakland governor sued Antonioni for causing a riot, and so on.
A piano piece by Pink Floyd for a violent scene was not adopted by Antonioni, however, the piece was later re-arranged by the band for the "Shadows of the Moon" album.
· Antonioni met Jim Morrison early in filming, and asked him to score the film, but his work was ultimately rejected.
