Trivia: This was the first film from a black director to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Trivia: Joanne Rogers, Fred Rogers' widow, has a cameo as one of the restaurant patrons in the scene where Fred tells Lloyd to take a minute to think of all of the people who have loved him. So does David Alexander Newell, who played Mister McFeely.
Trivia: At the beginning, Robert Downey Jr, as Chaplin, sits down to take off his make-up. On the table is a picture of Geraldine Chaplin who is Chaplin's daughter, and later she plays his mother.
Trivia: "Selby Wall", played by Christina Ricci, is a totally fictional character. She does not exist. Wuornos' lover was Tyria Moore, who is tall and stocky and looks nothing like Ricci. There is evidence that Wuornos told Moore about at least one of the murders she committed (Richard Mallory in November 1989) and she didn't report it. She agreed to make the phone call to Wuornos, taped by the police, in exchange for immunity from prosecution. This is correctly depicted in the film.
Trivia: Both Frank Langella and Michael Sheen played their respective roles in the original Broadway production.
Trivia: At the dinner party, while somebody is recording with a camera, there a lady with blonde short hair, she is Concepcion Valenzuela, Ritchie Valens' real life mother.
Trivia: During the filming of one scene in a native village, Klaus Kinski hit one of the extras over the head with his sword, almost killing him. The man survived because he had a helmet on.
Trivia: Although they play mother and son, Agnes Moorehead was only 8 years older than James Stewart.
Trivia: Brenda Fricker is only 12 years older than her on-screen son, Sir Daniel Day-Lewis.
Trivia: In the movie, when we first see Lady Jane Grey, we see a painting of Helena Bonham Carter as Jane. The portrait this was based on was long believed to be the only known portrait of Lady Jane but is now reclassified as Henry VIII's last wife, Catherine Parr. It is in the National Portrait Gallery, London, England.
Trivia: Bound For Glory was the first production to make use of the Steadicam.
Trivia: Terry S. Mercer, the helicopter pilot that rescues Aron at the end of the film, is the actual pilot that rescued the real Aron Ralston.
Trivia: Early on in the movie, when Ian Curtis (played by Sam Riley) enters his parents living room, there is a picture of the real Ian Curtis as a boy on the mantelpiece.
Trivia: Fabian Marta, one of the patrons who helped crowdfund this film, was ironically arrested and charged with child kidnapping in August 2023. Additionally, Tim Ballard, on whom this film is based, stepped down from Operation Underground Railroad in the same year after receiving multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.
Trivia: The Inn Of The Sixth Happiness tells the story of Gladys Aylward, an English missionary in China. The casting of Ingrid Bergman in the role was quite amazing, especially considering that Gladys Aylward was still alive at the time. Ingrid Bergman, who exuded glamour throughout the movie, was 5' 9" tall, had blonde hair and retained her native Swedish accent. Gladys Aylward was of rather plain appearance, stood a mere 4' 10" tall, had black hair and spoke with a cockney accent.
Trivia: When the Facebook team are celebrating their 1,000,000th member, Mark Zuckerberg is wearing an Arm & Hammer t-shirt. This is in reference to Cameron Winklevoss/Tyler Winklevoss being played by actor Armand "Armie" Hammer. (01:42:25)
