Trivia: In this movie, the hinges on the small phone box door, which is contained in the larger left hand door of the Tardis are located to the right, causing the door to open from the left. In the TV series (original and new) the same door opens from the right, with hinges on the left.
Trivia: Anthony Zerbe, who plays the role of Tom's father, Roger Aiken, is only eleven years older than Stephen Collins.
Trivia: This was director Michael Cimino's last feature-length film.
Trivia: Gene Hackman plays Sam Cayhall, the father of Lee Cayhall Bowen (Faye Dunaway). In reality Hackman is only 11 years older than Dunaway.
Trivia: Jenifer Lewis is just six years older than Whitney Houston, despite them playing mother and daughter.
Trivia: Steven Seagal had some sort-of religious "breakthrough" before filming began and decided he didn't want to kill any villains in the movie. This caused some friction on the first day, when he was set to film a scene where he killed Stephen Tobolowsky. Tobolowsky, knowing how spiritual Seagal was, ended up convincing Seagal that killing his character was the right thing to do, as it would allow his character to be redeemed and reborn in a new body through reincarnation. The scene was filmed as it was scripted. Later, however, Tobolowsky got a call from the director, who informed him that Seagal kept improvising lines implying that Tobolowsky survived. Tobolowsky ended up having to come back out and record some wonky dialog of his character screaming "Finish me off!" to imply he survived and appease Seagal. In the end, the lines weren't used and Seagal's improvisations were simply cut out, so Tobolowsky is killed off as was originally planned.
Trivia: Kurt Russell kept the outfit he wore in Escape from New York. The very first day of shooting Escape from L.A., he stepped out of his trailer in that very same outfit for shooting. He and producer Debra Hill looked at each other and began laughing. Debra Hill said it was like going into a time machine.
Trivia: The last major Hollywood film to be released on the Betamax video-tape format.
Trivia: The film was originally written as a bit of a comedic spoof of superhero and adventure stories by "Gremlins" director Joe Dante and famed screenwriter Jeffrey Boam. Dante was planning on directing it. However, the movie was paused due to budget concerns, and Dante left the project. When it was put back into production, the script was re-written by several ghost writers, and director Simon Wincer decided to play the comedy 100% straight, which original director Dante felt was a huge mistake.
Trivia: This film marked the directorial debut of Jean-Claude Van Damme.
Trivia: Debbie Reynolds and Albert Brooks play mother and son in this film. In real life, Reynolds (born 1932) was only fifteen years older than Brooks (born 1947).