Trivia: This movie was filmed back-to-back with Letters from Iwo Jima, a fictional account of the battle of Iwo Jima that looks at it from the Japanese soldier's perspective.
Trivia: Outside the Port Authority terminal is a statue of Jackie Gleason as Ralph Kramden from "The Honeymooners." According to Oliver Stone in the audio commentary, that statue actually exists.
Trivia: At the time of the filming, the St. Charles Streetcars were not running 100%. When they show the Canal St Car, one sense that shows the car running on the right side tracks toward the camera, it's actually on the wrong side. Later when he's going to her apartment, one shot shows the streetcar running on the right side tracks (as the norm), and the trolley poles are up. Later when he gets off the car, it's on the opposite side, wrong direction, rear pole is down, and he gets out through the rear door as if it was main door.
Trivia: Included in the film's soundtrack are the songs from performers/composers who have themselves committed suicide, such as Joe Meek and Rozz Williams.
Trivia: During the movie, Miranda Priestley never shouts or yells. Meryl Streep (actress) was inspired by Clint Eastwood, who can intimidate others while staying relatively quiet.
Trivia: When Edward is being fired from the hospital, there's a photo on the wall. It's H.P. Lovecraft, who wrote the original short story.
Trivia: This low budget movie was marketed in some territories as "Van Helsing II." The DVD box was also designed to emulate the cover-art for the 2004 film "Van Helsing" starring Hugh Jackman, in an attempt to fool people into believing this film was related.
Trivia: The Chitauri spiders attacking London resemble the alien machines from War of the Worlds.
Trivia: In "The Moment After" (1999), Monte Perlin plays the role of Lieutenant Fredricks, but he is Commander Fredericks in "The Moment After II: The Awakening" (2006). The spelling Fredericks is used at the end of both movies under "Cast." (Respective time codes used). (01:27:07 - 01:29:25)
Trivia: A total of 500 boys auditioned for the lead role of Alex Rider.
Trivia: Anytime one of the characters click on "Do you want to meet a ghost?", they all click the "to".
Trivia: There are many places to see references to the show The Dukes of Hazzard in this movie. For one, when Danny is playing Hold 'Em with her friends, her hat is a General Lee hat and the box they put their money in is a Dukes of Hazzard lunch box. Another is that when Danny is talking her mom into money, on the fridge there is the famous picture taken of the very first jump made by the General Lee.
Trivia: The plot of the movie is based on a 1934 play Thunderstorm by Yu Cao, a Chinese playwright, set in the 10th-century imperial China court. The Mandarin Chinese movie title is taken from the last line of a poem by a 9th-century rebel leader who was at war against the Tang Dynasty.
Trivia: Jane Lynch plays Lucy Bobby, the mother of Ricky Bobby (Will Ferrell). In real life, Lynch is only seven years older than Ferrell.
Trivia: Though it's not made 100% clear in the film, the character Eugene was originally intended to be the killer from the original "Black Christmas."
Trivia: Catherine Tate plays James McAvoy's mother in the movie, even though in real life she's only 11 years older than him.
Trivia: The spacesuit that the character Charles Farmer wore is a replica of the pressure suit used by the Mercury 7 astronauts.
Trivia: Ted Dekker, author of the novel this movie was based on, liked to hide three scratches (like the book's cover) on set for crew and cast to find. Sometimes he hid the scratches on the on-screen set for the camera to catch and for the audience to find. How many can you find? I can find seven.
Trivia: Although Adrian Brody was officially the star of "Hollywoodland," his character (private detective Louis Simo) was a completely fictional role in the movie. Virtually all of the other characters in the film are based on real people, but there never was a Louis Simo, and he's not based on any actual person (s). George Reeves' mother did hire an attorney and a detective agency in real life; however, "Hollywoodland" director Allen Coulter said that the character of Louis Simo wasn't even partially based on anyone in real life.