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: 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: Shyamalan based the film on a story he told his children. This aspect of the production was questioned frequently, with one critic saying that if Shyamalan based his films on kid stories, he should go make films for Nickelodeon. Ironically enough, 4 years later he released "The Last Airbender" for Nickelodeon, which was considered to be one of the worst films ever released.
Trivia: A total of 500 boys auditioned for the lead role of Alex Rider.
Trivia: Eddie Murphy, who received a Best Supporting Actor nomination for this film at the Academy Awards, reportedly stormed out of the building after losing the award to Alan Arkin.
Trivia: When one of the men is pulled down by a sheep whilst trying to get into a car during the sheep attack on Angus' speech, he yells the Wilhelm scream.
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: 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: Jane Lynch plays Lucy Bobby, the mother of Ricky Bobby (Will Ferrell). In real life, Lynch is only seven years older than Ferrell.
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: Catherine Tate plays James McAvoy's mother in the movie, even though in real life she's only 11 years older than him.
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: 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: Laura Dern and Justin Theroux both admit they have no idea what this movie is about despite being its stars.
Trivia: Kane Hodder, famous for playing Jason Voorhees in the majority of the Friday the 13th series makes a cameo near the beginning of the film as a man outside his house refusing to answer questions from the interviewer.
