Trivia: When Matt King visits the house of his ancestors the camera pans over the furniture. There is a picture of the Union Jack, but it is upside down. (It's a common misconception that the Union Jack is the same either way up - the wider diagonal white stripe should be at the top left, or on top on the side of the flag nearest the flagpole).
Trivia: Whilst filming his death scene on the beach, Ron Perlman shattered his kneecap when a wave hit him.
Trivia: This was the first Academy Award Best Picture winner produced by a non-speaking English country.
