Trivia: This was the first Academy Award Best Picture winner produced by a non-speaking English country.
Trivia: Despite relatively high billing in the opening credits, Stana Katic only has about five minutes of screen time.
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: Charlotte Rampling plays Elizabeth Hunter, the mother of Basil Hunter (Geoffrey Rush) and Dorothy de Lascabanes (Judy Davis). In real life, Rampling is only five years older than Rush and only nine years older than Davis.
Trivia: Whilst filming his death scene on the beach, Ron Perlman shattered his kneecap when a wave hit him.
Trivia: Before production began, Judi Dench was still suffering from a toe injury she obtained whilst working on her previous movie. She didn't tell anyone about the injury as she didn't want to lose her role.