Trivia: The Mask is based off the Dark Horse Comic of the same name. The only difference is that Dark Horse Comics carry a lot of dark tones in their comics. When Chuck Russell was directing The Mask, it was supposed to be set in that way. When Jim Carrey was given the role of Stanley Ipkiss, it was turned into a comedy.
Trivia: When Eric first goes back to his apartment, right after he returns from the grave, it is raining inside the apartment and his movements look an awful lot like the movements he just made in the rainy alleyway. [Not really a mistake, but worth noticing - the filmmakers were forced to re-use some shots after Brandon Lee's death.]
Trivia: Director Russell Mulcahy manages to insert his name in this movie: Lamont Cranston's butler is addressed as "Russell" by Margo Lane at Cranston's residence, and there is a delivery truck with the name "Mulcahy" emblazoned on the side of the vehicle.
Trivia: There is a short scene after the credits.
Trivia: In the scene where the judge is killed by the two sentries, one of the sentries is played by director Sam Raimi (of Spider-man fame).
Trivia: In the hospital Heather is told that she can not be in a certain area without a pass; she replies "Screw your pass." The very same line was spoken, by her character Nancy in Nightmare on Elm Street 1, to a hall monitor in her dream.
Trivia: Kirsten Dunst (Claudia) had her first on screen kiss, with a much older Brad Pitt, in this film.
Trivia: In Highlander, Kurgen kidnaps Connor's girlfriend and taunts her in the car, imitating her screams as he speeds along the road, finally tearing out the steering wheel and handing it to her. In Highlander III, the sorcerer kidnaps Connor's son and taunts him in the car, imitating his screams as he speeds along the road, finally tearing out the steering wheel and handing it to him. Even the dialogue in this scene is virtually the same.
Trivia: The producers, the casting agents, really wanted Jaye Davidson, from "The Crying Game", to play the head bad guy, but Jaye said, "No more movies", so they kept upping the money they would pay him - this is before actors nowadays get phenomenal money - and it was only when they got to a million dollars that he said yes.
Trivia: Robin Williams refused be in the movie after having a falling out with Disney. Williams agreed to work for very low pay on "Aladdin," on the condition that his voice and name not be exploited for publicity. However, Disney chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg didn't keep to his word and did exploit Williams in some publicity material, causing Williams to feel betrayed. Williams eventually settled his differences with Disney and appeared in the third film, "Aladdin and the King of Thieves."
Trivia: Cherie Lunghi (born 1952) is only eight years older than Kenneth Branagh (born 1960), despite them playing mother and son.
Trivia: At the end of the movie, Carney Lansford spits out chewing tobacco. In reality, they used black liquorice to obtain the same look without having to use the real thing.