Trivia: "Bone-Saw" McGraw is played by real-life wrestler "Macho Man" Randy Savage. He started his wrestling career as a masked wrestler named "The Spider". (00:35:20)
Trivia: Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Richard Gere all did their own dancing and singing.
Trivia: The English version of the theme song is not a remixed version, as the previous four movie themes were - this theme has the same music and tempo as the TV version. The composers did not create a second verse to the song "Master Quest," so it has the same lyrics as the TV version all the way through.
Trivia: The real Frank Abagnale Jr. was held in the French prison (Perpignan's House of Arrest) for approximately six months. His term was shortened from twelve months. When released (extradited to Sweden), he was ill because he had been forced to live in a damp, dark cell, naked and allowed only bread and water. In Sweden where he was tried and convicted he was kept in a comfortable Swedish prison. However, upon completion of his prison term in Sweden, he was next to be extradited to Italy. The Swedish government believed in prison reform and was afraid of the treatment he would receive in an Italian prison. As a result, Sweden revoked Frank's passport so it could intentionally have him extradited to the U.S. Once in the US, he was protected and couldn't be tried in the foreign countries where he perpetrated his fraudulent schemes. The book about his life contains a more accurate depiction than the film and was written 10 years prior to its release.
Suggested correction: Incorrect. Abagnale served three months in a French prison, not six. He then served two months in a Swedish prison. He was ordered to recompense Swedish victims of his crimes but never did. The book about his life was published over 20 years before the film was released, not 10. The book and movie are both almost completely inaccurate; most of Abagnale's stories of his crimes and frauds were greatly exaggerated or completely made up. Journalists started discovering these lies in the late 1970s.
Trivia: Paul Thomas Anderson, who directed Tom Cruise in Magnolia, has a cameo on the train. It is reported that he is so hard to find that Anderson himself does not know where he appears.
Trivia: The message "For Sasha" which appears just before the end credits is a dedication to director Nick Cassavetes' daughter.
Trivia: The content of the email received by Austin while he is demonstrating the internet is 'A new ATM card will be sent to you by Fed-Ex because your account has ben compromised by an unknown hacker who obtained your PIN Number while you were purchasing an MP3 Player on E-Bay. Sincerely, Your Bank.' This was included because Mike Myers really did have his bank account compromised shortly before filming. (00:38:37)
Trivia: During the scene when Dolarhyde takes Reba to the zoo, the tiger she pets is not sedated. Because of the humane society they could not sedate the tiger. Instead the trainer is to the left just out of the shot keeping the tiger calm.
Trivia: When the two cops bust in on Busta Rhymes and his accomplice, his own music is playing in the background.
Trivia: The NBC tour guide tells her tour group that her favorite NBC star is Rosemary Clooney, aunt of the movie's director, George Clooney.
Trivia: The shot of Meg turning on the security screens took 57 takes before director David Fincher was happy.
Trivia: Not a mistake, just something nice to notice: "Dormer" sounds like "dormeur" that is to say the French for "sleeper".
Trivia: When Jimmy & Jordan are talking about their plans for their last night together, Jimmy says that he and Nick are having cocktails with their psych. prof. and that Jordan could come too. She says no and "call me later and if not I guess I'll just meet you at the party." This is what we hear, but what her mouth really said was, "Just call me later and I'll see if I can get reservations at [unclear restaurant name]. What she really said can be found in the deleted scenes. (00:05:40)
Trivia: Quite a few pop culture icons appear in this film such as Ron Jeremy who plays the bartender, Rob Halford of Judas Priest who plays the porn store clerk, Debbie Harry the lead vocalist of Blondie who plays the neighbor and of course Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins who plays the doctor.
Trivia: All the special effects in this movie were done by Tom Savini, who also plays a Utah detective.
Trivia: After Charlie (Morgan Freeman) is attacked at the bar, Claire (Ashley Judd) suggests that he go to the hospital to check on his ribs. In Kiss the Girls (1997), Judd's character suggested the exact same thing to Freeman's. Both times he refused.
Trivia: At the end of the film you see two gravestones, "Priest" Vallon and William Cutting. Behind them is a river, with a view of lower Manhattan after that. You see a bridge being built, and the city growing and changing. The two men had to have been buried in Brooklyn, rather than Manhattan for this view.
Trivia: The photos of car owners on the inspector's computer are that of the crew.