Trivia: On the artwork for the widescreen DVD disc and the insert, Picard is shown wearing his old uniform from "The Next Generation," instead of the uniform he wore in this movie.
Trivia: When the two cops bust in on Busta Rhymes and his accomplice, his own music is playing in the background.
Trivia: The house at the marina is the same house used in the movie "The Island". They escape from the underground bunker and trace their (clone) host(s), Lincoln Six Echos, who lives in the identical house at the marina. Look at the staircase. (01:30:30)
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: Christopher Walken made the trick shot in Phil's poolroom upstairs on the first try. According to the filmmakers, this was supposed to be one of several practice shots, but the cameras were rolling "just in case" he made it.
Trivia: Ben Affleck is the third actor to play Jack Ryan. His predecessors are Harrison Ford (Clear & Present Danger, Patriot Games) and Alec Baldwin (The Hunt for Red October).
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: Christian Bale declined an offer to reprise his role of Patrick Bateman from "American Psycho."
Trivia: When this film was made, many of the original, Russian crew members involved in this historic incident were very upset about the submarine crew being portrayed as drunkards. Oddly enough, one of the promotional items given out at premieres and to executives was a silver K-19 vodka flask.
Trivia: All the special effects in this movie were done by Tom Savini, who also plays a Utah detective.
Trivia: Did anyone else pick up the Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom rip-off/reference? When Mathyus is in the harem of Lord Memnon and the archers come in, he cuts the gong off the wall and runs behind it as a shield, while the guards shoot at it in vain. He then busts out the window and jumps out of it.
Trivia: When they are on the train going to see the family of the girl who's eyes where donated, the head of a woman can be seen in the window of the train as it passes through the tunnel, but she has no body, allowing you to see the seat. (01:01:05)
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: When Kate and Sasha are talking and Kate says "Please, you have to have some idea what this means.". At that time you can see an alien looking person moving reflected in the walls. It moves into view, stops for a second and moves out of view again. This is not Kate because she is standing on the other side of the room. There is also a quiet sound effect as it shows itself. (01:13:15)
Trivia: The photos of car owners on the inspector's computer are that of the crew.
Trivia: The bad guy in this movie was a bottled-water magnate. This was Dreamworks' dig at Vivendi, the French water bottler that also owned Universal Studios, Dreamworks' rival.
Trivia: If a tarantula were to ever grow to the gargantuan size that it does in this film, it would resemble a huge furball. The filmmakers were aware of this, but for obvious reasons decided to tone down the amount of hair. (00:56:35)