Trivia

Holly Hunter is on screen for a total of 5 minutes and 59 seconds, one the of shortest performances ever nominated for an Oscar. She is in 20 scenes, for an average of 18 seconds per scene.

The hotel in the Cayman Islands was the Hyatt Regency Grand Cayman. It was destroyed by Hurricane Ivan in 2004. It still sits vacant slowly rotting away.

Gene Hackman's contract called for his name to come before the title in all promotional materials. Tom Cruise's contract called for his name, and his name only, to come before the title in all promotional materials. Hackman opted to leave his name off all promotional materials, making his presence a surprise to most audiences. In the film, Hackman's name comes after Cruise's and before the title.

Except for the sporadic soundtrack songs, the entire film score is created solely on a piano, as played by its composer Dave Grusin. As a means of expanding the tonal range of his piano's percussive properties, Grusin simulated harp-like passages by stroking the naked strings of his grand and rapping the wooden frame for effects, as a drummer might beat his drums.

The seaplane in the film belongs to Bill Booth, who played the seaplane pilot. He and Tom Cruise met while Cruise was learning to skydive in DeLand, FL. Booth also owns the largest manufacturer of parachute containers.

Sydney Pollack: The voice of the prison warden on the phone informing Special Agent Terrance ( Ed Harris ) that a prison guard sent an unauthorized fax regarding Mitch McDeere's ( Tom Cruise ) brother Ray ( David Strathairn ).