Filming Locations: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Earnings
Budget: $45,000,000
Opening Weekend: $4,737,793 (USA) (1 February 1998)
Gross: $11,146,409 (USA) (12 April 1998)
Cast
Actor
Character
Treat Williams
John Finnegan
Famke Janssen
Trillian St. James
Anthony Heald
Simon Canton
Kevin J. O'Connor
Joey Pantucci
Wes Studi
Hanover
Derrick O'Connor
Captain Atherton
Jason Flemyng
Mulligan
Cliff Curtis
Mamooli
Clifton Powell
Mason
Trevor Goddard
T. Ray
Djimon Hounsou
Vivo
Una Damon
Leila
Clint Curtis
Billy
Warren Takeuchi
Radar Man (as Warren T. Takeuchi)
Linden Banks
Communications Officer
Jack Anker
Corpse
Anne-Simone
Video Vault Woman
Leanne Adachi
Toilet Lady
Melanie Carr
Dealer
Colin McCarlie
Sonar Man
Jim May
Mystery Man
Jana Sommers
Party Girl
Marti Baldecchi
Party Girl
Rana Morrison
Woman on Cruise Ship (uncredited)
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Trivia
Claire Forlani was cast as Trillian St. James. She even started shooting, but walked out after just three days, due to creative differences with director Stephen Sommers. The part subsequently went to Famke Janssen.
The "Chinese M1 L1 triple-pulse assault rifles" used by the pirates are actually heavily modified Calico M-960 submachine guns fitted with 100-round magazines (as opposed to the "thousand-round capacity" mentioned by Hanover). Five non-functional rotating barrels were built around the actual barrel of each Calico and driven by a small electric motor connected to the trigger, so that whenever the gun was fired, it appeared to be firing out of the rotating barrels.
Near the ending when Finnegan is attempting to start the powerboat he turns and holds the key several times before the boat starts. Whenever the camera directly faces the control panel the key is clearly seen without his hand on it.
When Trillian is first caught in the vault, Canton reads from a fax and says that she has six arrests and five convictions, while on the fax it shows 13 arrests and 11 convictions.
Vivo: [Trying to make T-Ray vomit]
You know what I wanna eat? I'll take a couple of nice, greasy pig's feet, some pickled monkey brains and one of them big elephant eyeballs. Raw. So they pop when you bite into them.