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* NamesTheSame: Actor Creator/KevinDunn plays a reporter in the film, whose co-lead character is named Commander Kevin Dunne. This creates an amusing scenario where the actor Kevin Dunn interviews the character Kevin Dunne.
** An unintended consequence of the similar names was that Dunn (the actor) was accidentally given Creator/GarySinise’s (who plays the character Kevin Dunne) hotel suite.
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** Music/PinoDonaggio was originally hired to compose the score, but the end results were rejected and he was replaced by Music/RyuichiSakamoto.

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** De Palma's regular composer Music/PinoDonaggio was originally hired to compose write the score, music, but the end results were rejected and he was replaced by Music/RyuichiSakamoto.
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** An unintended consequence of the similar names was the Dunn (the actor) was accidentally given Creator/GarySinise’s (who plays the character Kevin Dunne) hotel suite.

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** An unintended consequence of the similar names was the that Dunn (the actor) was accidentally given Creator/GarySinise’s (who plays the character Kevin Dunne) hotel suite.
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** An UnintendedConsequence of the similar names was the Dunn (the actor) was accidentally given Creator/GarySinise’s (who plays the character Kevin Dunne) hotel suite.

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** An UnintendedConsequence unintended consequence of the similar names was the Dunn (the actor) was accidentally given Creator/GarySinise’s (who plays the character Kevin Dunne) hotel suite.
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* NamesTheSame: Actor Creator/KevinDunn plays a reporter in the film, whose co-lead character is named Commander Kevin Dunne. This creates an amusing scenario where the actor Kevin Dunn interviews the character Kevin Dunne.
** An UnintendedConsequence of the similar names was the Dunn (the actor) was accidentally given Creator/GarySinise’s (who plays the character Kevin Dunne) hotel suite.
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* [[CaliforniaDoubling Canada Doubling]]: The [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Forum Montreal Forum] doubles for the (fictional) Atlantic City Arena.

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* [[CaliforniaDoubling Canada Doubling]]: The [https://en.[[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Forum Montreal Forum] Forum]] doubles for the (fictional) Atlantic City Arena.
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* [[CaliforniaDoubling Canada Doubling]]: The Montreal Forum doubles for the (fictional) Atlantic City Arena.

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* [[CaliforniaDoubling Canada Doubling]]: The [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Forum Montreal Forum Forum] doubles for the (fictional) Atlantic City Arena.

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* [[CaliforniaDoubling Canada Doubling]]: The Montreal Forum doubles for the (fictional) Atlantic City Arena.



* TheOtherMarty: Creator/WillSmith was originally supposed to play Dunne, but the studio balked at Smith's $12 million asking price. He was replaced by Creator/GarySinise as a result.



** Creator/AlPacino turned down the role of Commander Kevin Dunne. Will Smith was originally going to play Dunne, but the studio got cold feet about Smith's fee.

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** Creator/AlPacino turned down the role of Commander Kevin Dunne. Will Smith was originally going to play Dunne, and the role was even written with him in mind, but the studio got cold feet about Smith's fee.
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** Creator/AlPacino turned down the role of Commander Kevin Dunne.

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** Creator/AlPacino turned down the role of Commander Kevin Dunne. Will Smith was originally going to play Dunne, but the studio got cold feet about Smith's fee.

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* FocusGroupEnding: Before the focus groups got their hands (er, eyes) on it, the film had a chase through a flooded tunnel and the bad guy getting run over by a globe which has been lying on the ground since the start of the movie. When it came to theaters, the chase doesn't go through a flooded tunnel (thus at odds with the reference to it in the epilogue), the globe gets washed away by a wave, and the bad guy kills himself.

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* FocusGroupEnding: Before the focus groups got their hands (er, eyes) on it, the film had a The epilogue has Santoro saying (not verbatim): "I keep having nightmares about that water-logged tunnel, where I drown." Santoro was supposed to chase Dunne through various obstacles, including a flooded tunnel and the bad guy getting water-logged tunnel, before Dunne [[spoiler: was run over by [[ChekhovsGun a large globe which has been lying on the ground since the start of the movie. When it came to theaters, that had fallen off a building during a storm]].]] Test audiences didn't like it, so [[spoiler: the chase doesn't go through a flooded tunnel (thus at odds with the reference to it in the epilogue), was cut down, the globe gets washed away pushed off course by a wave, and the bad guy Dunne kills himself.]]



** The epilogue has Santoro saying (not verbatim): "I keep having nightmares about that water-logged tunnel, where I drown." Santoro was supposed to chase Dunne through various obstacles, including a water-logged tunnel, before Dunne [[spoiler: was run over by [[ChekhovsGun a large globe that had fallen off a building during a storm]].]] Test audiences didn't like it, so [[spoiler: the chase was cut down, the globe gets pushed off course by a wave, and Dunne kills himself.]]
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** Music/PinoDonaggio was originally hired to compose the score, but the end results were rejected and he was replaced by Music/RyuichiSakamoto.
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* FocusGroupEnding: Before the focus groups got their hands (er, eyes) on it, the film had a chase through a flooded tunnel and the bad guy getting run over by a globe which has been lying on the ground since the start of the movie. When it came to theaters, the chase doesn't go through a flooded tunnel (thus at odds with the reference to it in the epilogue), the globe gets washed away by a wave, and the bad guy kills himself.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The epilogue has Santoro saying (not verbatim): "I keep having nightmares about that water-logged tunnel, where I drown." Santoro was supposed to chase Dunne through various obstacles, including a water-logged tunnel, before Dunne [[spoiler: was run over by [[ChekhovsGun a large globe that had fallen off a building during a storm]].]] Test audiences didn't like it, so [[spoiler: the chase was cut down, the globe gets pushed off course by a wave, and Dunne kills himself.]]

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The epilogue has Santoro saying (not verbatim): "I keep having nightmares about that water-logged tunnel, where I drown." Santoro was supposed to chase Dunne through various obstacles, including a water-logged tunnel, before Dunne [[spoiler: was run over by [[ChekhovsGun a large globe that had fallen off a building during a storm]].]] Test audiences didn't like it, so [[spoiler: the chase was cut down, the globe gets pushed off course by a wave, and Dunne kills himself.]]
** Creator/TomCruise, Creator/KevinCostner and Creator/MelGibson were considered for Rick Santoro.
** Creator/AlPacino turned down the role of Commander Kevin Dunne.
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* TheOtherMarty: Creator/WillSmith was originally supposed to play Dunne, but the studio balked at Smith's $12 million asking price.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The epilogue has Santoro saying (not verbatim): "I keep having nightmares about that water-logged tunnel, where I drown." Santoro was supposed to chase Creator/GarySinise through various obstacles, including a water-logged tunnel, before Dunne [[spoiler: was run over by [[ChekhovsGun a large globe that had fallen off a building during a storm]].]] Test audiences didn't like it, so [[spoiler: the chase was cut down, the globe gets pushed off course by a wave, and Dunne kills himself.]]

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* ActorSharedBackground: Given that his last name is a common Italian surname, it's likely Santoro is Italian American like his actor Creator/NicolasCage.
* TheOtherMarty: Creator/WillSmith was originally supposed to play Dunne, but the studio balked at Smith's $12 million asking price.
price. He was replaced by Creator/GarySinise as a result.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The epilogue has Santoro saying (not verbatim): "I keep having nightmares about that water-logged tunnel, where I drown." Santoro was supposed to chase Creator/GarySinise Dunne through various obstacles, including a water-logged tunnel, before Dunne [[spoiler: was run over by [[ChekhovsGun a large globe that had fallen off a building during a storm]].]] Test audiences didn't like it, so [[spoiler: the chase was cut down, the globe gets pushed off course by a wave, and Dunne kills himself.]]
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* TheOtherMarty: Creator/WillSmith was originally supposed to play Dunne, but the studio balked at Smith's $12 million asking price.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The epilogue has Santoro saying (not verbatim): "I keep having nightmares about that water-logged tunnel, where I drown." Santoro was supposed to chase Gary Sinise through various obstacles, including a water-logged tunnel, before Dunne [[spoiler: was run over by [[ChekhovsGun a large globe that had fallen off a building during a storm]].]] Test audiences didn't like it, so [[spoiler: the chase was cut down, the globe gets pushed off course by a wave, and Dunne kills himself.]]

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The epilogue has Santoro saying (not verbatim): "I keep having nightmares about that water-logged tunnel, where I drown." Santoro was supposed to chase Gary Sinise Creator/GarySinise through various obstacles, including a water-logged tunnel, before Dunne [[spoiler: was run over by [[ChekhovsGun a large globe that had fallen off a building during a storm]].]] Test audiences didn't like it, so [[spoiler: the chase was cut down, the globe gets pushed off course by a wave, and Dunne kills himself.]]
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The epilogue has Santoro saying (not verbatim): "I keep having nightmares about that water-logged tunnel, where I drown." Santoro was supposed to chase Gary Sinise through various obstacles, including a water-logged tunnel, before Dunne [[spoiler: was run over by [[ChekhovsGun a large globe that had fallen off a building during a storm]].]] Test audiences didn't like it, so [[spoiler: the chase was cut down, the globe gets pushed off course by a wave, and Dunne kills himself.]]

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