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1	* ActorSharedBackground: Creator/JackBlack (Fiedler) is no stranger to satellite technology, as both his parents were satellite engineers.
2	* AwesomeDearBoy: Creator/WillSmith signed on for a bargain price salary purely to work with Creator/GeneHackman.
3	* BackedByThePentagon: Averted. The NSA refused to co-operate with the production. An aerial shot of their grounds at Fort Meade in Washington DC had to be shot from public air space.
4	* TheDanza: Creator/JamieKennedy as Jamie.
5	* FakeAmerican: English actor Ian Hart as NSA Agent John Bingham, and English actor Creator/StuartWilson as Congressman Albert.
6	* HeyItsThatPlace: The law firm Dean works for is in the same building used as the headquarters in ''Series/{{JAG}}''.
7	* LifeImitatesArt: The current and ongoing controversies surrounding federally-endorsed NSA surveillance conducted on the greater American public certainly seem to echo the points addressed by the film.
8	* TechnologyMarchesOn: For a tech thriller, it's certainly strange in retrospect to see characters making such extensive use of ZIP discs.
9	** Not to mention the prevalent use of videotapes with the ascent of the DVD format.
10	** Also how the Handheld Game Console in the movie is a Turbo Express namely the Handheld version of UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16 which was discontinued in the US about 4 years before the movie came out.
11	* ThrowItIn: Creator/WillSmith improvised Dean's sarcastic line about buying the lingerie for himself to try cross dressing on the weekends. Smith has said it was difficult to restrain his comedic instincts during a dramatic role.
12	* UncreditedRole:
13	** Creator/TomSizemore plays one of the villains, but his name doesn't appear in the credits.
14	** Creator/PhilipBakerHall plays one of the presidents of Dean's law firm, but his name is likewise absent from the credits.
15	** Creator/AaronSorkin was an uncredited script doctor for the screenplay.
16	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
17	** Creator/TomCruise was originally signed on to star in this film, but had to turn it down because he was still filming ''Film/EyesWideShut''. Creator/GeorgeClooney, Creator/MelGibson and Creator/SylvesterStallone were also considered.
18	** Creator/SeanConnery was considered for Edward "Brill" Lyle.
19	** Music/HansZimmer was the original composer.
20	** The movie would have a distant sequel as a drama series on TV when it was first reported in 2016. No network (cable/streaming) was interested to pick it up.

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