Received one of its own in Inception, another film that puts Murphy on a plane for the bulk of its run-time.
The photo of Lisa playing hockey is actually a screenshot of Regina from Mean Girls (though she was playing lacrosse instead of hockey).
Lisa also says her grandmother had a relationship with a man called Duke. In The Notebook, starring Rachel McAdams, her character's husband is nicknamed Duke.
Creator Cameo: Various members of the crew have cameos and bit parts either as passengers on the plane or hotel guests.
Creator Backlash: In recent years Cillian Murphy tends to be annoyed whenever Red Eye is brought up in his interviews, especially when people praise it. He himself is reluctant to praise anything about the movie that isn't Rachel McAdams. The things he is the most critical of are it's "shlockiness" and his own acting.
Dueling Movies: Was released around the same time as Flightplan (2005), which also revolves around a woman on an airplane terrified for the safety of a family member. This film though was a little better received.
When Lisa bumps into a woman and has coffee spilled on her clothes, Rachel McAdams's reaction is genuine. She did not expect the coffee to be so cold, and it had spilled on her more than she had expected.
Though not featured in the film, Cillian Murphy had missed the spot to throw Rachel McAdams while filming the lavatory scene, knocking her unconscious for half an hour. When they had to film the scene again, Murphy was afraid to. This scene can be found in the bloopers. The scene featured in the film briefly shows that Murphy has his hand behind McAdams's head to protect it.
Executive Meddling: The terrorists were meant to be American, but the good people at FOX did not like the idea of this, hence why they switch from speaking English at the start to Russian later in the film.
Cillian Murphy is Irish and Wes Craven was initially wary about casting him as Rippner since Rippner was explicitly written as American. When Murphy walked into the audition, he actually fooled the casting agent with his accent.
Also, there's Canadian Rachel McAdams and Scottish Brian Cox.
Red Eyes, Take Warning: Used in some of promotional material and DVD extras (despite being quite misleading). One of Rippner's eyes becomes red.
Throw It In!: The annoyed female customer that gives Cynthia trouble was someone Wes Craven met at a board meeting. After the meeting, he asked her to be in the movie.
