- California Doubling: Despite the film taking place in upstate New York, according to the film credits, it was filmed mostly in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.
- Creative Differences: Costumes were originally designed by multiple Academy Award winner James Acheson, but he left the film and had his name removed because of artistic differences with Michael Mann. Designer Elsa Zamparelli was brought in to finish.
- Defictionalization: Several locations in the Eastern US, such as Chimney Rock where it was filmed,note are popularly known as "Uncas Leap". This goes back to the 1800s when the story was first written, since the character of Uncas was based on a legendary Indian chief.
- Dueling Dubs: There's two Latin American Spanish dubs, one done in 1992 and another one in 2002. Curiously enough, and unusually for a major blockbuster film like this, both dubs were done in Colombia, rather than Mexico, being the latter a normal target for dubs of Wild West films or movies starring Native Americans, due to its geographical and cultural closeness with the U.S.note
- Dyeing for Your Art: To prepare for the film, Daniel Day-Lewis lived in the wilderness where his character might have lived, hunting and fishing and living off the land for several months prior to shooting.
- Executive Meddling: Fox made Michael Mann reduce the film's length from 3 to 2 hours.
- Fake Brit: Madeleine Stowe (Cora) is American, here playing the English-accented daughter of a Scottish general.
- Fake Nationality: Wes Studi, a Cherokee, plays a Huron masquerading as a Mohawk; white extras in facepaint were cast alongside Native extras for crowd scenes. Russell Means is Lakota Sioux, and Eric Schweig is Ojibwe and Inuit.
- Follow the Leader: This was made after the giant success of Dances with Wolves, another movie about interactions between the white man and natives on the American frontier, including a man who was born a former but becomes one of the latter. Notably, Wes Studi, who played an antagonistic Native American in that film, would get an even bigger role as the central villain in this one.
- Missing Episode: The original Theatrical Cut, which includes an entirely different sound mix, additional scenes between Uncas and Alice, different takes in action scenes and different dialogue, and a song by Clannad (Enya's alma mater) during the lead-up to the climax, is not available on DVD in the US, due to Creator Backlash. A Widescreen/THX VHS deluxe edition from 1997, and a Region 2 British DVD are the only editions available to the public. The director's cut in turn adds an action scene at the fort and different last lines to Chingachgook which is more cynical about the death of the frontier, and now there is a third, Ultimate Cut on Blu-Ray that removes Chingachgook's speech and adds the Clannad song back in while retaining some of the first director's cut's changes, causing much confusion between different versions.
- No Stunt Double: Michael Mann wouldn't allow the actors to use stand-ins.
- Playing Against Type: Michael Mann, the director, is mostly known for films set in the 20th or 21st century in urban settings. In contrast, this film is an 18th century epic taking place in the wilds of upstate New York.
- What Could Have Been:
- Andie MacDowell was considered for the role of Cora Munro.
- Brian Cox was offered the part of Colonel Munro.
- Jean Reno was offered the role of Gen Montcalm.
- Richard E. Grant and Hugh Grant were considered for the role of Maj. Duncan Heyward.
- When the film was first announced, John Cusack was mentioned for an unspecified part.
- There was a love scene between Alice and Uncas scripted, but it was cut at the insistence of Jodhi May's (Alice) mother, as May was underage at the time and her mother felt it was inappropriate.
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