Red Eye - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of Red Eye or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Red Eye

[victoria]

The framed photograph of a younger Lisa playing sports (in the first scene, when the father puts his wallet down next to it) is actually a still from Mean Girls (2004)

[ava]

(at around 1h 0 mins) When the "fishing" crew pull in the crate with the missile into the ship, they are speaking Russian.

[marc]

Loren Lester appeared in three Batman animated films, while Cilllian Murphy has appeared in Batman Begins(2005) and The Dark Knight (2008), both in the DC family

[phyllis]

Presidents or (in this case) Homeland Security can be moved to another location if the secret service are not satisfied with hotel security arrangements or if there's an incident. One of them even recommends the Miami Hilton in the film just because the room was changed. They have up to 200 secret service agents and metal detectors. Agents can be disguised to root out anyone who looks suspicious, not on a list, wearing legitimate ID, who may be a terrorist and concealing weapons. They're trained in the martial arts, equipped with handguns and Uzis (handheld machine guns), sign to each other if they need to be quiet, speak in code indicating levels of danger, frisk anyone who comes in, wear bulletproof vests, have radios or pins on their lapels and always ready to make an arrest. But they are trained to be polite and discreet. Reporter have to have an appointment to see the president. They can even cancel an event if need be.

[elmer]

This film was written for Sean Penn and Robin Wright. However, Wes Craven opted for younger leads.

[manuel]

Cillian Murphy wanted the role of Jackson so badly that he took a plane from England to Hollywood two days before his wedding to have lunch with Wes Craven. Craven later gave him the part saying that his eyes won him over.

[michele]

(at around 10 mins) When a woman spills an iced cappuccino on Lisa, the expression on Rachel McAdams's face is real surprise, not acted. She did not know that the beverage would be so cold.

[janice]

For the movie, fake airline tickets were printed up for passengers to carry and use. On the back was listed 12 "terms and conditions" for buying the ticket, just like on real airline tickets. However, the twelfth read: "All the provisions of this Passenger Ticket and Baggage Claim Check are completely bogus. It's all a bunch of excessive detail, and if you happen to be reading this you've got too much time on your hands. Bring a good book next time."

[kylie]

The trailer deliberately starts off like a romantic comedy before revealing itself to be a thriller.

[addison]

In the audio commentary, Wes Craven mentions the many cameos that members from the crew can be seen throughout the movie, including writer Carl Ellsworth as a passenger in the terminal, Dreamworks marketing head Terry Press as the irate hotel guest, producer Marianne Maddalena as a passenger in First-class, and production manager Tina Anderson as Rebecca's mother. Craven also mentions that assistant property master Skip Crank, first assistant director Mark Cotone, and producer Jim Lemley make an appearance as the men on the fishing boat.

[javier]

Despite the opposition in this film, both Brian Cox and Cillian Murphy portray comic book villains in other movies. Cox as Lt. Stryker in X-Men United (2003) and Murphy as Dr. Johnathan Crane/Scarecrow in Batman Begins (2005)

[charlie]

Actors that were considered (and rumored) for the antagonist role of Jackson included John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Kevin Bacon, Willem Dafoe, Michael Pitt, John Malkovich, Edward Norton and Ray Liotta.

[eli]

The assassins' boat is called 'Rapture'.

[jeffrey]

As mentioned by Wes Craven in the "making of", the lady that plays the irate customer in the beginning and end of the film was cast after Craven met her at a board meeting. He had a feeling that she would make an excellent irate customer from her persona, walked up to her after the meeting, and asked her to be in his movie. She eventually agreed.

[ronnie]

During the scene where Lisa runs over the Beemer assassin, at the moment the Jeep impacts the doorway and the assassin is launched through the door, the assassin (or a voice dubbed in later) says "America!"

[amber]

Brian Cox And Rachel McAdams have both appeared in comic book films based on Marvel Comics, Rachel McAdams in Dr.Strange (2016) and Brian Cox (2002)

[janice]

(at around 12 mins) This is the second movie that Rachel McAdams has starred in that references a man named Duke. Previously in The Notebook (2004), her character's husband in old age is nicknamed Duke. In this movie, she tells Jackson that her grandmother had a boyfriend named Duke.

[linda]

Although rare in Hollywood, Carl Ellsworth (first time feature writer) was the only screenwriter to work on this script. He claims he kept expecting to be replaced at any moment but was kept on until the film was finished shooting.

[mathew]

Carl Ellsworth worked with his college friend Dan Foos on the story for many years before they sold the script.