- Scriptwriter John Strysik has stated that the last name of Stephen Rea's character -- Bardo -- comes from the Buddhist term for an intermediate or transitional state of being, and thus is a reference to the life-or-death situation Tom experiences.
- When the Receptionist calls Thomas to his appointment, she mistakenly calls him "Mr. Brado." This suggests that the reason he is not "in the computer" is a clerical error on the part of the job agency.
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- SPOILER: Based on a real event in 2001. Chante Mallard, a woman in Fort Worth, Texas, was believed to be driving drunk when she struck Gregory Biggs, a homeless man, who became lodged in her car's windshield. She then drove home, locked the car in the garage, and left Biggs to die. Mallard was convicted of murder and evidence tampering, and sentenced to fifty years in prison.
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