Conspiracy Theory [1997] (1 disc)

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• According to director Richard Donner, Mel Gibson improvised the opening scenes in which his character expounds his conspiracy theories to a succession of passengers.
• Director Cameo: [Richard Donner] Jerry's cab passenger in the opening credits.
• In the movie several times an earthquake is referenced that took place in southern coast with a magnitude of 7.3 during a presidential visit. There indeed happened a 7.3 earthquake in North-West part of Turkey in 1999, just to be followed by a presidential visit.
• When Jerry is in the hospital for the first time (where he writes the word Geronimo on the wall), the room number on the hospital door is briefly visible: 322. This number is well-known in conspiracy circles as being the address of the Skull & Bones society at Yale University, which is said to have the skull of Geronimo in its possession.
• The character names "Dr. Jonas" (Patrick Stewart), and "Agent Lowry" (Cylk Cozart), were both named after British character actor Morton Lowry, who portrayed the school teacher Mr. Jonas in How Green Was My Valley.
• The doctor who lets Julia Roberts into the restricted area to see Mel Gibson handcuffed to the bed is Gibson's younger brother Donal Gibson.
• Jerry's cab is numbered 1S48. The bus that Jerry hooks up to the fruit cart is 1648. This is a tribute to stuntman ^[?] Harry Wowchuk who worked on this movie and who was born on October 16, 1948 and who has worked with Richard Donner and Joel Silver on three movies.
• Jodie Foster was initially offered the role of Alice.
• Jerry runs into a theatre showing Ladyhawke, also directed by Richard Donner.