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• "Baby Oliver" was cast before he was even born. The producers chose a woman who was pregnant with twin boys who would deliver about the time filming began so the baby would genuinely be a newborn baby, as his character is.
  
  
• When the villain receives phone calls from his harridan wife, the special ring tone is Richard Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries." This piece of music was also prominently used in the BMW commercial 'Star (2001/I)' - in which Clive Owen (Mr. Smith) plays The Driver.
  
  
• Body Count: 106
  
  
• Reportedly, 15 gallons of fake blood were used.
  
  
• Mr. Smith uses a total of 18 guns.
  
  
• Mr. Smith (Clive Owen) drives two cars in this film. Both are BMWs and another reference to his previous role as "The Driver" in the BMW Film series.
  
  
• The first gun Smith uses is a Walther PPK, the usual gun of James Bond. The gun jams on him, and he calls it a "piece of shit." This is an in-joke to the fact that Clive Owen was once considered for the role of James Bond (the role eventually went to Daniel Craig).
  
  
• According to the "Making of" featurettes included on the DVD, Hertz's first name is Karl.
  
  
• The music video that Mr. Smith and DQ are watching (and noting the baby's reaction to it) is of the band ‘Strapping Young Lad’.
  
  
• The pin Hertz wears on his coat is a symbol of the Freemasons.
  
  
• After he misses a shot at the playground, Paul Giamatti's character says 'Fuck me sideways'. Giamatti was one of the lead actors in Sideways (2004).
  
  
• Clive Owen and Paul Giamatti have all been nominated for an Academy Award.
  
  
• In Children of Men (2006), the Clive Owens character also delivers a baby in an awkward situation.
  
  
• Throughout the movie, Mr. Smith is often seen munching on a carrot. This is probably referencing the old wives' tale that eating carrots improves eyesight and thereby improves one's shooting accuracy.
  
  
• There is a slight Warner Brothers theme throughout the film, with Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd. Mr. Smith (Clive Owen) is wise cracking and only eats carrots throughout the film, whilst Hertz (Paul Giamatti) hunts him like a darker Elmer Fudd (note the similar facial structure).
  
  
• In the beginning of the movie, during the rooftop scene, where Clive Owen's character shoots the neon sign to spell out "fuk u", he says "Fuck you, you fucking fucks." That line is taken from the lyrics of the Strapping Young Lad song "You Suck". The band later appears in a music video, on a television.
  
  

• SPOILER: Monica Bellucci's character is Donna Quintano, so her initials are "DQ". When she leaves with the baby, Smith tells her not to tell him where she'll get off the bus. He tracks her down to a "Dream Queen," a stand-in for the "Dairy Queen" or "DQ" fast food chain, as well as a play on her character being a specialized lactating prostitute.
  
  

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