Blood Work - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[stephanie]

The type of rare blood type was AB with a CMV negative. CMV stands for cytomegalovirus, a generally harmless virus. Most people contract CMV sometime during of their lifetime. AB with CMV negative blood is used for transfusions for people with weakened immune systems such as babies, burn victims, and people having organ transplants. A blood donor who is CMV negative is someone that has never been exposed to the cytomegalovirus and as such is highly valuable for such people.

[brent]

The license plate number (E) 999007, seen on one of the police vehicles, is the exact numerical configuration as the license plate used on the squad vehicle seen on Emergency! (1972), only with a different background color. The license plate number can be seen on other emergency services vehicles in various California-based television shows and movies.

[nina]

The name of Jasper "Buddy" Noone's (Jeff Daniels') boat was "Double Down", and the name of Terry McCaleb's (Clint Eastwood's) boat was "The Following Sea".

[eli]

When Terry McCaleb (Clint Eastwood) is questioning Mr. Toliver (Gerry Becker) in his office at the steel factory, several names are visible on the whiteboard behind them. One of the names is "Bob Lorenz". Robert Lorenz is a frequent Eastwood collaborator and was the executive producer for this movie.