Red Eye - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[charlie]

The entire airplane set was build on hydraulics so when turbulence was called for in the script, the set actually shook from side to side.

[steve]

Wes Craven got married in the middle of shooting.

[jesse]

In the scene in the plane bathroom, Cillian Murphy actually missed the place to throw Rachel McAdams. She hit her head and was knocked unconscious for a half hour. After that she was ready for work and Murphy was afraid to do it again. This was captured on film and is included in the gag reel on the DVD. In the take that's in the film Murphy's hand can be seen holding the back of McAdams' head to guard it from it hitting again.

[morris]

The assassins use an FGM-148 Javelin missile.

[chris]

Actresses that were considered for the role of Lisa included Neve Campbell, Amanda Peet, Rachel Weisz, Robin Wright, Jennifer Connelly and Claire Danes.

[jessie]

Following special advance screenings of the movie in Los Angeles and New York, audiences were given replica copies of the monster pen used in the movie as memorabilia. Attached to the souvenir was a tag that read: "Red Eye, in theaters August 19th." On the back read: "Don't take the red eye without this... www.redeye-themovie.com."

[sara]

Originally allotted $44 million, the movie's budget was later cut back to $25 million.

[kristen]

(at around 14 mins) Both Wes Craven and Carl Ellsworth filmed cameos as airline passengers in the airport terminal. Wes Craven couldn't keep a straight face with his script supervisor Sheila Waldron, so their cameo wound up on the cutting room floor. Ellsworth's cameo remains in the final cut: three women are sleeping on the terminal seats and they all have their heads resting on the next ones shoulders, until the last one is sleeping on a man's shoulder; this is Carl Ellsworth wearing a green sweatshirt promoting the band Outkast.