Every studio in Hollywood turned down Ebbe Roe Smith's script. Producer Arnold Kopelson was getting to the stage of considering cable television, when Michael Douglas came across the script and pronounced it one of the best he'd ever read.
At the time of its release, Michael Douglas' father Kirk considered this to be his son's best performance.
The man who is yelling about being "not economically viable" in front of the bank is wearing the same clothes as Foster. Even the tie pattern is the same.
Detective Brian (Steve Park) says that he can't translate for Mr. Lee (Michael Paul Chan) because he is Japanese and Mr. Lee is Korean. In real life, Park is South Korean and Chan is Chinese.