- All the scenes with Jennifer Ehle as Michael's girlfriend were cut, one of which is included in the Deleted Scenes feature of the DVD release.
- Movie Goof (plot holes): SPOILER: Michael complains of being unable to locate or contact his brother Timmy, but after his car blows up, and without a cell phone, he is able to get Timmy to come pick him up that morning.
- Committed to a fully developed back story, director Tony Gilroy spent a good deal of time establishing the details of "Realm and Conquest" with production designer Kevin Thompson. The director explains that right from the beginning, when he first read the script, he could tell that "Realm and Conquest" was going to be a key prop. In the movie it's a metaphor for truth and justice. In creating the details of the fictional novel, Thompson generated original visuals inspired by German Expressionistic images cut from wood blocks, and Gilroy wrote the first two pages for three chapters of the book. They even went as far as designing a "Realm and Conquest" card game for a scene between Henry and Michael. Thompson offers, "This detail was important to Tony because, in his own life, novels and games similar to 'Realm and Conquest' allow him to connect with his son in a meaningful way."
- Movie Goof (errors made by characters, possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Arthur says "I am Shiva, The God of Death". Shiva is a Hindu God, but not of Death. Shiva is the destroyer or transformer. Yama is the God of Death.
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