Quiz

The poetry written by Simon Templar's long-haired artist character, Thomas Moore, was actually written by Val Kilmer.

Simon uses a Nokia 9000 Communicator cell phone. This phone was very cutting-edge when it was introduced in 1996, as it functioned as both a handheld phone and a clamshell pocket computer, complete with a mini-QWERTY keyboard, and several built-in apps.

The voice of the radio announcer at the end of this movie was Sir Roger Moore, who played Simon Templar (1962) on British television. The announcer mentions the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), as one of the charities that have been given major donations. Moore was heavily involved with UNICEF.

Val Kilmer turned down returning to the Batman franchise after the box-office smash Batman Forever (1995) due to his commitment to this movie.

While the uses of the Nokia phone might seem like a case of product placement, its use in the movie was accidental. Director Phillip Noyce was talking to a technician working on the movie when he noticed the flip phone with the attached keyboard. He thought it was a movie prop created for the movie, and when the technician said it was a real phone, Noyce decided it was the phone Templar would use.