The newspaper headline in Eddie's (Jon Voight's) apartment reads, "Police Doubt Fire Was Accidental". The same headline appears in Madame Doubtfire (1993), and is where the character got her name.
When Tala (Nicaela Weigel) beckons Eddie (Jon Voight) to come to her in the river, she calls him with her palm facing up. In Asian cultures, including Filipino culture, it is incorrect to call someone over with the palm facing up. A Filipino girl would only call another person over with the palm facing down, reserving the "palm up" gesture for animals.