● Bruce Willis missed the film due to conflicts in filming plans.
● The residence of Ruben in the film is located in Palm Springs, California. It was designed by architect Quincy Jones. Warner Inc. paid a rent of $200,000 for it to appear in the film.
● Henry Silva and Angie Dickinson who appeared in the 1960 version of "Eleven Arhats" also appeared in the film.
● Actors also go to the gambling table in their leisure time when filming, and have disputes over gambling capital.
● Except for Danny Olsen, the names of the other characters in the film are different from the 1960 version.
● Alan Akin refused to appear in the film due to personal reasons.
● Matt Damon presses "1138" on the elevator keyboard. This number is alluding to George Lucas' first movie "Five Hundred Years Later".
● The film's costume designer Jeffrey Kurland (Jeffrey Kurland) made a cameo appearance in the film as a tailor trying on clothes for Saul Bloom.
● Danny Glover was the candidate to play Frank, but he gave up the film in order to star in "The Trenbaums".
● In the movie trailer, you can see the footage of Danny asking the parole officer how much salary, but it was later cut from the film because the director once consulted the real parole officer. The parole officer said that if a prisoner who is about to be released on parole dares to do Asked, it is impossible to be released on parole.
● In the early casting stage, Sidney Pollack was the candidate to play Ruben, and Warren Beatty, Michael Douglas and Ralph Fiennes were all candidates to play Terry.
● Ivan McGregor was once the candidate to play Baschel.
● Jon Feiru refused to write the script for the film.
● Director Steven Soderbergh has a cameo as a thief in the film.
● The film is the debut of actor Qin Shaobo.
● This film is the second collaboration between Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts after "The Mexican".
