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The film is set in the year 2034.

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During early test screenings, the film was initially titled "Citizen Game."

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Michael C. Hall personally recommended actor Sam Witwer for the role after Witwer played "Neil Perry" on Dexter (2006).

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Keith David, who plays the detective in the interrogation scene alongside Simon (Logan Lerman), also provided the voice-over for the "Slayers" commercial.

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(At about 19 minutes) The news anchors are played by Psych (2006) leads James Roday Rodriguez and Maggie Lawson, who at the time of the film's release had been in a relationship for three years.

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In the scene where Simon (Logan Lerman) is interrogated, he wears a T-shirt printed with "Crank." The directors of this film also directed Crank (2006) and Crank: High Voltage (2009).

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In an unusual move, the film was actually shot for a 2.40:1 aspect ratio. However, the first edited scenes were done with unmatted footage and later masked to 2.40:1. The directors preferred the 1.85:1 version, which allowed the audience to see more information and better suited the handheld camera work, so the aspect ratio was changed. Miraculously, none of the previously unused image information required any boom microphones to be digitally removed.

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Simon (Logan Lerman) tells Kable (Gerard Butler) that he is 17 years old. When this film was released, Lerman was actually 17.

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(At about the 17th minute) The film's cinematographer plays the balloon priest in Society.

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It was shot by directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor before Crank: High Voltage (2009), but was released later.

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This film shares many connections with Blade Runner (1982): as Gorge browses different outfits for Angie to wear in Society, one of them is the same costume Pris wears at Blade Runner's climax (a black one-piece bodysuit, white face with a black stripe across the eyes). Much of the cyberpunk aesthetic used across the cast also came from Blade Runner. The endings of both films (the original) also involve the main character and his love setting off on a winding mountain road.

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One of the album covers shown in Simon's music library is Antithesis by the Kansas death metal band Origin.

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(At about the 51st minute) The motorcycle Trace rides is a Buell Firebolt.

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The Spencer Theater for the Performing Arts is visible in several scenes of the film. The Spencer Theater is in Alto, New Mexico.

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It was featured on the comedy podcast How Did This Get Made in its 147th episode, alongside special guests Robert Kirkman and Emily V. Gordon.

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