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In the segment where Royalty Airways trainee flight attendants are trained by John Witney (Mike Myers), a lesson on how to deal with terrorists was also included. The scene was cut from the film and was not included in the DVD release as a deleted scene.

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Filming for this movie was completed in 2001 and it was initially planned for release at Christmas 2001, then scheduled for April 2002 after the first test screenings. However, after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the US, the studio felt it was inappropriate to release a comedy spotlighting airline flight crew. After sitting on the shelf for another year and a series of edits that cut the guest roles of Robert Stack and Regis Philbin, the film finally opened in the summer of 2003. It quickly flopped and disappeared.

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The character John Whitney, played by Mike Myers, was cross-eyed. In his office are photographs of real-life prominent figures with eye conditions: Sammy Davis Jr. (who lost his left eye in a car accident), Marty Feldman (who had Graves' ophthalmopathy, which caused his eyes to bulge and misalign), and Peter Falk (whose right eye was surgically removed at age three due to retinoblastoma, and who wore an artificial eye for most of his life).

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A veteran of the Airport film series plays the first-class man who turns down Donna's offer of champagne and caviar.

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Gwyneth Paltrow, as Donna Jensen, walks along the Champs-Élysées in Paris on Christmas night and passes in front of the Guerlain perfume shop. In the store's window display is a photo of Gwyneth Paltrow, who was then the face of Guerlain, as Gwyneth Paltrow. Art meets real life.

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Gwyneth Paltrow, Christina Applegate and Kelly Preston wear clothing by Betsey Johnson, Moschino, Diane von Fürstenberg and Dolce & Gabbana, as well as vintage pieces from Versace and others. Donna's (Paltrow's) yellow jacket is Chanel.

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She appeared on the comedy podcast How Did This Get Made?

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The Sierra Airlines plane is a Martin 404 belonging to the Planes of Fame museum in Chino, California.

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Most of Candice Bergen's on-screen wardrobe is from Escada.

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Donna sat at the locks on the "Love Locks" bridge in Paris. Years later, in the film Now You See Me, her love interest Mark Ruffalo also sits on that bridge, perhaps on the same bench.

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Gwyneth Paltrow and Mark Ruffalo later starred together in Thanks for Sharing (2012) and The Avengers (2012), and appeared as Pepper Potts and Bruce Banner respectively in subsequent Marvel Cinematic Universe films.

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Donna's pre-flight job: in the original script, Donna worked at a run-down local casino instead of Big Lots.

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Christina Applegate (Christine) and Concetta Tomei (Mark Ruffalo's mother in the film) played mother and daughter in Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991).

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Chelsey Cole, who appears as six-year-old Donna, had no speaking role. This is one of only four film appearances by this child star. She did not continue performing in adulthood.

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Gwyneth Paltrow's character is Donna JENSEN. At one point in the film, she watches Demi Moore in Ghost, whose character is Molly JENSEN.

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