|| There are several Bond movie references, including the attempted poisoning by string (You Only Live Twice (1967)), and the Guns N Roses version of the theme from Live and Let Die (1973) which Martin listens to just before enters the Ultimart for the first time (when he enters the Ultimart it changes to a Muzak version of Live and Let Die that picks up exactly where G&R left off). There are also references to Goldfinger (1964).

|| The director/producer originally planned to shoot the high school scenes at Grosse Pointe South High, but did not get permission from the school board. They felt that it would be inappropriate to show someone graduating from Grosse Pointe's school system to become a hit man. Grosse Pointe has two high schools, Grosse Pointe South and Grosse Pointe North, but there is no Pointe High.

|| The goon stalking Martin Blank is 'Benny "The Jet" Urquidez' , a world-champion kickboxer who was also John Cusack's kickboxing instructor.

|| Martin's invitation to his high school reunion, which is tucked into the mirror as he gets ready, requires attendees to Dress to Kill.

|| In the scene in the Ultimart, during the shootout, the head of Bruce Willis gets shot off of a stand-up cardboard cutout of Pulp Fiction.

|| When talking to the prospective home-buyers, Martin says he has always felt "kind of temporary" about himself. This is the same thing Willy Loman says he feels when talking to Ben in "Death of a Salesman."

|| During the scene where Jeremy Piven first sees John Cusack, he brings Cusack over to his BMW. His BMW is parked in front of a red zone, even though his car is the only one that is on the curb and there are plenty of legal spaces for him to park.

|| Four of the Cusack siblings are in this movie. John, Joan, Ann and Bill.

|| Benny Urquidez's character's nam, Felix La PuBelle, is pronounced the same way as "poubelle", which is the French word for garbage can.

|| When Minnie Driver tells John Cusack at her apartment that he's a "...psycho", she can be seen moving her hand as though talking. In an interview, Cusack said that this was an ad-lib, as she had seen John and Joan Cusack doing something similar with each other on the set, off-camera.
 

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