Trivia for
Passenger 57 (1992) More at IMDbPro »

• While on the plane Wesley Snipes reads the book 'The Art of War'. Snipes later stared in the film _Art of War, The (2000/I)_ that was loosely based on the book.
  
  
• Wesley Snipes character is mistaken for Arsenio Hall. In an episode of _"Martial Law" (1998/I)_, Arsenio's character is mistaken for Wesley, and the woman who does so says "I loved you in 'Passenger 57!' "
  
  
• The type of aircraft used in the hijacking is an L1011-500 "Tristar".
  
  
• The original draft of the screenplay set the action at night; it was changed to a daylight story setting to save money.
  
  
• Originally, the role played by Wesley Snipes was offered to Sylvester Stallone but Stallone turned it down. However, just for fun, the script writer named one of the major characters, "Sly", short for Sylvester and a nickname for Stallone.
  
  

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