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Big Trouble (2002) More at IMDbPro »

• Was supposed to be released in late 2001, but was postponed following the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 because of terrorist plotlines in the film.
  
  
• Katie Holmes originally signed on to play Jenny Herk.
  
  
• DIRCAMEO:(Barry Sonnenfeld) voice-only cameo as a Gators fan on a radio sports show.
  
  
• CAMEO: Writer/Director David Koepp (voice of the Sports Show host heard arguing with Director Barry Sonnenfeld over the radio)
  
  
• The song heard in the Hummer that Dwight "Heavy D" Myers, Omar Epps and Jeanene Garafolo sequester on the way to the airport, is "Big Trouble" sung by Myers himself.
  
  
• Tim Allen's character is largely based on Dave Barry (i.e. profession, newspaper he works for, etc.).
  
  
• Arthur Herk pictures Martha Stewart when he hallucinates. In the book, he saw Elizabeth Dole.
  
  
• Patrick Warburton, who plays Officer Walter Kramitz, played in "Dave's World" (1993), a sitcom based around writer/journalist Dave Barry, who wrote the book on which this movie was based. He was Dave's neighbor Eric.
  
  
• Director Barry Sonnenfeld's daughter, Chloe, can be seen riding a scooter as Puggy and Anna run through the airport.
  
  
• The interior shots of the Miami Herald office building were actually shot at the Miami Herald. The crew ran overtime a few hours but were allowed to stay through the intervention of Dave Barry, upon whose book the movie is based (he also works as a columnist for the Miami Herald).
  
  
• Patrick Warburton's line, "It's built by Ford now" in relation to the Jaguar automobiles, was also used in The Crew (2000/I). Barry Sonnenfeld suspects the line is cursed, as neither film did well at the box office.
  
  
• Barry Sonnenfeld delivered the film to the studio $1 million under budget.
  
  
• Johnny Knoxville's character, Eddie Leadbetter, is named after Huddie Ledbetter - aka Leadbelly - an early 20th century blues/folk musician who often found himself in trouble with the law.
  
  
• Director Trademark: [Barry Sonnenfeld] [Vigusion] Sonnenfield always names one character Vigusion.
  
  
• The babe character that officer Kramitz hits on is named Heather Weintraub. That is also the name of one of the two girls that Johnny Boy picked up "...in the Village." in _Mean Streets (2003)_qv.
  
  

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