The actors snorted milk powder in the cocaine scenes.
A lot of Johnny Depp's dialogue was improvised, including the scene where they are trying to find a place to put all their money from selling coke and his line "We're gonna need a bigger boat" (a quote from Jaws (1975)).
George Jung's daughter, Christina, had a bit part as a clerk but her scene was cut.
More than ironic final movie for director Ted Demme since he died less than a year later while playing basketball, and cocaine was found in his system.
Rachel Griffiths plays Ermine Jung (George's mother). The actress is really five years younger than Johnny Depp (George).
Ray Liotta who plays George's (Johnny Depp) father is only six years older than Depp.
To prepare for the role Johnny Depp interviewed the real George Jung in prison.
When George is sharing a cell in prison with Diego, George is seen reading a paperback while reclining on his top bunk. The book is "Hells Angels" written by Hunter S. Thompson, the author whom Depp previously portrayed in the movie Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998).
When George is in the courtroom the first right before he finds out that Barbara's sick, the words that he is reciting to convince the judge that he is innocent are lines from Bob Dylan's song "It Ain't Me Babe" and Woody Guthrie's song "Pretty Boy Floyd".
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