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This dialogue between Seth (Nicolas Cage) and Maggie - "Let's go." "Where?" "I don't care." "What will we do?" "Anything."
- is virtually identical to an exchange between Nicolas Cage and Deborah Foreman in Valley Girl (1983).
Director Cameo: [Michael Mann] in the foreground when Nicolas Cage is drinking and smoking in a bar.
During the "falling" sequence near the end of the film, Seth's memories are shown. One of them is of a pregnant woman. This woman was portrayed by Elizabeth Shue, though you only see her stomach.
When they show shots of any of the angels, they rarely blink. Nicholas Cage actually practiced not blinking and was able to do it for several minutes by the time the film was done. However, once he became human he was able to blink all he wanted.
Right before the falling sequence, when Nicholas Cage is preparing to fall, the music being played are the prayers "Our Father" and "Hail Mary" recited in Polish.
The concept of angels moving among the living, hearing their conversations, experiencing beauty that humans rarely stop to enjoy or even notice, yet not feeling any emotion or passing any judgment, was first discussed in the writings of Rainer Maria Rilke, specifically, his collection The Duino Elegies.
The dedication "For Dawn" refers to producer Dawn Steel, who died of a brain tumor before this film's release.
The rooftop scene with Franz and Cage sitting on scaffolding high above the city was shot for real. Both actors were afraid of heights.
When Meg Ryan is looking in the mirror and Cage is not reflected, this was shot twice with motion control: once with Ryan and Cage, once without the actors, and mixed together. also, if you look closely enough, you can see a few strands of Ryan's hair morphing in and out where Cage's face was erased.
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