According to Ridley Scott (while discussing the filming of Matchstick Men (2003)), Sam Rockwell was originally cast in one of the roles and had completed some rehearsals before he became ill/injured and was replaced.
In the bar there are two girls named Thelma and Louise, a reference to Thelma & Louise (1991), also directed by Ridley Scott.
Ridley Scott's brother Tony Scott supplied some footage of submarines left over from his film Crimson Tide (1995).
The poem cited by Master Chief Urgayle is "Self-Pity" by D.H. Lawrence.
On the face of the wall that the CRT students must climb to finish the first O Course, there is a Chinese word written in white. This word is pronounced "zhong" and means "end". This word is usually used in conjunction with phrases that signify or imply death.
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