In the first draft of the screenplay, Mitch dies of his wounds.
The song "Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow" by Dean Martin plays in Samantha's car radio. It also featured at the end of Die Hard 2 (1990) also directed by Renny Harlin.
The ice skating scene was scripted to end with Samantha performing a double-axel flip and simultaneously firing over her upside-down head. After two aerial-rig configurations (in sub-zero conditions) and several attempts at green-screening failed to hold any convincing fluency to the action, it was dropped from the final cut of the film
The movie playing on the TV at the hotel was The Long Goodbye (1973).
Director Trademark: [Renny Harlin] [finland] "Hell Sink" (Helsinki) graffiti on the public phone used by Mitch.
Director Trademark: [Renny Harlin] [finland] Both Mitch and Charly drink Finlandia Vodka.
At the end of the movie Geena Davis is driving a convertible and wearing a scarf and sunglasses. This is also how she ends _Thelma and Louise (1991)_ .
One of the movie's original locations was a historic, grand hotel in Muskoka, Ontario, Canada - the 100-year-old Windermere House. During filming, however, the hotel caught fire and burned to the ground. The heat from the film lights were initially blamed for causing the blaze, but it was never proven that the lights started the fire.
The resort Windemere House in the Muskoka region of Ontario, Canada burned down while filming scenes there. Production company had to rework the scenes in Collingwood, Ontario. Windemere House has since been rebuilt.
Shane Black became the first writer to sell a script for $3 million.
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