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The film parodies the crime and thriller genres and films such as: "Blue Velvet", "The Last Seduction", "Basic Instinct", "Falling Down", "Sea of Love", "True Romance" and "Rashamon".
Matt Dillon and Richard Jenkins both previously appeared in There's Something About Mary, which shares a similar plot to this film. Both films involve different men all falling for the same woman. Matt Dillon plays one of the men in both films and Jenkins plays a similar role in both films as well. In "Mary" he plays a therapist to whom Ben Stiller tells his story and in this film he plays a priest to whom John Goodman tells his story.
Screenwriter Stan Seidel passed away on July 14, 2000. The film is dedicated to his memory.
The real McCool's in St. Louis was considered to be too drab to film in.
Mr. Burmeister's (Michael Douglas) hairstyle is modeled after the hairstyle of Dennis Hopper's character Frank Booth from the 1986 thriller "Blue Velvet".