William Mapother (Gabriel's Crew #1), Ilia Volokh (Gabriel's Crew #2), Jonathan Fraser (Gabriel's Crew #3), Shawn Woods (Gabriel's Crew #4), Leo Lee (Gabriel's Crew #5), Laura Wachal (Helga), Kirk B.R. Woller, Angelo Pagan (Torres), George Marshall Ruge (Advertising Executive). HOSTAGES: Marina Black, Cindy Folkerson, Kerry Kletter, Tim Storms, Ann Travolta, Margaret Travolta, Sam Travolta, Ryan Wulff.
PRODUCERS: Joel Silver, Paul Winze and Jonathan D. Krane.
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS: Anson Downes and Linda Favila.
CO-PRODUCERS: Dan Cracchiolo and Skip Woods.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Bruce Berman, Kristen Branan and Jim Van Wyck.
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Christopher Young, Paul Oakenfold and Madonna (song "What It Feels Like for a Girl").
DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros.
Gabriel Shear: Oh, come on, Stan. Not everything ends the way you think it should. Besides, audiences love happy endings.
DVD RELEASE DATE: November 6th, 2001 (USA)
BOX OFFICE OPENING: $18.1 million (USA)
BOX OFFICE RESULT: $69.7 million (USA)
BUDGET: $80 million (USA)
SHOOTING DATES: October 2000 -- January 2001
- Hugh Jackman had to take driving classes to prepare for his role in the film.
- The opening scene is the most complicated visual effect in Warner Brothers history. It was using effects b Frantic Films of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The effect has so many composites in it that the producers and director of the film could not determine what was real and what computer created.
- Website info: There is a password game happening. There are ten passwords out there, some in ads, there's one in the trailer, the cast even mention passwords in interviews; the first is "nsa"; finding all ten passwords and using them correctly enters you in a $100,000 sweepstakes.
- The title comes from the classic 1932 Marx Brothers' film House Feathers. "Swordfish" was the password for entering the speakeasy - one of the movie's funniest scenes -- and became the archeypal password (at least for older movie-goers).
- The two hackers in the film, Axl Torvalds and Stanley Jobs are possible references to Linus Torvalds (creator of Linux) and Steve Jobs (CEO of Apple), two famous 'hackers' in real life.
- Gabriel's sports car is the unique Tuscan TVR.
- The film was withdrawn from cinemas shortly after the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington DC on September 11th, 2001, due to a scene involving an exploding building.
- The language spoken by Axel Torvalds is German.
- The side of Shear's bus reads: Don't get burned by viruses, protect your system. It's an ad for an anti virus program. During the car chase scene, Shear and Jobson are nearly hit by a garbage truck, and speed through a busy intersection. Two scenes, which are mimicked from Gone in 60 Seconds (2000), also directed by Dominic Sena.
- Nominated for one 2002 Razzie Award for: Worst Actor (John Travolta).
Stanley Jobson: What the fuck are you talking about?
Gabriel Shear: Misdirection. What the eyes see and the ears hear, the mind believes.
Ginger: I'm Ginger.
Stanley: Where's Gilligan?