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When new Columbia Pictures chief David Puttnam first watched this movie, he told Director Richard Benjamin that it was one of the worst movies he had ever seen, according to Editor Jim Clark, who was drafted in to see if he could rescue it.
River Phoenix once said of this movie, "I really didn't like the way the Russians were portrayed, it was a bit stereotypical". Apparently, Phoenix thought the whole film's storyline was incredibly far-fetched.
Director Richard Benjamin once said of working with River Phoenix, "He is not only a superb actor, but he is real. Only the truth is in him, and it's wonderful to see."
When Roy hands over the driver's license to Jeff the birth date is August 23, 1970, which was the real birthdate of River Phoenix.
Although this was not known at the time of this movie's release, many years later it was revealed that there really was a cell of Russian Sleeper agents who had been "hiding in plain sight" in the United States for decades. Several of them had children, coworkers, friends, and neighbors who all had no idea that they were spies. In 2010, a group of these so-called "Illegals" were arrested and ultimately returned to Russia in a trade for some Americans that Russia was holding. See also the trivia for the TV series "The Americans."
"Jeff Grant: Shove this up your bladder Boris."
"Roy Parmenter: Do you have a file on Jeffrey Grant? Verna McLaughlin: What kind of file? Roy Parmenter: Grades... extra-curricular activities. Going back, say, a couple of years. Verna McLaughlin: Why would I show you Jeffrey Grant's file? Roy Parmenter: I'm FBI. Verna McLaughlin: You could be NFL for all I care. Roy Parmenter: Please?"
