Drillbit Taylor
Adam Baldwin has a cameo has a bodyguard being interviewed. During the interview he comments on how stupid it is for a bodyguard to protect kids from bullies, all while wearing an identical costume to that he wore in the movie My Bodyguard (1980) where he played a bodyguard to protect a fellow student from a bully.
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Tyler Perry has been writing plays since he was 18. As of March 2005, his eight plays have grossed over $75 million in tickets and DVD sales.
Two DDS soldiers sent into Scotland are named "Miller" and "Carpenter". George Miller directed the "Mad Max" trilogy and John Carpenter directed Escape from New York (1981) and Escape from L.A. (1996), all heavily influential to this film.
The title refers to a provision in all military service contracts that says a service member can be involuntarily extended beyond their discharge (from active duty) date, and at times beyond their final discharge from service date, according to the needs of the service.
The Horton quote "I meant what I said, and I said what I meant: An elephant's faithful one hundred percent," is actually from "Horton Hatches the Egg," another Dr. Seuss story featuring the enduringly faithful elephant.
Johnny Depp, born John Christopher Depp in Owensboro, Kentucky, on June 9, 1963, Johnny Depp was raised in Florida. He dropped out of school at age 15 in the hopes of becoming a rock musician. He fronted a series of garage bands including The Kids, which once opened for Iggy Pop. Depp got into acting after a visit to Los Angeles, California, with his former wife, Lori Anne Allison, who introduced him to actor Nicolas Cage. He made his film debut in A Nightmare on Elm Street,1984. In 1987 he shot to stardom when he replaced Jeff Yagher in the role of undercover cop Tommy Hanson in the popular TV series 21 Jump Street.
Writer, Diablo Cody, personal quotes,” I have never been an ambitious person, and my participation in this industry is a fluke, but only male writers can afford to be coy and self-deprecating.” “I've been told that I'm incompetent, socially retarded, maladjusted. I still know that I couldn't function in reality. Los Angeles is a good place for me.”
Morgan Freeman’s real life son, Alfonso Freeman, plays his son in this movie.