Trivia

Ralph Fiennes said of this movie, "I think it's a badge of honor to have a real flop on your resumé."

This movie was not screened for critics because, as the Warner Brothers press office put it, "we wanted the public and the press to be able to discover the film together". Not screening a movie, especially one of such a significant budget, is usually a sign that the studio has no faith in it. This movie ultimately lost about $40 million.

Dame Diana Rigg was sent the script with a view to her playing Alice. She passed.

This was Patrick Macnee's final film before his death on June 25, 2015 at the age of 93.

Speaking at the 2006 AFI Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony, Eddie Izzard said that he took a role in this movie in order to meet Sir Sean Connery.