One of Patrick Swayze's final movie roles, four years prior to his death on September 14, 2009, from pancreatic cancer.
This movie is dedicated to James Booth (Mr. Brown), who died four months before the first release. This was his final movie.
On her nude scene, Tamsin Egerton said, "I was 16 when I went topless the first time. I don't know what it is about me but I don't think of myself as sexy, I never have. To me it's just naked flesh; it's my body. Maybe it's because I'm not very curvaceous, but I don't think of it as a big deal. We spoke to my mum. My dad is very supportive no matter what. I think he felt uncomfortable about it, but as long as I felt OK, and mum felt OK, then he was fine. My mother got herself a license to be my chaperone and whenever I was acting as a child, went everywhere with me."
U.K. area code 01632 is not allocated to any area, and is reserved especially for fictional use in movies, television shows, and books. It is recommended that numbers beginning 01632 are used wherever a realistic landline number is needed, unless a more specific block of fake numbers exists. The 01632 area code is usually followed by a random six-digit number, mimicking the style of phone numbers found in much of Britain.
Dame Maggie Smith and Dame Kristin Scott-Thomas appeared together in Gosford Park in 2001.