Panic Room

Trivia: The shot of Meg turning on the security screens took 57 takes before director David Fincher was happy.

Trivia: Not really a mistake, but an interesting note. When Jodie Foster phones the ex girlfriend listen to the voice on the phone, it's Nicole Kidman's - she was originally chosen for this role but was unable to due to a minor injury.

Trivia: The role of Raoul was offered to Tool and A Perfect Circle vocalist Maynard James Keenan, the latter whose music video for the song "Judith" David Fincher also directed. Keenan had to decline due to commitments to Tool.

Phaneron

Factual error: After the intruders flood the panic room with propane, Jody Foster's character gets a lighter and ignites the propane causing it to burn along the ceiling. This would be impossible as propane is heavier than air and would sink to the floor rather than rise up to the ceiling. Lighting a flame in that room should have caused anyone in the room and on the floor to be engulfed in flames almost instantly.

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Junior: She's coming down to you.
Burnham: Hey, I told you, I don't hurt people.

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Question: Can someone please tell me what happened to Jodie Foster's ex-husband? Did he live or die?

Answer: He survived. His injuries were serious but not life-threatening.

raywest

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