Against All Odds (film) - Production Notes

Production Notes

  • The film featured cameo appearances by stars of Out of the Past on which the film is based. Jane Greer, who was the star of Out of the Past, plays Rachel Ward's mother. Paul Valentine, who played hood Joe Stephanos in the first film, played a councilman in Against All Odds.
  • The movie includes extensive footage of the Mayan city Chichen Itza as well as Tulum but the exteriors and interiors don't match the actual location. The movie was shot in Manhattan Beach, California, the Yucatán peninsula, Isla Mujeres, and Cozumel, Mexico, and various locations around Los Angeles and Hollywood.
  • The end of the movie takes place at the Wylers' real-estate function above downtown Los Angeles. The spot was already selected as the future home of the new Getty Center Art Museum and some grading had begun. However, because of permits, construction did not start until 1989 and continued until the 1997 opening of the Richard Meier-designed museum.
  • Jeff Bridges played the Robert Mitchum role from the original version while James Woods portrayed the equivalent of Kirk Douglas' character, although the scripts are quite different.
  • Jeff Bridges' age and appearance in this film is used as a reference to recreate a 35-year-old version of him for the characters of Kevin Flynn and CLU in the film Tron: Legacy, released in December 2010.

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