Nick Stahl read for the lead role. He told Movieline magazine that losing the part to Matt Damon hurt him very much.
John Grady Cole:
You ever think about dyin'?
Lacey:
Yeah. You?
John Grady Cole:
Yeah.
Lacey:
So, you think there's a heaven?
John Grady Cole:
Yeah. Don't you?
Lacey:
I don't know. Yeah, maybe. You think you can believe there's a heaven if you don't believe in hell?
John Grady Cole:
I guess you can believe what you want to.
When the three cowboys cross the Rio Grande, their left-to-right order on the screen is Cole, Blevins, Rawlins. Then when the camera returns to them a moment later, it is Blevins, Cole, Rawlins.
The Columbia Pictures logo is the 1940s version, which fits with the time period of the film.
The first cut by director Billy Bob Thornton was ca. 4 hours long. It was later cut down to the 116 min. version released to theatres.
English, Spanish
$57,000,000 (estimated)
$1,304,971 25 December 2000
$15,540,353
$18,133,495