Trivia for
The Hitcher (2007) More at IMDbPro »

• Director Cameo: [Dave Meyers] Photo on the driver's license of the real John Ryder.
  
  
• The movie that Grace is watching in the hotel near the end is The Birds (1963).
  
  
• The car Jim drives is an Oldsmobile 442.
  
  
• Rutger Hauer who played the character of John Ryder in the original was offered a cameo, but declined for artistic reasons. Hauer has since said in the press that he has yet to watch the remake, and according to some of his friends he shouldn't bother.
  
  
• Sean Bean spent little time with his young co-stars so as to distance their relationship and make himself seem more unknown and menacing. He believed this would drive the chemistry in a more realistic fashion.
  
  
• Was not screened for critics.
  
  
• Despite being credited, Eric Red did not work on the screenplay.
  
  

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