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The Long Kiss Goodnight was filmed from a script by American screenwriter Shane Black.

The "long kiss goodnight" is a euphemism for death. In the opening narration, when Samantha (Geena Davis) is explaining that the only thing she knows about her former self is a name, Charlene, she says that she has kissed Charlene goodnight.

"Focal retrograde amnesia", a type of amnesia where memory for past events and personal information is lost, while the ability to remember new events is spared.

Filming took place at multiple locations in the province of Ontario, Canada, e.g., Collingwood, Milton, Hamilton, Markham, Uxbridge, Toronto, and Niagara Falls. Some scenes were filmed at the Windemere House, a resort in Muskoka, Ontario, but when the resort burned down during the filming, they reshot the scenes at another resort, Milford Manor in Milton (Daedalus' hideout). The beginning scenes were shot in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. Other filming locations in the U.S. included Atlantic City in New Jersey, the Chicago Pier, and Linnwood, Washington.

One movie recommended by viewers who have seen The Long Kiss Goodnight is The Bourne Identity (2002), in which an amnesic who was pulled out of the water with bullets in his back searches for clues to his identity. His story is continued in three sequels, The Bourne Supremacy (2004), The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), and Jason Bourne (2016) (as well as sequel-without-the-main-character The Bourne Legacy (2012)). For those who appreciate the mixture of high-octane action scenes with witty dialogue, many other action movies written by Shane Black or produced by Joel Silver are highly recommended, such as Lethal Weapon (1987) (and its three sequels), The Last Boy Scout (1991), and Last Action Hero (1993) (which effectively parodies the genre). Die Hard (1988) can be considered the blueprint for this genre of movies, so this movie and its three sequels are also preferred viewing for fans of The Long Kiss Goodnight.