Trivia

In order to achieve a constant limp while filming, Owen Wilson placed a small lime in his shoe.

The three brothers are named after Francis Ford Coppola, Peter Bogdanovich, and Jack Nicholson.

Bill Murray was originally scheduled for three days of filming. He shot his entire role in a day and a half then stayed on in India for a month.

The train scenes were filmed inside a moving train travelling from Jodhpur to Jaisalmer and through the Thar desert. Nothing could be fixed to the ceiling, and filming equipment couldn't be more than a meter out of the windows. Writer and director Wes Anderson and production designer Mark Friedberg went to the Northwestern Railways company and told them they needed ten rail-cars and a locomotive, which they would redecorate entirely and then move around their railway. Northwestern Railways had never gotten such a request, and though it took a lot time and effort, it was eventually granted.

The role of Peter was written with Adrien Brody specifically in mind.