"Thomas Reynolds' birth date is given as 9-11-40. On 11 September 1940, Bell Labs researcher, George Stibitz, demonstrated the first remote operation (i.e. over a phone line) of a computer machine."
(from IMDB triva page)
strange one- anniversary of first "remote operation of a computer"
(and 1973 chile coup AND construction of pentagon in 1941)
Bell Labs= Bell Helicopters. mixing of aircraft and remote-controlled-computers?
also..
When Will Smith's character goes to his home the first time in the movie, his wife is watching Larry King on CNN- there's a Senator being interviewed, who's a proponent of the over-arching security bill the bad guys are trying to pass. He says, "When buildings start blowing up, people's priorities tend to change".
Reynolds:
There are planes falling out of the
sky, buildings blowing up. American
buildings. Americans getting bombs
in the mail. What are we gonna do!?
Robert Clayton Dean: What the hell is happening?
Brill: I blew up the building.
Robert Clayton Dean: Why?
Brill: Because you made a phone call.
synchronicities or a psy-op film writer?