Trivia for
Sniper (1993) More at IMDbPro »

• The weapon used by Billy Zane in this movie is not an H&K PSG-1, an expensive precision semi-automatic rifle commonly used by special forces snipers. It is an H&K SR-9 TC , a similar but cheaper version of the PSG-1 that was designed for civilian sales.
  
  
• 'Barry Levinson' was originally slated to direct.
  
  
• If you look closely at the locomotive of the train that inserts Beckett and Miller, the QR symbol of the Queensland Rail can be seen on the side. Queensland was the state of Australia where this movie was shot.
  
  
• Historically, Thomas Becket was the archbishop of Canterbury in England from 1162 until he was martyred in 1170, during the reign of King Henry II.
  
  
• The movie (along with several others) takes the story from Carlos Hathcock, who (in the myth) shot a enemy sniper through his scope and sending the bullet through the eye.
  
  

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