Clarke came up with the films title whilst settling a bet he had made regarding his native Dublin. In medieval Ireland under English occupation, Dublin with its bustling seaport was a hub of activity. To protect the economy and its inhabitants the town was enclosed with pales (huge stakes of timber). Hence Dublin became known as the Pale. For most of the city dwellers, what lay Beyond the Pale was unknown. The interior of Catherine Molloy’s Brooklyn home was used as the principal location for the movie. Molloy and Finegan’s Yorkshire terrier called Speedy disappeared while filming was in progress in their house. Catherine Molloy aware that one of the characters was based on her asked the writers to change the name; as a result the name as it appears in the film is Catherine Mooney. Tom Finegan suggested that Malachy McCourt should play him in the film, it turned out that Malachy was a hero of Tom’s. Big Jack (right) was owned by Clarke's uncle, Jimmy. Jimmy also appears for a few seconds in the farewell scene in the films opening. We see a close-up of him in slow motion licking his lips in anticipation of a pint of Stout. The scene on the loading dock of the McManus Moving Company is a working loading bay in Tribeca, lower Manhattan where Patrick Clarke had worked as a mover for Hanley North American Van Lines. The poker scene at the end of the film takes place in a Limousine garage in Long Island City where Clarke worked as a limousine driver for Charlie Limousine Service. The scene in the restaurant were Patrick is moping the floor takes place in the Sazerac House Bar and Grill on Hudson street in Greenwich Village where Clarke waited tables for two years. Patrick Clarke operated a man with a van moving company in Manhattan called Anything Goes Trucking and was an illegal immigrant for the three years he ran it. Executive Producer Glenn Becker was kind enough to let the filmmakers use his 38th floor mid-town Manhattan condo, which overlooks the Empire State Building and his fire red Mercedes 500SL Convertible. Eric Mabius (seen right, in a scene from The Crow) a close of friend of Clarke’s makes an uncredited cameo in the farewell scene in the opening of the movie. Eric is the star of such films as, The Sundance Film Festival winner Welcome to the Dollhouse, The Crow Salvation, Cruel Intentions, Splendor, Party of Five and Resident Evil. The pier on the Brooklyn side of the east river was also used in the film Donnie Brassco, with Al Pacino and Johnny Depp; the pier was torn down for safety reasons shortly after filming was completed. It is our pale reason which hides the infinite from us. Jim Morrison