Sands refers to the members of his former unit by their code names, referring to the names of directors from the golden age of film making. At the start of act three, the screen is in wide screen format, then slowly shifts to regular format, in the manner that these old films are typically currently shown on television.
Sands refers to code names for the members of his former unit. They are Wilder, DeMille, Lean, Huston and Peckinpah, all directors from the golden age of movies. They refer to Billy Wilder, Cecil B. DeMille, David Lean, John Huston and Sam Peckinpah.
Continuing with the theme of Hollywood director code names, the warehouse where Tanner holds Sands' son is rented under the name of Val Lewton, the legendary producer and screenwriter of low-budget RKO horror classics such as "Cat People" (1942).
In the back story of Agent Sands it is revealed that he was once in the MI6. Colin Salmon who plays Sands, also played MI6 agent Charles Robinson in three of the James Bond films that starred Pierce Brosnan.
At 41:45, Brian is reading the "burn book".... it shows a circuit diagram: if you compare it to the standard circuit in the data sheet for that integrated circuit (an SL6270), there is a very important connection missing, from pin 2 to pin 7.