Trivia

Both David Wenham and Lynette Curran played the same roles in the stage version in 1991.

Toni Collette actually grew up in the rough Sydney suburbs where the film is set.

The film is based on the Anita Cobby case therefore it happened in 1986. A few years before the miniature hand-held mobile phones depicted in the movie existed and actually before the Australian mobile network was even active.

The actor referred to as "Abo" in this film, Pete Smith, was not Australian Aboriginal. Smith was from Aotearoa/New Zealand and was Maori.