Trivia

Near the end of the movie's theatrical run the director of a science fiction film festival contacted the distributor for a copy of the movie. According to the festival's director, there was a long pause on the other end and the person at the distributor said, "Hmm. Science fiction. Maybe if we had sold it that way..."

On the UK DVD cover released in 2007, the blurb on the back features a review quote which reads, "Wow! Outstanding! Completely blew me away". The credit given for the quote is "IMDb".

Appeared in Entertainment Weekly magazine's, July 16, 2012 issue's list of 'The 50 Best Movies You've Never Seen'.

Sam Rockwell was cast as Sam Deed but dropped out to appear in Galaxy Quest (1999).

Holland Taylor, who plays the therapist, is actually Brad Anderson's aunt.