Brian Dennehy was quoted after the release as saying "I've made lots of movies but this is my first film."
Etienne-Louis Boullee (1728-1799) was a real architect. Many of his neoclassical designs that were built still exist, mostly in Paris, France. His project for the Cenotaph for Isaac Newton has been much studied by architects for its viability, not least by Albert Speer who modeled the New Berlin for Hitler. The cake presented to Kracklite at the initial banquet is a perfect replica of Boullee's drawings for the Isaac Newton Cenotaph.
Much is made of the withdrawal from circulation of the Bank Of England one pound note which featured Sir Isaac Newton on the obverse. They ceased to be produced at the end of 1984 and were withdrawn from circulation on 11 March 1988.
Buildings are shot straight on so that they resembled architects plans.