John Cusack took over 600 hours of skiing lessons in preparation for this movie. The 600 hours is equivalent to fifteen 40 hour weeks.
The name of the TV station that was covering the political election was WVIT Connecticut, which is a real life television station. The call letters for the station are still WVIT, but the marketing name and the name it is known as on the air is now NBC Connecticut (as of 2021).
The credo of close friends Peter Burton (John Cusack) and Tim Garrity (James Spader) was: "We may not always get what we want. We may not always get what we need. Just so's we don't get what we deserve."