The giant Buzzy Bee featured in the prologue is one of the main floats from the annual Christmas Farmers' Santa Parade in Auckland, New Zealand.
Writer/director Martin Renner was influenced to become a filmmaker by the Kiwi classic "Goodbye Pork Pie." A sequence in the dance montage mirrors a similar scene in Pork Pie.
This is the first film in which Donna Wilkes, who is bilingual, speaks fluent Spanish.
The first movie to feature the international running group, The Hash House Harriers ("a drinking club with a running problem").
Several songs were provided for the movie by the legendary Kiwi pop/rock icon Andrew Fagan. Songs from Andrew's newest solo album ("Act Normal") were included, along with the classic song "Swear it's true" by Andrew's iconic 80's band The Mockers.