The film marked the last feature film appearance of the original Bart the Bear, who became ill in 1998 and died in 2000.
It was the first theatrically released film produced by DIC Entertainment since Les entrechats, le film (1986).
Despite playing 18-year-old fraternal twins in the movie, Paul Walker was 24 and Steve Van Wormer was 28 in real life.
The film also features cameos from former Oingo Boingo members Steve Bartek, Johnny 'Vatos' Hernandez, Carl Graves and Sam Phipps as the band at the luau.