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Cast members Dennis Quaid and PJ Soles were married this same year the movie was released, 1978. She also made film history starring in John Carpenter's Halloween that October and he appeared in the made for TV horror Are You Alone In The House? The couple also both appeared in Breaking Away (1979) before divorcing in 1983.

Cast members, Dennis Quaid and Deborah Benson, both had appeared the previous year in 'September 30, 1955' (1977).

About 150 students from Newnan High School in Newnan, Georgia, USA appeared as extras and background artists in the movie.

The track and field sequences were filmed in Newnan, Georgia, USA at Newnan High School.

The picture was often compared by critics, reviewers and audiences with George Lucas' 'American Graffiti' (1973).