Quiz

The movie was financed by the Dow Chemical Company in order to spend frozen finances (money that could not be spent outside the country of origin) that the company had in Yugoslavia.

Jeff Goldblum recommended Ed Begley Jr. to director Rudy De Luca for the role of Gil Turner, and Begley recommended Michael Richards for the role of Fejos.

Much of the scene between John Byner and Carol Kane preparing the lunch was improvised. The script's only direction was "cut fruit and serve."

The little girl playing Elizabeth's daughter, Sara Grdjan, was a locally cast Croat who spoke no English. She had to be taught to speak her lines phonetically.

Within a minute of starting his audition, Michael Richards won them over by crashing around and slipping on the floor. The producers tried to talk the director out of casting him as too crass.