Peter Kastner again played "Peter" and Julie Biggs again played "Julie" some twenty years later in the 1984 Canadian film Unfinished Business (1984).
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Director Don Owen stated that he was inspired by the direct cinema films of Michel Brault and Gilles Groulx.
Director Don Owen initially wanted to create a half-hour television film about probation officers with occasional dramatization, with a budget of $35,000 for the National Film Board of Canada. After filming started Owen believed that the project could be extended into a feature film and executive producer Tom Daly increased the budget to $75,000.
The scene of Peter working at a parking lot was shot using hidden cameras and all of the patrons were non-actors. A woman recognized Peter Kastner and talked to him without knowing that she was being filmed.