The film was shot without any sound recording because the 35mm camera made too much noise. The first-person voice-over and a few strange sound effects were added later.
The film was shot for most part inside the brand new Ontario Science Centre in Toronto, which was open to the public since September 26, 1969. The buildings and design were part of a broader change in Canadian architecture and remain an example of the brutalist style. When it first opened, the Science Centre was a pioneer for its hands-on approach to science, along with San Francisco's Exploratorium and Detroit's Museum of Science and Technology.
The film takes place in 1997.
Included as a bonus on the 2004 Blue Underground DVD of Fast Company (1979) and the Alliance Atlantis 2004 DVD of same.
Included in the Criterion Collection release of THE BROOD (1979), spine #777.