At the beginning of the movie the math teacher can be heard mumbling 8675309 a reference to a popular 1980s pop song.
Xenia, Ohio is an actual town situated in southwestern Ohio with a population of about 26,000. The high school mascot is The Buccaneers.
It was originally slated for an theatrical release on November 15, 2002, But the original distributor Premiere Marketing & Distribution Group was having financial problems, It then went bankrupt.