Michael Barbieri was accepted at New York's Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts after the film premiered.
The idea of children going on strike against their parents was inspired by Yasujirô Ozu's Otona no miru ehon - Umarete wa mita keredo (1932) and Bonjour (1959).
Theo Taplitz has made short films since fourth grade. Several have been featured at youth film festivals across the US.
Mauricio Bustamante was Michael Barbieri's acting teacher at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.
The first drawings of Jake are inspired by the Percy Jackson book series, given not of their titles "Sky of Camp Jupiter" and "Ella de Harpy." One of the books is even mentioned by Tony when he first meets Jake: "The Blood of Olympus."