La vita è un sogno

Reportedly one-sixth of the budget was spent on acquiring the rights to 1970s pop hits on the soundtrack.

When Simone says, "I did it when I was a freshman, and you'll do it when you're seniors. but you're doing great. Now fry like bacon, you little freshman piggies. Fry!" you can see a reflection in the window of a person crouching down signaling two extras to walk past in the background.

At the start of the end credits, the first end credit roll rolls up very fast before showing all the portrayals.

An early cut of the film opens with Randal and others stealing the statues that would later be painted. The cops look for the stolen statues and find them in the car when Randal and his friends are busted for being on the football field.

Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: The Good Son/The Program/A Bronx Tale/Bopha!/Dazed and Confused (1993)