Due to the heavy-handed post-production influence of Harvey Weinstein, this film appears on a 2017 list in The Telegraph entitled "Harvey Scissorhands: 6 films ruined by Harvey Weinstein."
Director M. Night Shyamalan said he cried on set while making this movie after producer Harvey Weinstein yelled some harsh words at him.
Although released in 1998, the film was actually shot in 1995. Additionally, the film's copyright date in the credits is listed as being 1997, indicating that post-production work had not been completed until then.
The extras in the race scene of the film were students and their families of the schools where the movie was shot.
Despite the fact that this was filmed in the standard spherical format, "Filmed in Panavision" is listed in the end credits.