The picture and producer John Veitch in 1985 were nominated for the Worst Picture award at the Hastings Bad Cinema Society's 8th Stinkers Bad Movie Awards with Irwin Winkler winning the prize for 'Revolution' (1985).
Debut theatrical feature film of the following cast members (with their character names in parentheses): Karen Kopins (Susan Granger), John Scott Clough (Matt Sherman), Tamara Mark (June Wolsky), Tracy Silver (Meryl Stanton), Cindy McGee (Francine Hackett), Monique Cintron (Rita Diaz) and Gretchen Palmer (Valerie Thompson) who was billed as Gretchen F. Palmer.
''None [of the lead cast] was ever in a theatrical motion picture before now'' according to the movie's production notes despite the fact that Debra Varnado, who played Debbie Hughes, had previously played Charlotte in 'All the Right Moves' (1983), whilst actor Don Franklin had previously appeared in the cinema movies 'Somewhere in Time' (1980) and 'Northville Cemetery Massacre' (1977).
A song from the movie had an associated music video produced as a music video tie-in. This was the track "Do You Want it Right Now" by Siedah Garrett. The song went to No. #63 on the U.S. Rhythm and Blues Chart and No. #3 on the U.S. Hot Dance Music-Club Play Chart.
The movie was part of a cycle of mid-late 1980s dance movies which included Fame, Flashdance, Footloose, Dirty Dancing, Breakin' aka Breakdance, Electric Boogaloo: Breakdance 2, Fast Forward, Salsa, Beat Street, Heavenly Bodies, Rappin' - with two titles from 1990: Shout! and Lambada.
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