A parrot accidentally became "involved" in the making of Montana, when a pet store burned down to the ground in a building adjacent to the set of Montana. A parrot that got out of his cage apparently flew into a vent shaft, causing an electrical shortage. A faint noise of a fire alarm coming from the adjacent building can be heard in the background at 32 minutes and 50 seconds.
Stanley Tucci and Philip Seymour Hoffman would later star in several films of "The Hunger Games" franchise.
Co-stars Kyra Sedgwick and Robin Tunney would each go on to star in two successful TV shows where they would portray very similar characters. Sedgwick would play a Chief in the police drama The Closer (2005), and Tunney would play a similar role in The Mentalist (2008). Both shows ran for six seasons.