Trivia

The box office failure of this and the equally expensive Meet Joe Black (1998) led to the resignation of then Universal head Casey Silver.

The ape named "Thelonious" is a reference to the jazz pianist, Thelonious Monk.

This was film critic Gene Siskel's pick for the best film of 1998. It was the final film to top one of his yearly "best-of" lists, as he died in February 1999, less than 3 months after its release.

A billboard on the city skyline reads "Eternity." This refers to the eccentric mission of reformed petty criminal Arthur Stace, who in 1932 began anonymously chalking the single word "Eternity" in copperplate style on footpaths around Sydney. He continued until his death in 1967. ("Eternity" also was featured in the finale of Sydney's fireworks display on New Years Day 2000.)

This was the biggest flop of 1998, despite the first film's success.