Actors Samuli Edelman, Teemu Lehtilä, Juha Veijonen and the producer, Markus Selin, promised to stop smoking if the film was seen by 200,000 viewers in Finland. That number was reached on February 15th, 1999.
Finland's official submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 72nd Academy Awards.
Kalevi Haapoja (Grandpa Karhu) and Vesa Mäkelä (Rahikainen) both played in original Häjyt (1978).