Despite its all-star cast and Academy Award-nominated writer and director, this went direct-to-video.
The clock behind Christopher Lloyd on the thirteenth floor office reads 10:04, the same time frozen on the clock tower in Back to the Future (1985).
When Neal first sees his birthday gift, a red BMW convertible, the music wanders to the same few notes as in Back to the Future (1985) (also written by Bob Gale) when Marty opens the garage to see his new truck.
During the perception test scene, Christopher Lloyd was unable to perform the trick shuffles, and a professional magician was called in to double.