An early project of cinematographer Janusz Kaminski, who went onto work numerous times with Steven Spielberg.

According to an episode of Behind the Music (1997), Vanilla Ice (Robert Van Winkle) was paid $1 million for his role as Johnny Van Owen.

Lisa Marie Presley, Winona Ryder, Jennifer Connelly, Drew Barrymore, Shannen Doherty, Julia Roberts, Jennifer Aniston, Sarah Jessica Parker, Uma Thurman, Martha Plimpton, Nicole Kidman, Courteney Cox, Bridget Fonda, Jennie Garth, and Tori Spelling all turned down the role of Kathy. Gwyneth Paltrow almost took the role of Kathy until her father advised her against it.

Riffed by the guys from MST3K (Michael J Nelson, Bill Corbett, and Kevin Murphy) under the Rifftrax brand.

Johnny Van Owen's jacket is embroidered with: DANGER, DEEP, Down by law, FREEZE, HYPE, ICE, Lust, ah yeah!, ROLLIN, sex me up, yep yep, a question mark, DOPE, and the letters "JK" surrounded by a star.