Frances Fisher plays Jonathan Taylor Thomas' character's mother in this film. In 1991, she was cast as his character's mother in Home Improvement (1991), but was replaced due to poor early audience reaction to her.
The Stouffers' car is a 1957 GMC Suburban.
In several scenes, at their home, various animals such as a dog, a duck, a rabbit, a cat, a fawn, an owl, and some puppies are seen sitting on the porch, the bed, couch, chair or being held by an actor. For all of these scenes the animals were placed on their mark and the trainer either cued the animal with verbal or hand signals or in some cases used a monofilament tie down to keep the animal in place. There are a few scenes where the owl Leona is seen perched on various objects or flying from A to B. The trainer placed the owl on his mark and cued him with verbal and hand signals with food as a reward. Some of the owl action was filmed before a blue screen and inserted during post-production.
The name of the owl is Leona. Jonathan Taylor Thomas starred in "The New Adventures of Pinocchio" which also featured a character named Leona.
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