In the open credit role sequence the producer is on the ground holding the sunflower in frame.
The film crew shot the film in 21 nights in Auguest.
During filming many nights on set praying mantis would fly in and land on the actors and crew. The mantis became the unofficial mascot of the film.
The film was shot on 16mm film.
Late in the filming at the end of the day around 6AM the director of photography Jim Furrer was cleaning up and picked up some short ends and realized one of the film loaders mistakenly loaded double perforated film in the magazine. The film was shot on Super 16.