Final film performance of actor Gene Hackman; he would announce his retirement from acting a few years later.
During the election, a newscaster announces that there is twenty minutes left in the election; at that moment there are exactly 20 minutes left in the movie.
The town of Mooseport is fictional. The American state it is situated in the movie is Maine. The Mooseport locale seen in the film is actually Port Perry in Ontario, Canada.
Ray Romano's brother (Richard A. Romano) and dad appear in the bar scene where Romano is laughing at how Sally turned down the president for a kiss. His dad's the bartender and his brother's sitting next to him.
The town hall in the film is actually a post office, the newspaper boy is a local student