The film's lead character of Vinnie (Vince Colosimo) was played by one of his relatives, David Colosimo, his first cousin, for this character as a child.
This film's development grew out of the earlier Australian movie Moving Out (1983) which many of the same cast and crew worked on.
The production shoot for this movie went for nine weeks and to almost ten.
Second of two theatrical feature films starring Australian actor Vince Colosimo and directed by Michael Pattinson. The first was Moving Out (1983).
This film was nominated for 7 Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards including Best Actor (Vince Colosimo), two for Best Supporting Actress (Sandy Gore and Peta Toppano), Best Original Screenplay (Jan Sardi) and Best Achievement in Production Design. The movie won 2 AFI Awards in 1984 - for Best Original Music Score and Best Achievement in Sound.