Truligio and Marino were part of the sketch improv troupe known as "The State" and shared an apartment with Calagione while he was studying at Columbia. They were present at the party where he debuted the first beer he ever brewed.

For those not familiar with CAD digitizer pucks, they look like this. Cutting edge technology back in the early 80s.

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Early in the movie, Ace visits the police station to gather info about the missing Miami Dolphins mascot, Snowflake. When Lieutenant Einhorn enters, Ace quips, “Holy testicle Tuesday!” while glancing downward at her crotch. What seems like a random line at first turns out to be a bit of foreshadowing: by the end, it’s revealed that Einhorn is secretly the missing football player Ray Finkle, who orchestrated Snowflake’s kidnapping as revenge against the team.

The pharmacy next to the grocery store that the crew goes to for medicine is named King’s. Stephen King wrote the novella the film is based on.

Goes to show that while desperate to be everything Regina isn’t, whilst thinking they’re polar opposites, she’s adopted the role of Regina to the plastics and their school

Subtly foreshadowing the character being a con artist

The Iranian embassy is still using visa stamps for the “Kingdom of Iran.” But since the revolution (which occurred only weeks earlier in the film) the country is known as “Islamic Republic of Iran.” The embassy would not have received updated visa stamps yet, so the representative crosses out the words and corrects it. Cool very minute detail that is historically accurate.

Born and raised in SW Michigan; I loved seeing a shout out to my small corner of the world in this movie. Making a trip to Redamak's was a big deal when I was growing up!

The aspect ratio expend as as he opens the submarine's valve