Two additional "Dannie's" began shooting scenes and left before Jovial Giants found Daniel Jackson.
The character Doctor Patrick is named after actor Paul Briggs beloved grandfather.
The character Mrs. Comstock, played by Sandy Patka, was named after the main character in author Gene Stratton-Porter's A Girl of the Limberlost.
The location used for the Dolan house is the beautiful bed and breakfast Solomon Meir Manor in Ligonier, Indiana.
The titles of each of the twelve fiction books that Gene Stratton-Porter wrote is mentioned somewhere in the movie. These titles are At the Foot of the Rainbow, A Girl of the Limberlost, Freckles, The Harvester, The Keeper of the Bees, The White Flag, A Daughter of the Land, Michael O' Halloran, Her Father's Daughter, Laddie, The Song of the Cardinal, and The Magic Garden.