Debut theatrical feature film of cast members Glenn Quinn, Renee Tenison and Gwyneth Paltrow.
Cinematographer Robert Brinkmann, who was 28 years old when filming began, was, at the time, the youngest person to shoot a major Hollywood studio film.
Changes to the movie's ending delayed the picture's theatrical debut stateside until early October 1991.
The name of the farm reformatory just outside Clarity, Texas, USA was the Benedict Boys Home aka the Benedict Home for Boys.
The movie was part of a cycle of mid-late 1980s dance movies which included Fame, Flashdance, Footloose, Dirty Dancing, Breakin' aka Breakdance, Electric Boogaloo: Breakdance 2, Fast Forward, Salsa, Beat Street, Heavenly Bodies, Rappin' - with two titles from 1990: Shout! and Lambada.