In the classroom the kids sing "Urgent," which was a hit for Foreigner at the time.
Following "Tempest" (1982), this is the second movie in which Molly Ringwald co-starred as a girl whose father tires of city life and moves her to a rural location.
Sam Whipple, who plays Molly Ringwald's semi-love interest, appeared with Judd Nelson and Ally Sheedy a few years later in "Blue City" (1986), so during the mid-1980s he worked with three Brat Packers, although this was right before there was a Brat Pack.
Richard Benjamin asks the tough former New York cab driver "Are you talkin' to me?" which is a famous line from the cult movie "Taxi Driver" (1976).
Richard Benjamin would direct a movie that, like this one, has a married couple constantly renovating what they thought would be a dream house, "The Money Pit" (1986).