SCTV Network 90

British Film Festival The titles and subject matter of the films featured in the festival are all allusions to English movies featuring angry young antiheroes: Look Back in Anger (based on the play by John Osborne, directed by Tony Richardson, starring Richard Burton, 1958), The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (directed by Tony Richardson, starring Tom Courtenay, 1962) and A Clockwork Orange (based on the novel by Anthony Burgess, directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Malcolm McDowell, 1971).

The character of producer Larry Seigel is based on veteran Hollywood producer Joel Silver.

Big Momma, the performer at Johnny LaRue's Luau Room, is based on the character of Bloody Mary played by Juanita Hall in the 1958 movie of the musical South Pacific. Big Momma even sings Bloody Mary's trademark song Happy Talk.