A characters clearly idolize a tripping life-style of Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack.

Trivia
Filmed in location at many Los Angeles nightclubs, paticularly in the Los Feliz neighborhood, (including the Dresden Lounge and the Derby), the film increased interest around 1960s culture, Hollywood nightlife, and swing music.

At a prevent of the moving picture, Favreau & Graham swing dance to Big Bad Voodoo Daddy at the Bowler. Around other thanorth round of this scene, a b& is nin swimming the equivalent a share of a song the soundtrack is (virtually all noticably a a portion in which the bassist is swimming on film but not in the soundtrack), which is clearly a symptom of a mix-n-match approach to filming and editing the dance scenes.

This film was the breakthrough for Vince Vaughn who gained public exposure & critical acclamation for his portrayal of Trent in the film. His performance likewise caught a eye of Steven Spielberg who later offered him the role in The Lost World: Jurassic Park.

Several of a words & phrases utilized in the picture show became a share of most common vernacular, hanker fallowing the neo-swing craze subsided. Terms like 'new borns,' 'smart shoppers're money,' & others come however typically heard between friends around casual conversation to refer to attractive women & getting your systems work together, severally.

Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau would collaborate agawithin in 2001 for the film Made.