Trivia / BMX Bandits

• Completely Different Title: The film's American title was Short Wave.
• Costume Backlash: Nicole Kidman has said she disliked her outfits in the film.
• Real-Life Relative: Brian Trenchard-Smith's son Eric is the little blond-haired boy in the shopping mall.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Originally set in Melbourne, Brian Trenchard-Smith had the script rewritten to shift the action to Sydney, a city better suited to filming action sequences.
  • The main characters were younger in the original script.
• Working Title: Water Rats.

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