Trivia / Backstreet Dreams

• Backed by the Pentagon: The film was produced with the cooperation of the police, with some officers even playing minor roles.
• Science Marches On: There's a lot of rhetoric about how Shane has "given up on" humanity, with his autistic traits treated as a choice on his part. Late in the movie, Stevie and Dean "encourage" him with lines like "I know you can talk!" The scientific establishment has now accepted that autism is an inborn disability that has nothing to do wit rejection of the world.