 According to Kevin Smith (I) (qv) in an interview in the book "My  First Movie", part of the movies financing came from an insurance  settlement. The settlement was from a car that he and  Jason Mewes (qv) both drove, that was destroyed in a flood. Jason  Mewes had told him there would be a flood, and asked if he could  move the car uphill, but Smith didnt trust him.