The film's voice work includes almost none of the returning actors from the PBS' television series (and DVD specials) except for Buster, Binky, and Arthur's dad.
The DVD cover says that this is Arthur's first movie despite Arthur's Perfect Christmas was the first film before this.
The movie was originally set for a direct-to-DVD release but ended up getting a limited theatrical run apart of KidToon's summer programming in a few theaters such as UltraStar.