Picked by Entertainment Weekly magazine as one of the "50 Greatest Independent Films" in a special supplement devoted to independent films that was only distributed to subscribers in October 1997.
Paul Le Mat and Candy Clark had appeared together previously in 'American Graffiti' (dir. George Lucas, 1973.)
In the scene where Paul Le Mat's character, Spider, destroys the Hustler's CB radio he is wearing a white t-shirt that says "B&M Racing Transmission" on it. His character wore the same t-shirt in Aloha, Bobby and Rose (1975).