The film cast includes one Oscar winner - Robert Duvall - and three Oscar nominees - Glenn Close, Frederic Forrest and Tom Waits.
First American/Hollywood feature film lensed by Spanish cinematographer Juan Ruiz Anchía.
Robert Duvall and Frederic Forrest have also both appeared in The Conversation (1974), Apocalypse Now (1979), Lonesome Dove (1989), Falling Down (1993) and the documentary Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991).
The movie's budget was reportedly US $2.5 million and was financed from four private sector investors according to an article published in the 11th April 1984 edition of 'The Los Angeles Times' newspaper. They were: (1) A Baltimore Subaru Car Dealership Owner in Maryland (2) A Houston Banker in Texas (3) A Detroit Real Estate Agent in Michigan and (4) A Los Angeles Film Exhibitor in California.
The movie was a box-office flop and commercial failure upon theatrical release and went straight to video in quite a number of markets and territories.