Nico Fulton Lavachek is the great-grandson of John P. Fulton, an Academy Award Winning visual effects artist. This connection to Old Hollywood inspired the relationship between Jack and Ruby Russell in the film. The Academy Award statuette used in the film was the real statuette awarded to John P. Fulton for The Ten Commandments (1956)
Is Nico Fulton Lavachek's thesis film at Hussian College, a film school inside Los Angeles Center Studios in Downtown, Los Angeles, California.
Shot over 17 days between October 2021 and March 2022 for a budget of $15,000.
Producer Mason Bosworth and actor Alexander Haug met at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England. After moving to Los Angeles to pursue acting, Haug was recommended for the role by Bosworth, who suggested he keep the British accent. The character Calvin Weber was originally envisioned as American.
Producer Mason Bosworth was a member of the Delta Kappa Alpha professional cinematic arts gender inclusive Fraternity at San Francisco State University. He recruited nearly half of the crew members for this film from DKA's alumni network.