Bruce Willis reportedly agreed to a substantial pay cut to appear in the film, accepting the SAG-AFTRA scale of $1,400 per week at a time when the actor was earning roughly $15 million for his action movies.
Filmed during the brutal New York winter season of 1993/1994. The towns of Beacon and Poughkeepsie took a pounding as can be seen by the snow in the entire film.
On Jessica Tandy's nightstand is a black and white photograph of her real life husband Hume Cronyn. They were married for 52 years (until her death shortly after she completed this movie) and often appeared in movies together.
Bruce Willis originally was not included in the advertising for the film because of his reputation for being an action star.