Al Pacino donated a copy to the Museum of Modern Art with the stipulation that it can only be shown with his permission. A small number of screenings have taken place since 1990. The film was not widely released until June 2007.
Filmed in 9 days.
There are several different versions of the film since Al Pacino has continued to re-edit the film over the years.
Pacino reportedly ate so much chicken between takes that he earned the nickname Al Pa-chicken amongst the crew. Once filming wrapped, he was so horrified by his poultry intake during the shoot that he became vegan for 17 and a half hours and donated his fee to a chicken sanctuary in Aberdeen, Scotland.
Al Pacino began shooting exteriors for the film in 1984 while was in London doing a stage production of "American Buffalo".