Final theatrical feature film of actor Barret Oliver. He has apparently retired from the acting profession altogether [to date, December 2022]
Director Paul Bartel struggled to raise funding to finance this picture for around two years and considered toning down the narrative to attract the mainstream Hollywood major studios. However, when the Cinecom Entertainment Group (CEG) optioned the screenplay and green lite the production they did it without change and doctoring the more explicit and controversial story elements in the movie script.
Jacqueline Bisset kept her character's red dress from the opening scene and wore it again in The Last Film Festival (2016).
The MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) refused to allow the movie's original trailer to be released unless the production wished to lose their 'R' classification rating in the USA according to an article published in the 11th June 1989 issue of 'The Los Angeles Times' newspaper. This version of the trailer allegedly featured the film's director Paul Bartel telling the audience that censors had deleted several sex scenes from the movie. Bethlyn Hand, a spokesperson for the MPAA, alleged that Bartel had actually showed the disallowed trailer, which she said "wasn't suitable", a couple of times prior to the classification agency viewing it.