At the Union Station train depot in Oakland, Dennis Hopper made fast friends with the two Asian children seen in the film waving at his character as he departs the waiting area. He spent his off time playing with the kids during set up. Their reactions to him in the film are genuine.
The ending was filmed at City Lights Bookstore, an old beatnik hangout run by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. He published Jack Kerouac, Gregory Corso, Diane DiPrima, Jack Hirschman, and Allen Ginsberg's most famous poem, "Howl".
Kiefer Sutherland and Dennis Hopper later reunited in the first season of 24 (2001), where Sutherland once again played a federal agent turning to Hopper's veteran criminal for help.
Huey says, "You can't just go to your local video store and rent Easy Rider (1969) to be a rebel." Dennis Hopper directed and starred in "Easy Rider".
The first American film by Franco Amurri, the Italian director who worked as one of Federico Fellini's assistants on City of Women (1980).