Trivia

Italian political magnate Silvio Berlusconi, the richest man in Italy, financed the film through NY-based producer Jay Julien and Italian intermediaries.

Abel Ferrara claims Wesley Snipes was living in his car during production of this film.

James Russo turned down the part Jimmy Jump. Laurence Fishburne, who had already been cast as Thomas Flanigan, persistently begged director Abel Ferrara for an audition for the part. He got the part just by coming in looking exactly as he does in the film and did not have to audition.

Abel Ferrara's young adopted daughter plays Wesley Snipes' daughter in the wedding sequence.

New York rapper The Notorious B.I.G. used the moniker "Frank White" in many of his songs.