Trivia

This film was made 23-year-old Emilio Estevez the youngest person to ever write, direct, and star in a major motion picture. The record was broken by Xavier Dolan who did all the same functions at age 20 when he made I Killed My Mother (2009).

In an interview around 2000, Emilio Estevez was very dismissive of this film, referring to it as a "total vanity project."

Dennis Hopper was considered by Emilio Estevez to play John Wisdom's father.

John Wisdom (Emilio Estevez) can be seen on a bus adorned with the graffiti "Plate O' Shrimp", a reference to Repo Man (1984), which also starred Estevez.

The studio was concerned about Emilio Estevez's experience as a director. Thus, veteran filmmaker Robert Wise was hired to advise Estevez throughout the shoot; the former gained an executive producer credit for his services.

Charlie Sheen: star Emilio Estevez's brother, as the hamburger restaurant manager.