The film was shot in 18 days for US$250,000.
Screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie and director Bryan Singer both attended West Windsor-Plainsboro High School School South in Princeton Junction, NJ. McQuarrie graduated in 1986 and Singer graduated in 1984.
One of the two films to win the Grand Jury Prize in dramatic competition at the Sundance Film Festival in 1993, sharing the award with Ruby in Paradise (1993). It also screened at the 1993 Florida Film Festival and won the Audience Award for Best Feature Film. Despite the recognition, the film did not secure a theatrical distributor.