Tuff Hedeman actually did ride an extra eight seconds in memory of Lane.
Stephen Baldwin quietly donated his earnings from this movie to the Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund, which provides financial assistance to cowboys injured during rodeos.
At the time of filming, a bronze memorial statue of Lane Frost riding a bull was dedicated at the Frontier Days Park in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Luke Perry attended the dedication, as did Frost's parents and widow.
Red Mitchell, who played Cody, died in a car accident the same year the move came out in theaters, 1994.