Shootings were plagued by many financial difficulties. The film was funded by Penta Film, a joint venture owned by Mario Cecchi Gori and Silvio Berlusconi. After Cecchi Gori's death in 1993, the company was dissolved and the shootings were halted. By the end of 1993, the production cost had almost doubled. The set at Cinecittà Studio was disbanded in early 1994. When director Francesco Nuti threatened to sue Cecchi Gori's heirs, production was resumed. Shootings wrapped in October 1994.
With its original budget of 13 billion liras, this movie was a big production effort for Italian film industry. Post-production was scheduled to wrap before November 1993, but after many delays the movie was released only at Christmas 1994. By that time, the budget had grown to approximately 25-30 billion liras.
The movie was shot on locations in Lousiana and Texas, which contributed to further increase the production cost.