The film opened in one cinema in New York City, but was never commercially distributed in the USA until it finally received an official release in both DVD and Blu-ray formats by Severin Films on October 25, 2016.
Director Sheldon Renan suffered from depression for about a year after he finished this film. Editor Lee Percy likewise was severely traumatized for several years from his work on this movie.
The filmmakers paid $20,000 dollars in order to rent Abraham Zapruder's iconic footage of John F. Kennedy's assassination so it could be included in this movie.
The film was notable for featuring a striking movie poster which featured a cartoonish black-and-white line-drawing of New York's Statue of Liberty being shot and crouching downwards.
Debut length feature as both a producer and a director for Leonard Schrader, the brother of Paul Schrader, with Leonard also acting as a writer but was uncredited for being a co-director.
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