Made its Midwest premiere on June 26-28 in Peoria, Illinois, the hometown of writer/director Aaron Schneider. Both Aaron Schneider and Ron Perlman attended the screening, which was followed by a reception at the Hotel Pere Marquette.
On the third commentary track, director 'Aaron Schneider' mentions that the shot at 22:36 on the DVD of a security guard pushing a black man back out of the entrance door not only shows how Willie Grier was able to get into the recruitment processing center, but was also intended to explain why no black men were inside - black and white recruits were processed on different days.
At 24:16 in the third commentary track on the DVD, director 'Aaron Schneider' mentions that Christmas wreaths were hung on various windows of the recruitment processing center to conceal anachronisms outside.