Randy Quaid didn't accept his Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award until over two years after his win was announced, while he and wife Evi Quaid were fugitives from U.S. justice.
The film premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival on January 18th, 2008, four days before the accidental death of Randy Quaid's Brokeback Mountain (2005) co-star Heath Ledger. According to Quaid's subsequent comments, Ledger was a victim of the "Hollywood Star Whackers", who he and wife Evi believed were also trying to kill them.
As stated in the title, this film takes place in real time.
Ringtone heard on Reuban's phone is "Waltzing Matilda", a famous Australian song, considered an "unofficial Australian anthem". This, along with the character's accent reveals his probable Australian origin.
Feeling the movie had very limited commercial value, its Canadian distributor only gave it a very limited theatrical release, resulting in the movie becoming a big box office bomb.