Based at least roughly on 1976 events involving the Mustang Ranch in Sparks, Nevada, and Argentine former heavyweight Oscar "Ringo" Bonavena.
This is Joe Pesci's first substantial role in a movie since Lethal Weapon 4 (1998). Although Pesci did appear in The Good Shepherd (2006), his role was only a brief cameo.
Charlie Bontempo (Joe Pesci) said to Grace Bontempo (Dame Helen Mirren) after she criticized his hat: "Who do you think you are, the Queen of England?" Mirren played Queen Charlotte in The Madness of King George (1994); Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen (2006) and The Audience (2013); and also Queen Elizabeth I in Elizabeth I (2005).
The second time that real-life husband and wife Taylor Hackford and Dame Helen Mirren have worked together on a movie. The first time was White Nights (1985).
Final theatrical movie for Harve Presnell (Dr. Smathers), who died more than one year before this movie was released.
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