The production of the film was primarily funded through a successful Kickstarter.com campaign that ended on November 8th, 2010. They raised $16,066 total. Tim Connery has been quoted a number of times as saying the film wouldn't have been made had this fundraising technique failed.
The bar featured towards the end of the film is The English Pub in Dyersville, IA. Along with being the last day of production, The English Pub was one of the final locations secured due to a mix-up with another local area bar. The extras in the bar are all relatives of director Tim Connery and executive producer Joe Scherrman.
After living in Chicago, IL for five years, writer/director Tim Connery moved back to his hometown of Dubuque, IA to shoot the movie. The main character, Easton, makes a similar journey at the beginning of the film, traveling from Chicago back to his hometown of Dubuque to face his past.
The farmhouse used in the film is the same farm utilized in the director's first short film "Statler's Tapes". In "Statler's Tapes" the farm is shown during a hot summer. In "Easton's Article" it is shown during a snow-filled winter.
To save on costs during preproduction, both writer/director Tim Connery and producer JEB Metzger lived with Tim's parents. In order to hold meetings and get work done during the day, at night Tim took a third shift job counting money at a local casino. The small amount of money he made through this job allowed preproduction to continue while their Kickstarter.com campaign was still ongoing. An earlier draft of the script had Hayley working in the same casino as a bartender.
Charlene Hinderman: Grandmother of writer/director Tim Connery, as Easton's mother. She is unresponsive and suffering from Alzheimer's Disease in the movie. Just months after production wrapped Charlene's husband, Frank Hinderman, passed away from Alzheimer's after a decade long battle with it.
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