Griffin Dunne stated in an interview that the production company went broke, and the movie went Straight-To-DVD. After that, and the fact his previous film bombed, he returned to acting.
In the bar where Patrick and Emma first meet, Patrick toasts Emma as "The Bride". Uma Thurman character in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) and Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) was "The Bride".
In this film, Uma Thurman is an expert who gives advice to callers of a radio program. In The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996) , she plays a model, who pretends to be an expert, who gives advice to callers on a radio show.
Jeffrey Dean Morgan portrays a firefighter on this movie. He made a previous appearance in The Crossing (2001), as a firefighter that lost his leg during a rescue in a train wreck.
Sam Shepard and Brooke Adams' characters are lovers in the movie. Previously they played husband and wife in Terrence Malick's Days of Heaven.