The film was shot in less than 2 hours on January 19th, 2009 and released on YouTube on the 20th (the next day), the day of President Obama's Inauguration.
The entire budget cost a grand total of exactly USD$82.00, which paid for the actor's and producer's Metro-North Railroad tickets to get to the location.
This film was shot for the online series "Indie-Filmmaking 101", hosted by Eric Norcross. In the first episode Norcross discusses how one can shoot something solid and sustainable with low grade equipment. This is the product that came from that discussion.