Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick met and fell in love while making this movie.
Kevin Bacon appears in this film with his future wife Kyra Sedgwick. The two also appeared in Pyrates (1991), Murder in the First (1995), The Woodsman (2004), Cavedweller (2004), and Loverboy (2005).
First major screen appearance of Casey Affleck.
Jeff Daniels and Cynthia Nixon had originally been cast in the roles later assumed by Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick.
Charlie Lynes (who was a major force in adapting this to the big screen) was quoted "I have no desire to watch the finished article".