Sue Hawkins, who played Pappy's angry, shotgun-toting ex-wife, was the actual owner of the house where Pappy lives. She leased it for three days to David A. Prior as a location for his film crew. Her only other request was to appear in the film in a cameo as Pappy's wife.
The opening scenes take place aboard the battleship USS Alabama (BB-60) berthed as a World War II memorial near Mobile, Alabama.