Brad Davis was less than 10 years older than John Hawkes, who played his oldest son. Marianne Sägebrecht, who played Hawkes' mother, is only 14 years older than Hawkes.
Percy Adlon's third collaboration with Marianne Sägebrecht after Sugar Baby (1985) and Bagdad Cafe (1987).
The part of Ray was originally intended for Fred Ward. When Ward wasn't available, Percy Adlon cast Brad Davis. This was one of Davis' last films, as he succumbed to AIDS in 1991.
Score recorded on LP CBS 4653701 (France) and on CD Columbia in the USA in 1989.
The yellow Schweizer G-164B, registration N8392k was destroyed in a crash on 15 June 1994 near Live Oak (CA), as it was completing a crop dusting.