The opening credits feature the track 'My Great Escape' by Marc Cohn. A prelude is also heard later in the movie. However, this track was not released on any medium other than the movie itself.
Director James Merendino posted to Facebook about his memories of when Brad Renfro would stay at his home as an adult to break his addiction to heroin. In the post, Merendino wrote that Renfro "had been injecting heroin at 12 years old." This would have been around the time he was either making or had already finished this film.
The first movie that Brad Renfro and Bruce Davison starred in together. The second movie is Apt Pupil (1998) they play son and father.
Most of movie was filmed in Stillwater, Minnesota.
Legendary actress and acting coach Nina Foch was a consultant to director Peter Horton (credited) and an uncredited acting coach on this film.