Cameron agreed to direct on the condition that he would not have to take any meetings with the financing entity, Warner Brothers Records.
The film was based partially on a screenplay by Huckabee and Paxton, "Lonesome Cowgirls: Amazons of the Wild West."
Martini Ranch, a musical collaboration by Bill Paxton and Todd Andrew, won their record deal with Sire Records, after producing a film for their song "How Can the Laboring Man Find Time for Self Culture," a local hit on Los Angeles station, KROC-FM.