Director Adam Rifkin wrote the screenplay when he was nineteen-years-old.
During a panel to celebrate the film's 15th anniversary, Adam Rifkin stated that the actress who was their original choice for Garbage Dump Girl had gotten breast implants sometime between being hired and filming. As this was not the look that Rifkin wanted, the film's hairstylist, Nina L. Sussman, performed the uncredited role.
At 1:04:26, Billy Bob Thornton is sitting or standing behind Jackie (Wayne Newton) at Sloppy's. He is wearing a cowboy hat and dozing off.
Bill Paxton and Rob Lowe would later play outlaw brothers Frank and Jesse James in Frank & Jesse (1994).
Rob Lowe and Judd Nelson also starred in St. Elmo's Fire (1985).