The film heavily features the music of Melissa Manchester, as Clarke (Jeremy Dozier) is a big fan. The song "Rainbird" was actually co-written by Manchester and Mary Steenburgen, who plays Clarke's mother.
Country music singers Dwight Yoakam and Tim McGraw acted in this film.
Sally Hawkins and Lisa Kudrow were cast in unspecified roles during different stages of the pre-production.
The screenplay for this film was featured in the 2007 Blacklist; a list of the "most liked" unmade scripts of the year.
Among those in the Thank You section are Carole Bayer Sager and Joan Jett.