Wissenswertes

Vincent Ward invested his pay off for his work on Alien 3 (1992) to finance this film.

Inspired by director Vincent Ward's time spent living with the Inuit.

Falling behind schedule and over-budget, Vincent Ward regularly loaded the camera just before the day was scheduled to end so they could continue filming. Law stipulated filming could continue until film ran out but could not be reloaded.

Willem Dafoe was originally announced for the Patrick Bergin part.

Ben Mendelsohn injured his back his last day on set.