Producer Lawrence Bender plays the character "Long Haired Yuppie-Scum" in this film, who he played in Pulp Fiction (1994) and Four Rooms (1995), both written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, implying that this film does takes place in the same universe as all of Tarantino's films, and most of Robert Rodriguez's films.
Shot during the summer of 1993 on location in Brooklyn, New York.
The film was produced by Lawrence Bender, who also produced the Oscar nominated hit, Pulp Fiction, which came out weeks after this film came out in the Fall of 1994 after a limited release in August.
One of seven films in which Samuel L. Jackson appeared in in 1994. The others are Assault At West Point, Against The Wall, Hail Caesar, The New Age, The Search for One Eyed Willy and Pulp Fiction, which he received an Oscar nomination. He also filmed Losing Isaiah, the remake of Kiss of Death and Die Hard With A Vengeance the same year. He also received a Golden Globe nomination for Against The Wall as well.