None of this film was shot in Missoula, MT.
The exterior diner scenes were filmed in the small town of Liberty, South Carolina. In real life, the diner is a wood shop and the $15/night hotel is a laundromat.
Skeet Ulrich and Cuba Gooding Jr. previously appeared together in Qualcosa è cambiato (1997). Both actors also later starred in films about sled dogs: Alaska - Sfida tra i ghiacci (2001) and Snow Dogs - 8 cani sotto zero (2002).
Cuba Gooding Jr. and Peter Firth reunited again two years later in Pearl Harbor (2001).
Hugh Johnson's directorial debut.