After Arthur Hiller had his credit changed to Alan Smithee, the Directors Guild of America retired the pseudonym. This is the last film to officially bear it. However, due to the name's infamy, up to the present day, numerous non-DGA and independent films all over the world make unofficial, unauthorized use of it.
During post-production, Joe Eszterhas announced through the media that Cinergi Pictures didn't have the money to pay for a soundtrack. He said he would finance the soundtrack himself, and asked artists to submit tracks for it. He received 9,200 CDs and cassettes, mostly from unknown, unsigned artists. He listened to a few tracks from each album, and compiled the soundtrack.
Eric Idle said he was disappointed that he didn't get a Razzie nomination for this film.
"Alan Smithee" exclaims that the movie is "worse than Showgirls (1995)", also written by Joe Eszterhas.
Arthur Hiller removed his name from the credits after the film's production company, Cinergi Pictures, preferred the cut made by producer and writer Joe Eszterhas over Hiller's cut.