Trivia

The scene where Mack is nearly killed by a bus was taken from writer and director Lawrence Kasdan's own life.

Randle Mell, who portrays the Alley Baron, the derelict that Claire (Mary McDonnell) runs past while jogging in the back alley, is McDonnell's husband in real life.

Davis (Steve Martin) is based on real-life aggressive action-film producer Joel Silver.

The show-business trade paper Variety stated that "the Steve Martin character, who whines, 'Nobody in this town will admit that a producer is an artist' is a wicked caricature of action pic maker Joel Silver."

Debut cinema movie of Jeremy Sisto, Marley Shelton, and Clifton Collins Jr.

Lawrence Kasdan: as a director in the screening room, who tries to interest Davis in a film.