John Candy was contractually mandated to make this film due to his existing contract with Carolco Pictures from their scrapped John Hughes comedy Bartholomew v. Neff, which Candy was to star in with Sylvester Stallone.
John Candy died during filming. His few remaining scenes were either not filmed, or were filmed using a stand-in, then re-written not to involve him. For example, his prolonged fistfight with the general, and during his second bar sequence footage was re-used from his earlier bar sequence.
The final film John Candy was involved with. His previously-filmed movie Canadian Bacon (1995) was however released a year after this one.
Ends with "Dedicated to the memory of John Candy."
John Candy was rapidly gaining weight during his time on-set because of homesickness and the fact that he had quit smoking just before filming started.