Filmed during the brutal New York winter season of 1993/1994. The towns of Beacon and Poughkeepsie took a pounding as can be seen by the snow in the entire film.
Bruce Willis reportedly agreed to a substantial pay cut to appear in the film, accepting the SAG-AFTRA scale of $1,400 per week at a time when the actor was earning roughly $15 million for his action movies.
Early on, the elderly Misss Beryl (played by Jessica Tandy) says, "I think this may be the year God finally lowers the boom on me." The character's words proved sadly to be prophetic, as Tandy did, in fact, die before the theatrical release of the film.
Bruce Willis originally was not included in the advertising for the film because of his reputation for being an action star.
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