Michael Burke developed the screenplay for the film at a Sundance Labs in 2000. Burke says of inspiration for the film: "Growing up in rural Vermont, I wanted to tell a story about a kid too sensitive for the harsh environment in which he was raised."
Based on the 1998 short film "Fishbelly White".
Thomas Guiry and Pablo Schreiber both appeared in The Black Donnellys (2007). Guiry as a regular cast member and Schreiber as a guest star in one episode.
Meredith Handerhan's debut.
Pablo Schreiber and Zachary Knighton would work together again in the film Big Bear (2017)