Film is loosely based on real life events in Clarke's life. " More is true than is not" according to the director. The film is dedicated to his Father Emerson Vincent Clarke who passed from very similar in events in 2009. The production company formed for the movie is titled after his initials: EVC Productions.
One of the last scenes in the Movie between Eddie and Sue is shot in front of the immortalized Bracken House in Hancock Park (Kim Basinger's home in LA. Confidential. She won the Academy Award as the Veronica Lake lookalike character ). The perspective is from the front yard so the house is never seen. It was shot at sunset with 2 takes in 20 minutes.