Richard Dreyfuss broke his wrist just before shooting began. Rather than delay shooting, they worked his cast into the script.
Mandy Patinkin's (pool man in Baltimore Orioles cap) movie debut. Elaine Kagan's (Eppis's wife) movie debut.
This film is the last entry in director Jeremy Kagan's trilogy about the aftermath of the 1960s and early1970s, the malaise that followed a particularly volatile historical period. The other two in the trilogy were "Katherine (1975)" and "Heroes (1977)."
This was David Rowlands's only appearance in a film which was not directed by either his brother-in-law John Cassavetes or his nephew Nick Cassavetes.
Richard Dreyfuss says, "May the Force be with you." A popular catch phrase at the time as the first Star Wars film had recently been released.