Did You Know?

Michael Klesic was originally cast in the role of Henry Evans in 1988. The film was soon later put on hold due to lack of funding. A couple years later Jesse Bradford was cast as Henry Evans because the original child actors had grown too old for their parts. The project was once again put on hold and the same problem happened. Then, was once again re-cast and finally shot and released in 1993.

Richard (in picture) and Connie are played by Macauley's real life brother and sister.

Due to the James Bulger case, the film was not released in cinemas in the UK. Instead, it went straight-to-video in 1995.

The fight on the cliff between Macaulay Culkin and Elijah Wood at the end of the film was filmed on a cliff called Palisade Head in Silver Bay, Minnesota overlooking Lake Superior. In the story, it was supposed to be The Atlantic Ocean but a suitable rock face overlook could not be found, and after numerous weekend scouts all over the country, Silver Bay, Minnesota was chosen. For the angles looking down at the water, numerous power boats were used to churn up the water right before cameras were rolled to simulate the ocean waves. The cliff was 180 feet above the water, but the top ten feet of the cliff was manufactured. It was created on top of the actual cliff out of wood and plaster and coated with a rubber material so that the actors could roll around on it and fight as needed. The stunt riggers were hidden inside the fake cliff, controlling safety cables connected to the actors when they were hanging off the side of the cliff and then Macaulay's character is dropped.