Leads Kathy Baker, Adam Arkin, and Ed Begley Jr. are all best-known for playing TV doctors on the shows "Picket Fences", "Chicago Hope" and "St. Elsewhere", respectively. Both "Picket Fences" and "Chicago Hope" were created by David E. Kelley.
Kathy Baker and Adam Arkin play spouses in this film. In the film "Edward Scissorhands", Baker plays the neighbor of Alan Arkin, who is the real-life father of Adam Arkin.