The SS United States can be seen in the background of several shots. It was moored in Norfolk, Virginia after being decommissioned in 1969. The ship holds the trans-Atlantic speed record and still exists, but is in near ruins having passed through several hands that have tried to restore it into hotel space or even a viable cruise ship. It was recently featured on an episode of the Discovery Channel's "Mysteries of the Abandoned". Efforts continue to raise money for its restoration.
Jeff Dane, a Norfolk area TV personality for a local show fishing show, makes an uncredited appearance as the sheriff's deputy who impounds Sonny's rig.
Rhonda Glenn, then a Norfolk area TV weather presenter and later an ESPN sportscaster, makes an uncredited appearance as a congregant singing a hymn at Amy's Salvation Army service.