This film is based on a short story by Lee Killough that appeared in the anthology "100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories" edited by Isaac Asimov and Joseph D. Olander 1978.
Director Joel Rembach read the short story as a teenager in 1985 and, when he started making films, always had it in mind. Only problem was, he had forgotten the name of the story, author, anthology! It took over 10 years to find it and contact Lee Killough for the rights.