(At around fifteen minutes) The newscast Tommy (James Caan) sees in the bar, is Buffalo legend Irv Weinstein. Weinstein was the anchorman for WKBW Eyewitness News (Channel 7) for thirty-four years from 1964 to 1998.
Composer Leonard Rosenman recycled many of the motifs of his musical score two years later for Making Love (1982).
Thomas Hacklin drives a 1962 Ford Galaxie sedan.