Bill Murray made a deal with Columbia Pictures that he would appear in Ghostbusters (1984) only if they financed this movie. Originally, no studio was interested in making the film until Dan Aykroyd suggested the deal to Murray. On the final day of shooting, Murray flew to New York City to start filming Ghostbusters.
While he was thinking of making a film adaptation of The Razor's Edge, director John Byrum gave a copy of the novel to his friend Bill Murray. The next morning, Byrum got a phone call at 4 AM from Murray saying, "This is Larry. Larry Darrell."
Larry Darrell's eulogy for Piedmont was inspired by the death of Bill Murray's good friend John Belushi.
While filming in India, the entire crew became sick with food poisoning from eating chicken. John Byrum lost 25 pounds and directed much of the film with an IV in his arm.