Actors Tim Matheson and Bruce McGill had costarred as members of the Delta Tau Chi fraternity (Otter and D-Day, respectively) in the hit comedy "Animal House" (1978), fifteen years prior to this movie.
The second film about domestic abuse in which Khandi Alexander appeared in 1993. The other was "What's Love Got to Do With It?", the musical biopic about singer Tina Turner, who was abused by her ex-husband Ike Turner.
Tim Matheson and Ashley Peldon were both in Drop Dead Fred(1991). Matheson was Elizabeth's husband Charles, and Peldon portrayed Elizabeth as a child.