The script's initial sale garnered a considerable amount of publicity (including the cover of USA Today) as a "rags-to-riches" story. Composer, writer, and director Troy Duffy was a bartender at J. Sloan's in Los Angeles, California when Miramax Films head Harvey Weinstein not only bought the script, but signed Duffy to direct, his band to score this movie, and agreed to purchase the bar for Weinstein and Duffy to co-own. However, Duffy quickly managed to sour the deal, putting the script into turnaround where it was eventually produced for less than half of the budget offered by Miramax. After its limited theatrical release, this movie gained popularity on home video as a Blockbuster Exclusive. Unfortunately, Duffy's contract did not give him any royalties from video sales. Duffy's initial success and consequent self-destruction are chronicled in the documentary Overnight (2003).

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