This was the first movie directed by Robert Redford in which he appeared on-screen. However, he previously served as the narrator of A River Runs Through It (1992).
This movie was filmed in the same area as another Robert Redford movie, A River Runs Through It (1992), up the Boulder Valley, south of a small Montana town called Big Timber.
This was Jeanette Nolan's final theatrical movie before her death on June 5, 1998, at the age of eighty-six. She died only three weeks after this movie was released. Her late son Tim McIntire had co-starred with Robert Redford in Brubaker (1980).
Theatrical movie debut of Kate Bosworth (Judith). She was chosen as they required an experienced rider for her role.