Douglas Day Stewart wrote and directed the film off the back of his successful scripts for "The Blue Lagoon" and especially "An Officer and a Gentleman". The latter was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer who produced "Thief of Hearts". Stewart called the film "an unusual romantic drama best described as an American "Last Tango in Paris"... I never try to write to the market. I just write love-themed material. I think my last project shows there has been terrible starvation for love themed projects in the movies."