Swede's twins tell their father they are pregnant, lying in order to manipulate him into forcing their dim boyfriends, Bud Dyerson and Larry, into shotgun marriages.

Sven also turns his sons-in-law into slave laborers, so Bud hatches an escape plan to rob a train carrying old bills to the mint for burning.

John Cusack, Alec Baldwin, Nicolas Cage, Alicia Silverstone and Japanese singer Seiko Matsuda were all originally attached to the project.

"[8] The film was able to receive certification as a Quebec production since one of the leading cast members, Donald Sutherland, was a resident of the province.

Producer Nicolas Clermont noted that the accents of the local actors could be integrated into the story, since it was set in a small, unidentified border town.

They state, "this clunky, Coens-esque caper comedy sports an incomprehensible plot and thuddingly broad humor; but the worst thing about it is that it wastes one of Brando’s last lead performances.