 When Martha Coolidge (qv) was hired to direct, she cast  Kim Delaney (qv) as Amanda Jones and Kyle MacLachlan (qv) as  Hardy Jenns. When Coolidge dropped out before filming was to begin  and Howard Deutch (qv) replaced her, he replaced Delaney with  Lea Thompson (I) (qv) (after Eric Stoltz (qv) suggested her for  the role) and replaced MacLachlan with Craig Sheffer (qv).