 The film is dedicated to Michael D. Haller (qv) and  Jack Nitzsche (qv), "our brothers in arms". Haller and Nitzsche  were respectively the production designer and the composer of Sean  Penn s first two films : _Indian Runner, The (1991)_ (qv) and  _Crossing Guard, The (1995)_ (qv). Both passed away, Haller in 1998,  Nitzsche in 2000.