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A portion of this movie was filmed in the apartment complex where I lived (219 Marshall St, Houston). In the movie it was the setting for Jennifer Jason Leigh's second apartment. They filmed for about a week; by the time it was over, people were relieved that they were leaving. Movie-making is intrusive on peoples lives.
Fun fact: they started filming an indoor scene between Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jason Patric when it started raining, with no signs of letting up. Even inside, there was no covering it up (thunder, etc.). But they hadn't shot the establishing shot yet where JJL enters the apartment, and by then the weather had cleared up. So they brought in a tank truck filled with water and installed sprinkler heads throughout the courtyard, and created "rain" for a scene which lasted less than 10 seconds. The bathroom supposedly in that apartment was really a set built at the Clarke & Courts (TriBeca Lofts) building on W. Clay. The jail was also a set constructed in that building.
My tabby cat appears in the movie; the first establishing scene at the apartment, he can briefly be seen lounging in the courtyard. JJL used to pet him between scenes. I spoke to her once while she was petting him, but she ignored me. Jason Patric kept pretty much to himself. He'd sit in the courtyard writing letters. Sam Elliot was very friendly and outgoing, and it was a privilege to meet him.