Rex Manning - Production

Production

The film was severely edited in post-production, removing three significant characters and up to 40 minutes of film. The story was also condensed down from occurring over two days to a single day.

Film exteriors were filmed on North Front Street in Wilmington, North Carolina in a bar that had a few feet of space converted into an exact replica of the store set which was located at Carolco (now Screen Gems) studios, and finished out with a large picture of the rest of the store. This allowed the actors to enter the exterior location doors and walk in a couple of feet before the scene would cut to the interior set on Soundstage 4 at the studios. The large mural of Gloria Estefan which Mark kisses early in the film was visible for many years on the separate building, on South Water Street, that stood in for the back of the store.

The Rex Manning music video 'Say No More, Mon Amour' was shot prior to principal photography started, and was shot on Wrightsville Beach NC and shot entirely in one day. It was only intended to be a 17 second dance move piece for the main actors to make fun of in the film. However, the Director of the music video shot for the entire day and gave the producers an entire 4:30 minute music video.