The film was originally budgeted at $6.5 million, but producer Roger Corman cut that amount before production began [REF].
However, Allen was unhappy with the budget cuts and stated that "I don't feel the aims of the film were fulfilled .. there were heavy pressures on Paul [Rapp, the line producer,] to bring the film in ahead of schedule, and these I feel were detrimental to the film."[REF] .