Buffalo Soldiers

The film was already finished by early 2001, but didn't get a wide release until 2003. The depiction of drug use and corruption within the US army was always going to be a hard sell, so the main character, a heroin addict in the novel, had already been changed to a drug dealer only for the film. Even then, the movie had great difficulties finding an American distributor. It premiered at the Toronto Film Festival on September 9, 2001, and distribution rights were finally sold to Miramax's Harvey Weinstein on September 10, 2001, who was thinking of pairing it with Black Hawk Down (2001). However, the terrorist attacks that happened on September 11, 2001 effectively killed the film's chances at the box office, so it was pulled back indefinitely, and the British distributor Film Four also pulled out later. When the film was finally slated for its US release in the second quarter of 2003, director Gregor Jordan requested that the release be further postponed to July 2003 because the Iraq War had just started in March 2003, which would again turn off most moviegoers from the movie's subject matter.

While making the heroin, the characters eat lots of meat to stop themselves getting high off the fumes. This wouldn't work in real life.

The end credits include the citation: 'The red cross emblem is an international symbol of neutral protection during armed conflicts, and its use is restricted by law. The purposes for which the red cross emblem is used by the characters in this film are clearly improper. The filmmakers wish to stress their support for proper use of the emblem, which has saved millions of lives throughout the world'.