This featurette is excellent, and answers the questions you might have had about the real inspiration for the film. (dvdizzy.com)
Walker's inspiration for the film came as he watched a CBS News Sunday Morning show feature about Thomas's upbringing on Chicago's mean West Side. (si.com)
Launer based the premise of the film on the lyrics to the classic song of the same name by The Clovers, which is a strange form of inspiration for a film, but in its own limited, predictable fashion, it works as a pleasant and occasionally funny comic diversion. (qwipster.net)