Editing Silent Fall (section)

==Production==
[[Akiva Goldsman]] wrote the screenplay under the title of ''Indian Summer'' which was acquired by [[Morgan Creek Entertainment]] for $500,000 in February 1991.<ref name="IndianSummerSale">{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/1991/film/features/kouf-bigelow-expands-slate-99125628/|title=Kouf/Bigelow Expands Slate   |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=February 10, 1991|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20231029204937/https://variety.com/1991/film/features/kouf-bigelow-expands-slate-99125628/|archive-date=October 29, 2023}}</ref> In August 1993, it was announced [[Richard Dreyfuss]] had signed on to star in the film.<ref name="IndianSummerDreyfus">{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/1993/voices/columns/arsenio-bows-boffo-bopha-1117862235/|title=Arsenio bows boffo 'Bopha!'|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20231029205009/https://variety.com/1993/voices/columns/arsenio-bows-boffo-bopha-1117862235/|archive-date=October 29, 2023|url-status=live|last=Archerd|first=Army}}</ref> In September 1993, it was reported that Dreyfuss had missed the first day of filming as he was invited by the White House to attend the signing of the [[Oslo I Accord]].<ref name="IndianSummerDreyfusWhiteHouse">{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/1993/voices/columns/brando-buddy-to-pen-own-book-1117862260/|title=Brando buddy to pen own book|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=September 24, 1993|last=Archerd|first=Army|url-status=live|archive-date=October 29, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20231029205037/https://variety.com/1993/voices/columns/brando-buddy-to-pen-own-book-1117862260/}}</ref>

To prepare for his role, Ben Faulkner visited and observed autistic children at the [[Linwood Center]] in [[Ellicott City, Maryland]]. Faulkner claims he was unaware of what autism was prior to the making of the film.<ref name=bs>{{cite news|last=Chen|first=Howard Henry|title=Little Towson actor bears witness to the whims of fate|date= October 26, 1994|newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1994/10/26/little-towson-actor-bears-witness-to-the-whims-of-fate/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20231029204914/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1994-10-26-1994299149-story.html|archive-date=October 29, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>

A majority of the film was shot in and around [[Baltimore]].<ref name=bs/>