- More than 2,000 people who wanted to be extras in the movie showed up at the Boston Teachers Union on 14 September 2002 for the open casting call. Carolyn Pickman of Collinge-Pickman Casting…More

- CAMEO(Eli Wallach): appears uncredited as a liquor store owner in his first film with Clint Eastwood since Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. (1966).More

- Forest Whitaker was the original choice for Whitey Powers and almost accepted, but had to back out due to other conflicts.