影片花絮:
- At the end of the film where the rap group The Mau Maus get shot and killed in a shootout with police and the only survivor was the only white member of the group, was based on a true account from the early '90s where a California street gang was also in a shootout with police. Instead, there were two survivors, both were also white. One had been shot in the leg but he lived.
- Most of this film was shot only on digital (Mini DV) camcorders, the kind you can buy at any electronics store. While this sacrificed quality, it allowed them to shoot with 15 cameras at a time, and it also allowed Spike Lee to get all the footage he needed shot within the film's modest budget. The only scenes shot on film were the "Mantan: The New Millennium Minstrel Show" sequences, which were shot on 16mm film.
- The two award ceremony scenes are parodies of two real award recipients whom Lee has publicly criticised: the first, where DelaCroix is fumbling around and yelling "Show me the Money!" is a jab at Cuba Gooding Jr.'s enthusiatic victory speech for winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor; the second scene, in which DelaCroix becomes a teary-eyed brown-noser to Matthew Modine is a shot at Ving Rhames' Golden Globe victory in which he gave teary-eyed kudos to Jack Lemmon.
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