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1. #001

   Scott Yagemann, who wrote the story and screenplay for the film, worked as a substitute high school teacher in the Los Angeles area for seven years. Yagemann claimed that 90% of the material in the film was based on events that happened in real life to him or to other teachers.

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2. #002

   Scott Yagemann wrote the original screenplay in 1995 while working as a substitute teacher at a high school in the Los Angeles area, after a transfer student who resorted to violence threatened to kill him and his family. Yagemann reported the threat to the authorities and the student was arrested. About a week later, a district attorney contacted Yagemann to testify against the student in a court case in which the student had been tried a year earlier for stabbing another teacher's aide. This carelessness upset Yagemann, who had not been told about it beforehand, and inspired him to write this story.

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   Samuel L. Jackson's character Trevor Garfield wears a Morehouse College sweatshirt while riding an exercise bike. Morehouse is the school Jackson graduated from.

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   It is the first feature film in which Method Man does not play himself. That same year he would also play a murderous person in Cop Land (1997).

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5. #005

   Nicolas Cage and Gary Sinise were considered for the role of Trevor Garfield.

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6. #006

   In California, the police code for homicide is 187.

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7. #007

   Cesar's friends are generally based on the Surenos (gang).

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8. #008

   During roll call in an early scene, Samuel L. Jackson says the name Leonard Thomas. This is probably a nod to the actor Leonard L. Thomas, who is a lead actor and has a small role in the film as a New York teacher.

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9. #009

   In Fortress (1992), released five years before this film, Clifton Collins Jr. had a scene in which he explained the meaning of '187' to Christopher Lambert's character while entering prison cells.

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10. #010

    To capitalize on the success of Dangerous Minds (1995), this film was titled "187, More Dangerous Minds" in Spain.

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11. #011

    Samuel L. Jackson and Clifton Collins Jr. had previously appeared in Menace II Society (1993), which is also set in Los Angeles.

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12. #012

    Samuel L. Jackson and Antwon Tanner appeared in Coach Carter (2005).

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13. #013

    Samuel L. Jackson and Method Man had previously appeared in The Great White Hype (1996). Jackson starred in the film and Method Man played a short role as himself.

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14. #014

    A popular fan theory holds that Samuel L. Jackson's character is in a coma. The entire move to Los Angeles Arc is his imagination. Cesar was a former student who killed himself.

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