Trivia: Christian Bale nearly played George W. Bush in the Oliver Stone-directed film W, but left the project because he didn't like the prosthetics he had to wear.
Trivia: The protagonist browses the archives of local newspapers to research more into the fire of May 3rd 2003. The news at the very top right of the front page, by the title "Town treasurer celebrates his re-election after disputed elections" features a mugshot of the director of the movie, Paul Feig. (01:20:25)
Trivia: Although the post script states Dora Block was killed in the raid, she had been taken to hospital a few days earlier and wasn't present. She was murdered by the Ugandan Secret Police in reprisal a few days after the raid.