* ActorSharedBackground: When Jamal checks out the data on Forrester with the school's computer, the facts he discovers are Creator/SeanConnery's real-life data.
* DeletedScene: The DVD features two deleted choir scenes ("Lacrymosa" and "Lean On Me").
* MissingTrailerScene: The trailer contains a line by Jamal's mother ("Have you seen my son's backpack?") that is not used in the final movie.
* PlayingAgainstType: Forrester isn't the typical Creator/SeanConnery badass.
* MoneyDearBoy: Creator/RobBrown auditioned as Jamal just so he could pay for his $300 phone bill.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Before Creator/SeanConnery was cast, Creator/BillMurray was considered as William Forrester.
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