'Show Me a Hero' trivia and fun facts

David Simon is also the creator of 'Homicide', 'The Wire', 'Generation Kill', 'The Corner', 'Treme' o 'The Deuce'.

'Show Me a Hero' was shot in 75 days.

'Show Me a Hero' won a Golden Globe in the category Best Performance by an Actor (Oscar Isaac) in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television.

One of the bar scenes with Oscar Isaac and Winona Ryder was filmed on location at Burke's Bar & Restaurant in Yonkers. The thing is that Burke's however did not open until 2001.

Director Paul Haggis agreed to work on the project without reading the scripts because he admired David Simon's work a great deal.