The name of the movie refers to a real road in Michigan. It is the boundary between the black and white areas of Detroit and represents an insurmountable barrier. Eminem grew up around here.
The piece of paper Jimmy wrote on the bus actually belonged to Eminem, and on it he wrote "Lost Yourself". The price of this piece of paper on eBay’s online auction was ten thousand dollars.
On the night of the film’s premiere, one of the extras, Ali Miazan, was shot and killed outside the Detroit Theater.
This is the first film with rap/hip-hop music to win an Oscar.
On the first day of DVD release, 40 million U.S. dollars were received, setting a record for R-rated movies at that time.
Quentin Tarendino was invited to join the film, but he bluntly refused, when he was making Kill Bill.
When Eminem returned to the trailer, the movie that was playing on the TV was Imitation of Life (1959).
The name of the club set up by rap sports is the sanctuary. When Eminem was living in Detroit, his first stage performance was in this club.
Curtis Hansen asked Eminem to dye his hair back to its original natural color, so that the audience would think of him as Jimmy Rabit instead of his role as Eminem.
