I have been instrumental in banning bottled water on the set. It hasn't gone that well with the crew... so I replaced it with tequila.
We say here that if you fall down in the United States, the ambulance man must feel for your wallet before he feels for your pulse.
The riot isn't seen in the movie, but it is alluded to. He has this one speech that gives a great sense of texture and paints a picture of what was happening in Harlem then.

