The movie was shot during the summer months, and kids who enrolled in summer classes were extras in the film. Free Papa John's pizza was served to anyone who would stay after school.
The game Wolfson is playing is Jai Alai, the fastest ball sport in the world.
Miami, Florida has thousands of Cuban exiles and a very active anti-Castro movement going back to the early 1960's. The movie opens with a raid on a drug lab being run by the Cuban government.