Miscellaneous
The real gunmen also were nicknamed the 'High Incident Bandits' and the shootout was also the basis for the final episode of the 1996-1997 ABC-TV police drama High Incident. The episode, "Shootout", takes place in the parking lot of an empty building, which serves as "El Camino City Bank" in the fictional suburb of El Camino. Surrounding Valley neighborhoods are used to film scenes in which officers hunt down fleeing robbers.
In 44 Minutes, Mătăsăreanu's converted AR-15 has a full-length barrel, in real life, it was shortened.
Read more about this topic: 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out