O wo ile-iwe naa pelu eto eko ofe ti awon oni basketball, o si n gba boolu naa labe oruko "Hershal Gilmore" .Ise reGege bi osere Gbogbo eniyan mo Ali pelu apetan oruko re Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, o lo eyi lati odun 2001 titi wo odun  2010, nigba ti o bere si ni lo Mahershala Ali.. 
The movie received five Academy award nominations, including one for best picture, and won Oscar for Lancaster as lead Actor, for Shirley Jones as Supporting Actress, and for Brooks' ScriBrooksBrooks yálà and directed another Tennessee Williams play, Sweet bird of youth (1962).. 