16 Blocks (2006)

Director:

Richard Donner

Writer (WGA):

Richard Wenk (written by)

Release Date:

3 March 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

For a New York cop and his witness, the distance between life and death just got very short.

Plot:

An aging cop is assigned the ordinary task of escorting a fast-talking witness from police custody to a courthouse. There are however forces at work trying to stop prevent them from making it.

Plot Keywords:

Courthouse | Witness | Nypd | Corrupt Cop | Alcoholic

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Bruce Willis	...	Det. Jack Mosley
Mos Def	...	Eddie Bunker
David Morse	...	Det. Frank Nugent
Jenna Stern	...	Diane Mosley
Casey Sander	...	Capt. Dan Gruber
Cylk Cozart	...	Det. Jimmy Mulvey
David Zayas	...	Det. Robert Torres
Robert Racki	...	Det. Jerry Shue
Patrick Garrow	...	Touhey
Sasha Roiz	...	Kaller
Conrad Pla	...	Ortiz
Hechter Ubarry	...	Maldonado
Richard Fitzpatrick	...	Deputy Commissioner Wagner
Peter McRobbie	...	Mike Sheehan
Michael F. Keenan	...	Ray Fitzpatrick (as Mike Keenan)
Robert Clohessy	...	Cannova
Jess Mal Gibbons	...	Pederson
Tig Fong	...	Briggs
Brenda Pressley	...	ADA MacDonald
Kim Chan	...	Sam
Carmen López	...	Gracie
Scott McCord	...	Lieutenant Kincaid
David Sparrow	...	Holding Cell Officer
Eduardo Gomez	...	Holding Cell Prisoner
Sam Kung	...	Chinese Man
Angela Seto	...	Chinese Wife
Bernie Henry	...	Man with Caddy
Nick Alachiotis	...	Russian
Danny Lima	...	Russian
Claudio Masciulli	...	Dominic Forlini
Efosa Otuomagie	...	Bus Driver
Christina Orjalo	...	Little Girl on the Bus
Richard Wenk	...	ADA's Detective
Derek Hoffman	...	Carl - EMT
Brian Read	...	UPS Delivery Man
Ryan Wulff	...	DA'S Clerk
Steve Kahan	...	Restaurant Owner
Paul Tuerpe	...	Diane's Boyfriend
Cece Neber Labao	...	Restaurant Waitress (as Cece Neber)
Jim Chong	...	Bus Passenger
Betty Chong	...	Bus Passenger
Sam Moses	...	Bus Passenger
Kathy Imrie	...	Bus Passenger
Jason Burke	...	Bus Passenger
Tom Wlaschiha	...	Bus Passenger (as Thomas Wlaschiha)
Scott Douglas	...	Bus Passenger
J.D. Nicholsen	...	Man in Gray Suit
Kameron Louangxay	...	Communications Tech
Victoria Mitchell	...	Woman in Apartment
Cecil Phillips	...	MTA Cop (as Cecil Philips)
Rob Wiethoff	...	Court Officer (as Rob Weithoff)
Jimmy Campbell	...	Court Officer
Richard Collier	...	Court Officer
Aaron Ferguson	...	Court Officer
Bradley Paterson	...	Brad - EMT
Paul J.Q. Lee	...	Asian Store Owner (as Paul Lee)
Heather Dawn	...	The Juror
Daryl Dismond	...	Man in Suit (as Darryl Dismond)
Jim Lavin	...	Car Key Detective (as James Lavin)
Beatriz Yuste	...	Subway Commuter
David Talbolt	...	Subway Commuter
Toni Ellwand	...	Subway Commuter
Rolando Alvarez Giacoman	...	Subway Commuter
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Brian Andersson	...	Detective (uncredited)
Robert Bizik	...	Construction Worker (uncredited)
Ed Cuffe	...	Pedestrian (uncredited)
Joseph DeBona	...	Detective (uncredited)
Richard Donner	...	Man Holding a Birthday Cake (uncredited)
Albert Duic	...	Paramedic (uncredited)
Marshall Factora	...	Juror (uncredited)
Victor Formosa	...	Businessman (uncredited)
Eli Harris	...	Cab Driver (uncredited)
Alan Lee	...	Subway Commuter / Pedestrian (uncredited)
Kevin P. McCarthy	...	Person in Cab (uncredited)
Liam McGuckian	...	Nephew (uncredited)
Denis McKeown	...	Pedestrian (uncredited)
Allison Lee Ritter	...	Passenger (uncredited)
Joe Rosario	...	Juror #4 (uncredited)
Talia Russo	...	Young Bride (uncredited)
Norman Schleiffer	...	Man in Park Feeding Pidgeons (uncredited)
Alex Scrymgeour	...	Cop (uncredited)
Michael Segovia	...	Russian Boy (uncredited)
Joseph Siravo	...	District Attorney Haynes (uncredited)
Brian Smyj	...	Sniper (uncredited)
Jeremy J. Sullivan	...	Court Officer (uncredited)
Svetlana Titova	...	Waitress (uncredited)
Joshua Tolby	...	Pedestrian (uncredited)
Schuster Vance	...	Detective (uncredited)
Sonny Vellozzi	...	Pedestrian (uncredited)
Emerson Wong	...	Alleyway Chinese Cook (uncredited)
William S. Wong	...	Delivery Man (uncredited)

Directed by
Richard Donner

Writing credits (WGA)
Richard Wenk		(written by)

Produced by
D.J. Carson	....	line producer
Boaz Davidson	....	executive producer
Danny Dimbort	....	executive producer
Stephen J. Eads	....	associate producer (as Stephen Eads)
Randall Emmett	....	producer
George Furla	....	executive producer
Todd Gilbert	....	associate producer
Manfred D. Heid	....	co-executive producer (as Manfred Heid)
Derek Hoffman	....	co-producer
Jochen Kamlah	....	co-producer
Gerd Koechlin	....	co-executive producer
Josef Lautenschlager	....	executive producer
Avi Lerner	....	producer
Brian Read	....	co-producer
Hadeel Reda	....	executive producer
Ilyse A. Reutlinger	....	associate producer (as Ilyse Reutlinger)
Arnold Rifkin	....	producer
Trevor Short	....	executive producer
Andreas Thiesmeyer	....	executive producer
John Thompson	....	producer
Jim Van Wyck	....	producer

Original Music by
Klaus Badelt

Cinematography by
Glen MacPherson		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Steve Mirkovich		(as Steven Mirkovich)

Casting by
Robin D. Cook
Louis DiGiaimo		(as Louis Di Giaimo)
Sarah Finn		(as Sarah Halley Finn)
Randi Hiller

Production Design by
Arvinder Grewal

Art Direction by
Brandt Gordon

Set Decoration by
Steve Shewchuk

Costume Design by
Vicki Graef

Makeup Department
Katie Brennan	....	second assistant makeup artist (as Kate Brennan)
Rose Chatterton	....	additional hair stylist: New York
Victor DeNicola	....	key hair stylist: New York
Paul R.J. Elliot	....	hair department head (as Paul Elliot)
Lynn Gardner	....	second assistant hair stylist
Burton J. LeBlanc	....	first assistant makeup artist (as Burton Leblanc)
Suzy Mazzarese-Allison	....	additional hair stylist: New York (as Suzy Mazzarese Allison)
Rita Ogden	....	additional makeup artist: New York
Patricia Regan	....	key makeup artist: New York
Jordan Samuel	....	makeup department head
Sondra Treilhard	....	assistant hair stylist
Eleanor Sabaduquia	....	key makeup artist: pick-up shots, Los Angeles (uncredited)

Production Management
D.J. Carson	....	unit production manager
Bryan Thomas	....	unit production manager
Sean Deveaux	....	production supervisor (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Eric Henriquez	....	second assistant director: New York
Tudor Jones	....	second second assistant director: New York
Matthew McLoota	....	DGA trainee: New York (as Matt McLoota)
Jayson Merrill	....	second assistant director
Christo Morse	....	second assistant director: New York
Julie O'Neill	....	trainee assistant director
Andrew Pritchard	....	trainee assistant director
Tim Singh	....	second assistant director
Jim Van Wyck	....	first assistant director
Jonathan Wright	....	second assistant director
Karen Young	....	third assistant director
Raymond J. Duff	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
David Best	....	graphic designer
Joseph R. Bird	....	set dresser
Michael Bird	....	set dresser (as Michael G. Bird)
Collingwood Brown	....	art department coordinator
Hunter Brown	....	property master: reshoots
William Cheng	....	set designer
Robert Currie	....	assistant property master
Jim Desroches	....	constructor
Peter K. Dunbar	....	set dresser
Robert Evangelisto	....	set dresser
Summer Gaal	....	props assistant
Alex Gorodetsky	....	charge scenic artist
Jay Hendrickx	....	camera scenic
Ron Hewitt	....	property master
Nicholas Hill	....	set dresser
Derrick Hinman	....	art director: Los Angeles
David Hirschfield	....	set designer
Alexandra Hooper	....	set decoration buyer
Michael Huschka	....	assistant property master
Wing Lee	....	art director: New York
Alan Letts	....	head carpenter
Rob McCallum	....	concept artist
Rob McCallum	....	storyboard artist
Tania McGowan	....	trainee assistant art director
Jeff Naparstek	....	set dresser
Vincent J. Orofino	....	set dresser
Reet Puhm	....	key scenic artist
John Raffaele	....	set dresser
Kevin L. Raper	....	graphic designer
William F. Reynolds	....	property master: New York
Michael Saccio	....	set dresser
Philip Saccio	....	leadman
Roseanna Sacco	....	set dresser (as Roseann Saccio)
Michelle Schluter-Ford	....	art department coordinator (as Michelle Schluter)
Justin Scoppa Jr.	....	set dresser
Douglas Slater	....	set designer
Travis Staley	....	on-set carpenter
Mike Thompson	....	set dresser
Paul To	....	trainee assistant art director
Rob Valeriote	....	assistant head carpenter
Dan Wladyka	....	set leadman
Colin Woods	....	first assistant art director
Kevin Zack	....	set dresser
Jason Detheridge	....	painter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Mark Binder	....	temp re-recording mixer
Thom Brennan	....	foley supervisor
Greg Chapman	....	sound mixer
Benjamin Cheah	....	sound effects recordist
Mike Chock	....	sound effects editor (as Michael Chock)
Mark Coffey	....	sound assistant
David Esparza	....	sound effects editor (as Dave Esparza)
Julie Feiner	....	dialogue editor
Catherine Harper	....	foley artist
Zach Hunter	....	cable puller
Steve Kohler	....	pre-mix recordist
Kim Maitland	....	sound recordist: New York
Mark A. Mangini	....	supervising sound editor (as Mark Mangini)
Mark A. Mangini	....	temp re-recording mixer (as Mark Mangini)
Darrin Mann	....	foley mixer (as Darren Mann)
Matthew McKenzie	....	adr recording engineer
Oscar Mitt	....	sound assistant
Christopher Moriana	....	foley artist
Piero Mura	....	sound editor (as Peiro Mura)
Josephine Nericcio	....	first sound assistant (as Josie Nericcio)
Nancy Nugent	....	dialogue editor
T.J. O'Mara	....	sound mixer: New York
Dan Paikin	....	boom operator: New York
Terry Porter	....	sound re-recording mixer
Troy Porter	....	adr mixer
Lenny Rabinowitz	....	adr recording engineer
Kira Roessler	....	dialogue editor (as Kira)
Toby Rosen	....	sound intern
George Simpson	....	supervising sound editor
Andy Sisul	....	sound assistant
Jim Thompson	....	boom operator
Christopher T. Welch	....	adr supervisor
David A. Whittaker	....	sound effects editor
Dean A. Zupancic	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Dean Zupancic)

Special Effects by
Jim Bliz	....	special effects technician: New York
Jason Board	....	rigging key special effects
Jason Board	....	shop foreman
Conrad V. Brink Jr.	....	special effects technician: New York (as Conrad Brink)
Jeff Brink	....	special effects coordinator: New York
Edward Drohan	....	special effects technician: New York (as Eddie Drohan)
Cody Gibson	....	on-set second assistant special effects
Mike Kavanagh	....	on-set first assistant special effects
Arthur Langevin	....	key special effects (as Art Langevin)
Arthur Langevin	....	on-set special effects coordinator (as Art Langevin)
Laird McMurray	....	special effects coordinator
Shane Million	....	assistant to special effects coordinator
Cameron Patterson	....	special effects crew
Marcus Rait	....	on set key special effects
Marcus Rait	....	special effects supervisor
Charlie Simunik	....	special effects foreman: New York (as Charlie Simunek)
Jeff Skochko	....	special effects technician
Steve Skochko	....	special effects technician
Ray Comiso	....	pyrotechnician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Dennis Berardi	....	visual effects executive producer: Mr. X Inc.
Kristy Blackwell	....	digital compositor
Cyril Frederick Chu	....	digital paint artist
Rob Del Ciancio	....	digital compositor
Bonnie Dickson	....	compositing assistant
Bonnie Dickson	....	tape operator
Jeremy Dineen	....	visual effects animator
Jason Giberson	....	film scanning and recording
Robert Greb	....	digital compositor
Annu Gulati	....	digital compositor
Noel Hooper	....	digital compositor
Evan Jacobs	....	visual effects supervisor
Matt Ralph	....	visual effects animator
Chris Ross	....	digital effects scanning
Avi Salem	....	compositor
Avi Salem	....	rotoscope artist
Geoff D.E. Scott	....	visual effects (as Geoff Scott)
Michael Stewart	....	digital compositor: Mr. X Inc.
Wilson Tang	....	digital restoration
Brendan Taylor	....	visual effects coordinator
Mark Tureski	....	film scanner operator
Everette Webber	....	digital intermediate editor
Aaron Weintraub	....	compositing supervisor
Fiona Campbell Westgate	....	visual effects producer
Kyle Yoneda	....	visual effects animator

Stunts
G.A. Aguilar	....	stunts
Nick Alachiotis	....	stunt actor
Taryn Ash	....	stunts
Bobby Beckles	....	stunts
Ron Bell	....	stunts
Dan Belley	....	stunts
Leigh Bianco	....	stunts
Marco Bianco	....	key stunt rigger
Marco Bianco	....	stunts
Donovan Boucher	....	stunts
Shane Caldwell	....	stunts
Tommy Chang	....	utility stunts
Bob Colletti	....	stunts
Dean Copkov	....	utility stunts
Christopher Cordell	....	stunts
Wayne Downer	....	stunts
Wade Eastwood	....	stunt double: Bruce Willis
Tig Fong	....	stunts
Brian Frank	....	stunts
Jere Gillis	....	stunts
Howard Green	....	stunt double: Mos Def
Robert Hannah	....	stunts
Gene Harrison	....	stunt performer
Stephannie Hawkins	....	stunt pedestrian
Cort Hessler	....	stunt coordinator: New York
Donald John Hewitt	....	stunts
Jery Hewitt	....	stunts
Curtis Hibbert	....	stunts
Brian Jagersky	....	stunts
Jeff Jensen	....	stunts
Liise Keeling	....	stunt driver
Danny Lima	....	stunts
Angelica Lisk-Hann	....	stunt driver (as Angelica Lisk)
John MacDonald	....	stunt performer
Gina Mari	....	stunt driver
Gina Mari	....	stunts
Patrick Mark	....	stunts
Darren Marsman	....	stunts
Darren McGuire	....	stunts
Dwayne McLean	....	stunts
Duncan McLeod	....	stunt performer
Billy Oliver	....	utility stunts
Cheryl Quiacos	....	stunts
Branko Racki	....	stunt coordinator
Joseph Racki	....	stunts
Robert Racki	....	stunts
Robert Reece	....	stunts
Alison Reid	....	stunts
Bryan Renfro	....	stunts
Jeanette Roxborough	....	stunts
Kevin Rushton	....	stunts
Brian Smyj	....	utility stunts
John Stead	....	stunt performer
David Stinson	....	stunt performer
Bryan Thomas	....	stunts
Dave Van Zeyl	....	stunts
Jennifer Vey	....	stunt pedestrian
Geoff Williams	....	stunt driver
Jimmy P. Wong	....	stunts
Peter Wong	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Johnny Askwith	....	daily camera operator
Mark Beauchamp	....	second assistant camera
Hans Bjerno	....	aerial director of photography: New York
Geb Byers	....	assistant camera: New York
Gilles Corbeil	....	Steadicam operator
Gilles Corbeil	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Mark Cyre	....	first assistant camera
Jon Delgado	....	best boy
Richard Dolan	....	local rigging gaffer
William Engel	....	grip
Greg Finkel	....	second assistant camera: New York
Matthew W. Flannery	....	first assistant camera
Michael Galbraith	....	gaffer
Ava Gerlitz	....	still photographer
Craig Haagensen	....	camera operator: New York
Petr Hlinomaz	....	gaffer
Patrick King	....	dolly operator
Patrick Lowry	....	"b" dolly grip
Patrick Lowry	....	grip
Lance Mayer	....	second assistant camera
Christopher Murphy	....	digital video assist operator
Ed Nessen	....	second assistant camera: splinter unit, New York
Vern Nobles	....	director of photography: second unit
Anthony Nocera	....	digital video assist operator
Justin Panzanaro	....	rigging grip: New York
Gottfried Pflugbeil	....	assistant camera
Matthew Pill	....	best boy rigging grip
Michael Plant	....	generator operator
Dany Racine	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Herb Reischl Jr.	....	rigging electrician
Brent Robinson	....	daily first assistant camera
John Romer	....	film loader: New York
Tim Ross	....	loader
Dana Rutledge	....	camera trainee
Ronald Schlueter	....	video assist
Patrick Shelby	....	key rigging grip: New York City
Tom Starnes	....	rigging gaffer
Robert Stecko	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Paul Thompson	....	key digital video assist operator: StormVision
Neil Trafford	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Rory Walsh	....	grip
Barry Wetcher	....	still photographer: New York
Amanda Wojtaszek	....	assistant camera (as Amanda Buckland)
Ian C. Harris	....	daily electrician (uncredited)
Matt Kiskis	....	grip (uncredited)

Casting Department
Lisa Baylin	....	casting assistant
Tamara Hunter	....	casting associate
Millie Tom	....	casting associate: Toronto

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Pam Aaron	....	set costumer: New York
Arlynn Abseck	....	set costumer
Catherine Ashton	....	assistant costume designer
Renée Bravener	....	costumer: Mr. Willis
Lynne Maureen Curtis	....	wardrobe supervisor: New York
Courtney Aura Freeman	....	costume design production assistant: New York (as Courtney Freeman)
Mary Gierczak	....	set costumer
Susan MacLeod	....	wardrobe supervisor
Roseann Milano	....	wardrobe supervisor: New York
Susan Nycz	....	costume truck supervisor
Andre Schulz	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
JuliAnne Bonnett	....	telecine assistant
Doug Caron	....	assistant editor: Canada
Rick Grayson	....	assistant editor
Trent Johnson	....	digital film colorist
Candice Levy	....	post-production intern
Janet Ogletree	....	first assistant editor
Sarah Ogletree	....	editorial assistant
Sarah Parker	....	post-production coordinator
Mila Patriki	....	dailies colorist
Angela Rentzelos	....	apprentice editor: Canada
Mark Sahagun	....	digital intermediate editor
Keith Shaw	....	colorist: mastering
Devin Sterling	....	digital intermediate producer

Music Department
Selena Arizanovic	....	music coordinator
Christopher Brooks	....	score co-producer
Andy Brown	....	conductor
Wolfram de Marco	....	composer: additional music
Wolfram de Marco	....	synthesizer orchestrator
Vic Fraser	....	music preparation
John Samuel Hanson	....	technical score assistant (as John Hansen)
Ian Honeyman	....	music arranger
Ian Honeyman	....	synthesizer orchestrator
Daryl B. Kell	....	music editor (as Daryl Kell)
Nathaniel Kunkel	....	music mixer
The London Metropolitan Orchestra	....	music performed by
Richard McIlvery	....	additional music scoring engineer (uncredited )
Richard McIlvery	....	musician: guitar solos
Stephen McLaughlin	....	score engineer
Ashley Miller	....	music supervisor
Andrew Raiher	....	music arranger
Andrew Raiher	....	synthesizer orchestrator
Jochen Schild	....	assistant to composer
Jeff Toyne	....	orchestrator
John Warhurst	....	scoring music editor

Transportation Department
John Coles	....	driver
Jason Leeking	....	transportation co-captain
Jennifer Mccormack	....	driver: honeywagon
Bill Hong	....	driver: camera car and insert car (uncredited)

Other crew
Rachel Abarbanell	....	assistant: Mr. Thompson
Katie Abbott	....	craft service daily
Kaseem Allah	....	assistant: Mr. Def
Virginia Alves	....	first assistant accountant
Jack Bavaro	....	first assistant production accountant: New York
John 'Frenchie' Berger	....	armorer
Stephanie Lee Berger	....	weapons handler
Melissa Bernstein	....	assistant: Mr. Def
Tyson Bidner	....	location manager: splinter unit
Edwin J. Birmingham	....	technical advisor
Donald Bruce	....	production controller
Kathryn Buck	....	script supervisor
Jamie Bukowski	....	assistant: Klaus Badelt
Jana Camacho	....	production assistant
Christopher Michael Casey	....	assistant: Randall Emmett
Al Cerullo	....	helicopter pilot: New York
Rosie Charbonneau	....	assistant: Mr Emmett
Vanessa Chiara	....	assistant: Mr. Thompson
David M. Chisholm	....	production coordinator: re-shoot
Karen M. Cockrell	....	post-production accountant
Mark Curley	....	assistant to producers: New York
Wolfram de Marco	....	synthesizer programmer
Karen de Montbrun	....	production accountant
Carla DiBello	....	assistant: Mr. Lerner
Philip Douglas	....	production assistant
Scott Douglas	....	stand-in
Ernest Dyck	....	stand-in
Prudence Emery	....	unit publicist
Sean Enge	....	assistant: Stephen Eads
Brendan Fallon	....	location assistant: re-shoots, Los Angeles
Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll	....	production assistant: re-shoot Toronto
Eric Fitzgerald	....	titles
Claude Forest	....	insurance broker
Jennifer Ganton	....	assistant production coordinator: re-shoot
Matt Gavin	....	production assistant
Eric Green	....	marketing and publicity
Justin Hamann	....	assistant: Mr. Rifkin
Marta Harasymowicz	....	production assistant
Ryan Heimpel	....	payroll accountant
Javier Velasko Hernandez	....	set production assistant
Will Hoddinott	....	location manager
Ian Honeyman	....	synthesizer programmer
Michael F. Keenan	....	police technical advisor
Ashley Kravitz	....	script clearance
Scott Kuzio	....	production assistant
Cece Neber Labao	....	assistant: Mr. Donner (as Cece Neber)
Chris Martin	....	assistant location manager
Mark McFadden	....	assistant location manager
Jason McLean	....	stand-in
Vicky Mitakidis	....	second assistant accountant
Christopher Mollere	....	assistant: Randall Emmett
Ilene Morgan	....	post-production accountant
Lesley Myers	....	production coordinator
Ben Nedivi	....	assistant: Mr. Davidson
Sue Nelson	....	trainee production accountant
Andrea Pappas	....	assistant production coordinator
Rick Parker	....	animal wrangler
Neesha Patki	....	set production assistant
Basil Person	....	assistant production coordinator
George Ploszczansky	....	personal security: Mr. Willis
Andrew Poppoon	....	location assistant
Joaquin Diego Prange	....	assistant location manager
Cesar Quinones	....	location scout / assistant
Santiago Quinones	....	location manager
Andrew Raiher	....	synthesizer programmer
Nick Reimond	....	assistant: Mr Emmett
Michelle M. Robeson	....	production assistant: re-shoots
Cyrus Ruiz	....	development assistant
Marlon Saunders	....	production assistant
Nick Schepisi	....	set production assistant: New York
Alexander J. Smelson	....	production assistant: New York
Scott Sullens	....	production secretary: New York
Michelle Taddei	....	assistant: Mr. Morse
Rodney Tait	....	location assistant
Bob Tennent	....	production assistant
Douglas Thompson	....	production secretary
Drew Tidwell	....	production coordinator: New York
Lynn M. van Kuilenburg	....	location manager: re-shoots, Los Angeles
Robert Van Norden	....	assistant: Mr. Thompson
Christian Vendetti	....	staff production assistant: New York
Andrea Voss	....	production assistant
M. Dal Walton III	....	production executive: Emmett Furla Films
Greg Whiteside	....	on-set satellite internet technician
Jelani Atu Wilson	....	location assistant
Philip Spurvey	....	location scout (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Alcon Entertainment (presents)
• Millennium Films (presents)
• Emmett/Furla Films
• Cheyenne Enterprises
• Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG III (for)
• Nu Image Entertainment GmbH (for)
• 16 Block Productions (uncredited)
• Donners' Company

Distributors

• Monolith Plus (2006) (Poland) (theatrical)
• Benelux Film Distribution (2006) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Central Partnership (2006) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Distribution Company (2006) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• E Stars Films (2006) (China) (theatrical)
• Entertainment Film Distributors (2006) (UK) (theatrical)
• Metropolitan Filmexport (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2006) (Finland) (theatrical) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) (2006) (Australia) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2006) (UK) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2006) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Entertainment (2006) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Pictures (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2006) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Best Hollywood (2006) (Hungary) (all media)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Eagle Films (2006) (Non-USA) (all media) (Middle East)
• Filmax (2006) (Spain) (all media)
• IPA Asia Pacific (2006) (Thailand) (all media)
• Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (2008) (Finland) (TV)
• Odeon (2006) (Greece) (all media)
• RTL Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (TV) (RTL5)
• Solar Entertainment (2006) (Philippines) (all media)
• Sub (2010) (Finland) (TV)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Special Effects

• Mr. X (digital visual effects)
• Invisible Pictures (additional visual effects)

Other Companies

• Abbey Road Studios  orchestra recorded at (as Abbey Road Studios, London)
• Canadian Wrangler  animal wranglers
• Capers on Location  catering
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• DeLuxe Toronto  dailies: Toronto (as Deluxe Toronto)
• DeLuxe Toronto  thanks (as Deluxe Toronto)
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• Focus on Food  craft service
• Hand Prop  props supplied by
• Hollywood Title  titles
• Internet On Set  on-set satellite internet
• London Metropolitan Orchestra, The  music performed by
• Looper Anonymous  walla group (as Loopers Anonymous)
• Manhattan Transfer  adr facility
• Panavision  thanks (as Panavision Toronto)
• Panavision  cameras and lenses
• Technicolor Digital Intermediates  digital intermediate
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MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence, intense sequences of action, and some strong language

Runtime:

USA:105 min | Philippines:110 min

Country:

Germany | USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Canada:PG (Ontario) | UK:12A | Ireland:12A | Singapore:PG | Brazil:14 | Germany:12 | Finland:K-11 | South Korea:15 | Malaysia:U | Netherlands:12 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Sweden:11 | Hungary:16 | Australia:M | Argentina:Atp | Portugal:M/12 | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Denmark:11 | Norway:15 | USA:PG-13 (Certificate #41681)

Filming Locations:

Casey's Bar - 613 S. Grand Avenue, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Alcon Entertainment

Trivia:

The film's writer, Richard Wenk, has reported that he originally conceived of the project with himself as writer and director and, before shopping it around to anyone else, first approached Richard Donner because they had a struck up a good relationship when Donner really liked his rewrite of a script for a Lethal Weapon 4 (1998), even though that script was not used. Wenk said that upon hearing his pitch for his new film, Donner "liked it so much that he didn't want me to direct it; he wanted to direct." Wenk tells this story in the documentary about screen writing, Tales from the Script (2009).

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: After the hostages are released and Eddie runs back to the bus, Jack opens the front doors to let him back on. Before he touches the door handle, it is pointed all the way towards the back of the bus. With the handle in this position, both the front and rear doors of the bus would be open already.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Jack Mosley:[tape recording] This is Detective Jack Mosley, Shield number 227. I guess this will be my last will and testament. This is for Diane. Now, they're gonna come talk to you and they're gonna tell you things. But what they tell you isn't really what happen. So Diane, I think you should know what really happened. I was trying to do a good thing.

Movie Connections:

References "Yûgiô" (1998)

Soundtrack:

Good Flower Round Moon

In years...

I haven't seen a movie in years that would be able to touch me as deep as this movie did. Here you won't see piteous freaks or ill children. Just two adults: one elderly white cop and one young black guy (even not really a criminal). But I'd never believe how touching one action-packed day of their lives can be! There are dozens of a-cop-and-a-criminal movies like this but they are all not nearly like this! They are stupid and I never liked that kind of flicks. This movie is splendid. It really should be something to make such a fantasy/sci-fi fan like me to like a criminal drama (not really a drama, read further). Maybe the very idea of the film is plain, maybe the plot has somewhat unrealistic turns (who proved that real life hasn't?) but the characters and their behavior is so real, full of senses and inside thoughts that their acting touches the very soul! And the thing I really loved: unlike many "high art" movies this one ends realistically WELL because, maybe I am too naive, God is kind and life is not a movie. Such a movie ends well: it was really a kind surprise for me! My bow to the director, he's genius. The actors as well. Someone is still able to shoot truly remarkable movies.