Date Night - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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Fan of Date Night or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Date Night

[ethel]

Despite the fact that his character's minimal apparel is a running joke throughout the movie, there is a dedicated wardrobe assistant to Mark Wahlberg listed in the end credits.

[ruby]

Mark Whalberg and Mila Kunis have both appeared in Ted (2012)

[ray]

The Fosters' bad luck is connected to the mysterious "Tripplehorns". Ray Liotta (Joe Miletto), previously co-starred with Jeanne Tripplehorn in Crazy on the Outside (2010).

[darrell]

Steve Carell and Mark Ruffalo appeared in Foxcatcher (2014). Both actors received Oscar nominations for their roles in that movie.

[charlie]

In-joke: the surnames of the two tough-looking guys that appear at the restaurant are similar with those of two of the three astronauts in the crew of Apollo 11 (Neil Armstrong, first man on the moon; Michael Collins, Command Module Pilot)

[albert]

In all of Mark Wahlberg's scenes, he is shirtless. His scenes were carefully filmed at specific angles to avoid showing a tattoo of Bob Marley that he has on his right shoulder.

[sophie]

When Taste tells Phil not to go all "Raymond Burr" on him, Taste is confusing actor Raymond Burr with the U.S. politician Aaron Burr. Raymond Burr was familiar for his television performances in Perry Mason (1957) and Ironside (1967). Aaron Burr was the third Vice President of the U.S., most famous for killing Alexander Hamilton in a duel in 1804. This reference would be lost on people unfamiliar with U.S. political history, and especially on non-U.S. audiences.

[nina]

Phil and Claire have the exact first names as the Dunphys from 'Modern Family'.

[jeffrey]

As Taste (James Franco) and Whippit (Mila Kunis) are leaving their apartment, Taste says "Don't let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in thirty seconds flat." This is a reference to a quote from Heat (1995). William Fichtner (District Attorney Frank Crenshaw) was in Heat.

[christina]

Natanya (Gal Gadot) is a name of a mundane Israeli city. It is not a common Israeli female name.

[michele]

Gal Gadot and Kristen Wiig would star in the film Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) almost a decade later after this film's release.

[ronnie]

Features six Oscar nominees (Steve Carell, Mark Wahlberg, Taraji P. Henson, Kristen Wiig, Mark Ruffalo, and James Franco) and one Oscar winner (Common).

[ruby]

The name of the gentlemen's club, where the Fosters go to meet the District Attorney (The Peppermint Hippo), is a based on a famous chain of gentlemen's clubs, called The Spearmint Rhino.

[ray]

James Franco and Mila Kunis appeared in Oz the Great and Powerful (2013).

[cameron]

Shawn Levy's third consecutive film to have the word "Night" in its title. The first two being Night at the Museum (2006) and Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009).

[javier]

There is an additional outtake after the credits.

[clayton]

James Franco and Mark Ruffalo, have both appeared in Marvel Movies, James Franco, Spider-Man 1-3 (2002,2004,2007), and Mark Ruffalo, Avengers (2012), Avengers: Age of Ultron(2015), AVengers:Infinity War(2018) to name a few.

[gabriel]

In-jokes and obscure references: when Phil (Steve Carell) and Claire (Tina Fey) return to the restaurant claiming to be friends of Will.i.am, they mistakenly call him Sam i Am. This is a reference to either the classic Dr. Seuss book 'Green Eggs and Ham', or to the Los Angeles hip-hop producer Samiyam, of whom Collins (Common) is known to be a fan.

[marc]

Four of the movie's stars played as cops. Taraji P. Henson, who plays Det. Arroyo, played Special Agent Joss Carter in Person of Interest (2011), the following year, Mark Wahlberg, who plays Grant Holbrook, played the titular character in Max Payne (2008), also starring Mila Kunis, as well as Detective Terry Hoitz in The Other Guys (2010) later that year, Ray Liotta, who plays Joe Milletto, played Detective Gary "Figgsy" Figgis in Cop Land (1997) and Mark Ruffalo, who plays Brad Sullivan, played Detective Ray Fanning in Collateral (2004).