Road to Perdition - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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[jim]

Originally a Steven Spielberg property, though Spielberg never actively pursued it as a definite project due to his full slate.

[ray]

Tom Sizemore was strongly considered to play Al Capone, as was Alfred Molina.

[ella]

For the bank robbery sequences, Tyler Hoechlin (Michael Sullivan, Jr.) had to learn to drive, something he was only too happy to do. Hoechlin mastered it all easily, but, just to be on the safe side, a stunt driver was sitting in the back, with his own set of driving controls.

[elmer]

Prior to the brief travel scene along the "Road to Perdition", with Michael Sullivan, Jr. (Tyler Hoechlin) hanging out a car window as they near their destination, the local road commission oiled the gravel surface of rural road, shoulder-to-shoulder, to prevent dust clouds. But when filming began, the Model A was attached to an equipment trailer pulled by a large utility truck, and a member of the crew was squatting near the rear of the antique car armed with a canister and making fake dust.

[tamara]

The photographs shown in Harlen Maguire's (Jude Law's) apartment also appear in a book by Luc Sante titled "Evidence". According to Sante, the photos are part of a collection held by the Municipal Archives of the City of New York, and were taken by members of the NYPD during the years of 1914 to 1918.

[liam]

The piano piece that Paul Newman and Tom Hanks play at the opening funeral was performed by them.

[gerald]

Jennifer Jason Leigh (Annie Sullivan) is the half-sister of Mina Badie, who plays the waitress serving the father and son in the movie.

[lynn]

Max Allan Collins (author of the graphic novel) would later become a hit writer of CSI novels based on the television show.

[fred]

Through 2015, Thomas Newman has scored the music to five Tom Hanks movies since 1985: "Bridge of Spies (2015)," "Saving Mr. Banks (2013)," this movie, "The Green Mile (1999)," and "The Man with One Red Shoe (1985)."

[eli]

Jude Law worked with a magician to learn how to lace a coin through his fingers; a trick he performs in the film.

[christina]

When Michael Sullivan undresses himself to get ready for dinner, the pistol that his son sees is a Colt M 1911 A1 .45 caliber. The pistol was used up until 1985 as the U.S. Army standard pistol.

[janice]

Anthony LaPaglia filmed a scene in which he played Al Capone, but it was decided to leave Capone off-screen, and so his scene was deleted. LaPaglia is listed first in the "Special Thanks" section of the credits as a result. LaPaglia played Frank Nitti in Frank Nitti: The Enforcer (1988).

[marc]

One of the locations for one of the bank robberies was physically perfect, but the wrong way around. There was only room to shoot from right to left and not vice versa. So Dennis Gassner and his team had to dress the location, reversing street signs, license plates, and even switching steering wheels on all of the cars.

[jessica]

Body count is 22.

[ivan]

Sam Mendes and Conrad L. Hall sought to give the film the look of the works of artist Edward Hopper.

[aaron]

Michael Sullivan, Sr. (Tom Hanks) uses a Thompson M1921 submachine gun.

[jesus]

Paul Newman was unanimously the producers' first choice for the part of John Rooney.