The Town - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

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[fred]

Dez's (Owen Burke's) death scene had to be signed off by Major League Baseball (MLB). According to Ben Affleck, one cut included blood spattering the ambulance. MLB decided the scene was too violent, and Affleck used the other cut, featuring less blood.

[jessie]

This film convinced Zack Snyder that Ben Affleck would make a good Batman, as Affleck portrayed a character who was physically imposing and led a double life.

[dustin]

In July 2011, during U.S. Congressional debate over raising the country's national debt ceiling, Republican Party leaders used a clip from this film, specifically a scene between Ben Affleck and Jeremy Renner, as a motivational device in meetings to rally party unity. It was immediately lampooned by comedic commentators Jon Stewart and Bill Maher.

[kim]

Chris Cooper's scene was shot on location at MCI-Cedar Junction, a maximum security prison in Massachusetts. It was the first time anything was filmed there.

[wesley]

Jeremy Renner and Rebecca Hall both star in the MCU. Rebecca Hall in Iron Man 3 and Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye in the MCU.

[sara]

Ben Affleck originally wanted Mark Wahlberg for the role of James Coughlin, but he was busy shooting The Fighter (2010), so the role went to Jeremy Renner, who ended up receiving the Oscar nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.

[francisco]

Jeremy Renner's Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominated performance was the only one in the category not in a Best Picture nominee that year.

[norma]

The only film that year to be nominated for Best Picture at the Producers Guild of America Awards, but not at The Academy Awards.

[beth]

This is the second film in which Rebecca Hall has appeared with a wife of Ryan Reynolds. Blake Lively has been married to Reynolds since 2012. Hall previously starred with Scarlett Johansson in Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008). Hall also starred with Scarlett Johansson in The Prestige (2006). Johansson was married to Reynolds from 2008 to 2011.

[miriam]

Ben Affleck cited The Departed (2006), Heat (1995), Mystic River (2003), and The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973) as influences on this film. Of them, Affleck said "All are R-rated movies in that same vein, and the movies I used as the gold standard of success here."

[richard]

The film cast includes two Oscar winners: Ben Affleck and Chris Cooper; and two Oscar nominees: Jeremy Renner and Pete Postlethwaite.

[camila]

In the beginning of the movie, Jeremy Renner tells the rest of the crew if they see the S.W.A.T. team, run. Renner was in S.W.A.T. (2003), where he played a S.W.A.T. officer defusing a bank robbery.

[jesus]

The film's premiere was held at Fenway Park. The cast walked a red carpet along the first baseline.

[nora]

Rebecca Hall and Jeremy Renner would later appear in The Marvel Cinematic universe

[aaron]

George Carroll was a concession seller at Fenway Park as a teen. He described going back there to shoot the film as "surreal".

[wesley]

Ben Affleck's first leading role in one year.

[ivan]

Ben Affleck: [Red Sox] A large section of the movie takes place at Fenway Park. Affleck is a devoted Red Sox fan and attends games regularly.

[jeffrey]

Towards the end of the film, Doug (Ben Affleck) leaves a note on the car belonging to FBI agent Frawley (Jon Hamm) with the phrase "go fuck yourself" on it. This is similar to Ben Affleck's next movie Argo (2012), which uses the line "Argo fuck yourself" in several pivotal scenes, including by Affleck himself.

[caroline]

This film boasts three past and present Marvel alumni. Ben Affleck played the title character in Daredevil (2003) Jeremy Renner went on to portray Hawkeye in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Rebecca Hall played Maya Hansen in Iron Man 3 (2013).