Training Day - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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[elmer]

Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke starred in The Magnificent Seven (2016) also directed nxt Antoine Fuqua

[toni]

The line "King Kong ain't got shit on me!" was ad-libbed by Denzel Washington.

[victoria]

When the movie came out, many viewers and critics were skeptical of the scenes where Jake Hoyt smokes marijuana laced with PCP, and Alonzo's explanation of how a cop who didn't take drugs offered to him on the street would be ID'd as police and murdered. David Ayer responded in an interview by holding up a highlighted section of the L.A.P.D.'s rules and regulations; it stated that officers were allowed to use narcotics in very specific undercover situations, and hewed closely to what Alonzo told Jake.

[jesus]

Famous novelist and true crime specialist James Ellroy described the movie as "a complete waste of time".

[duane]

The license plate on Alonzo's car is "ORP 967" obviously a nod to Officer Rafael Perez, the disgraced L.A.P.D. officer who was born in 1967, and on whom the character was based.

[kristen]

Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke's first film together.

[morris]

When Hoyt wakes up from his nap with Alonzo's son, he taps him on the chest and says "see ya buddy." Similarly, when Alonzo gives Hoyt the "It's ugly, but it's necessary" speech, after Hoyt calms down, Alonzo pats him on the chest and the scene concludes. The chest pat is symbolic of a fatherly exchange in both instances.

[claude]

The film had several police technical advisors. Among them is Detective-Sergeant Brian Davis, an L.A.P.D. veteran who is one of the most respected and decorated officer of the infamous elite Special Investigation Section.

[bessie]

Ramond Cruz and Harris Yulin both appeared in Clear and Present Danger. Despite both having larger roles in that film, they did not share any scenes in that film either.

[lonnie]

The original ending of the script was Hoyt crashing the pad of Alonzo's girlfriend, and find his training officer in the middle of a three-way with two young women. Hoyt shows him the money that Smiley was supposed to deliver to the Russians, and tells him that there is a crew of hitmen looking all over for him. Alonzo then commits suicide in front of Hoyt.

[wallace]

During the scene when Jake plays cards with the Latino gangsters, director Antoine Fuqua gave certain instructions to the actors playing the gangsters without telling Ethan Hawke. This was done to further confuse him and add to the tension of the scene.

[sara]

The first of two movies where Snoop Dogg plays an informant for the police. He would do so again in Starsky & Hutch (2004).

[addison]

Mickey Rourke was Antoine Fuqua's first choice for the part of Roger. The studio turned Fuqua's request down.

[ivan]

Raymond Cruz was considered for the role of Smiley, before being cast as Sniper.

[janice]

Roger's (Scott Glenn's) house was filmed only 0.6 miles from Sheri Pierce's apartment shown in the the beginning of Big Momma's House (2000). The direct ("as the crow flies") distance is even shorter: 750 feet. Joanne Greenwold's house in Better Off Dead... (1985).

[alyssa]

Roger's (Scott Glenn's) snail joke he tells Jake (Ethan Hawke) symbolically means the man represents the streets and the snail represents just another random person falling victim to the streets. The size difference between the two represents how big "the streets" are and how small we are. So this big guy kicks this little tiny helpless snail and breaks his shell showing how easy it is for the streets to tear you up. the joke means that street life will run you over and totally just tear you to pieces and won't even remember (or care) the next second. You're just another victim (a tiny snail in the way). So no matter who you are or what you've been through, on the streets, you're just another person. So when the snail healed and came back, the man (the streets) didn't give him any respect whatsoever because he doesn't care. I think the jokes main meaning was: The streets will tear you up and not think twice. And don't expect any respect in the street regardless of who you are or what you've been through.

[oscar]

The whiskey Roger offers to Alonzo and Jake is a vintage of the Macallan. Alonzo mentions it as "three hundred dollars a glass." Whether or not this is an exaggeration, the whiskey is sure to be on the finer side. Given its light shade and the white label, it could well be Macallan thirty-year-old, which sells for an average of two thousand five hundred dollars per bottle.

[edgar]

The second film with Harris Yulin about police corruption. The first was Scarface (1983). It's also his second film about police corruption. The first was, He played Bernstein, the crooked cop in, again, Scarface.

[nicholas]

Ethan Hawke was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role despite the fact he has more screentime in the film than his co-star Denzel Washington, who was nominated for (and won) the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role.