The Hangover - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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

[manuel]

Zach Galifianakis: [Chuck E. Cheese] Alan makes a joke about him not being allowed near schools or a Chuck E. Cheese, a direct reference to one of his staple jokes in his stand up: "When you look like I do, it's hard to get a table for one at Chuck E. Cheese."

[linda]

During the scene where Phil, Stu, and Alan meet Chow in the desert, you can see their car pulling up in the reflection of Chow's sunglasses. This is a tribute to the scene in Casino (1995) where Nicky Santoro (Joe Pesci) meets Sam Rothstein (Robert De Niro) in the desert and you see the reflection of Santoro's car in Rothstein's sunglasses.

[scarlett]

The stolen cop car is a 2000 Ford Crown Victoria [P71].

[gabriel]

Malin Akerman had been considered for the role of Jade.

[carl]

Jack Black turned down the role of Alan Garner and Jonah Hill, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Thomas Haden Church were considered for the role before it was substantially re-written during development.

[nicholas]

Ironically, Bradley Cooper is a teetotaler in real life. He quit drinking at the age of twenty-nine.

[cameron]

Regarding the explicit shots in the final photo slide show in which his character is seen receiving fellatio in an elevator, Zach Galifianakis confirmed that a prosthesis was used for the scene, and that he had been more embarrassed than anyone else during the creation of the shot. "You would think that I wouldn't be the one who was embarrassed; I was extremely embarrassed. I really didn't even want it in there. I offered Todd's assistant a lot of money to convince him to take it out of the movie. I did. But it made it in there."

[javier]

On the DVD commentary, Zach Galifianakis gave an explanation as to why Alan is not allowed to be within two hundred feet of an elementary school. He innocently tried to play with some children, which of course looked suspicious to some parents. It was all just a misunderstanding.

[kristen]

Cleo King, who plays a police officer who busts into Jade's apartment, also played a cop in Pineapple Express (2008).

[norma]

The wedding singer played by Dan Finnerty was also the wedding singer in Old School (2003), also directed by Todd Phillips.

[janice]

An original draft of the script had Alan in a disastrous relationship, Stu being married with two daughters, and Vick (Phil's original name) being a wild party boy.

[alyssa]

Todd Phillips: A guy making out with a woman in an elevator at the hotel.

[brent]

According to Celena Haas (Caesar's Palace Director of Public Relations), the suite the characters stayed at was modelled after two of the resort's luxurious suites in its Forum Tower: a well-appointed penthouse, and the so-called "Rain Man (1988) suite," located on the 68th and 69th floors of the Forum Tower.

[eli]

Will Ferrell was considered for Stu Price.

[tamara]

In the DVD commentary, Todd Phillips stated that a possible explanation for the chicken in the room is that the guys intended to feed it to the tiger.

[willard]

When the cop calls Alan "fat Jesus", this is a reference to Zach Galifianakis' stand up, "I look like a fat Jesus."

[cassandra]

On a budget of $35 million, principal photography took place in Nevada for fifteen days.

[eli]

By depicting and celebrating Las Vegas as the "ultimate guys' getaway," the film had a major impact on Caesar's Palace and Las Vegas. It was reported in 2013 that as of that year, guests continue to quote to Caesars staff two lines from the film's check-in scene: "Did Caesar live here?" and "Do you know if the hotel is pager friendly?" As a result of the film, Hangover-themed slot machines became popular at casinos throughout the Las Vegas valley, the Caesar's Palace gift shop sold tens of thousands of Hangover-related souvenirs, and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority received numerous inquiries from people interested in re-creating some of the film's most wild scenes, such as those involving a tiger.

[violet]

Alan and Tracy's father Sid's car is a 1965 Mercedes-Benz 220SE (W111).