World Trade Center - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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

[fred]

A billboard for Zoolander (2001) is visible in one shot, as the shadow of a hijacked airliner descends over New York City. That film, released shortly after the 9/11 attacks, had images of the World Trade Center digitally removed.

[lena]

In preparing for his portrayal of Sgt. John McLoughlin, Nicolas Cage focused on accurately speaking with a New York accent. And to also capture the fear and claustrophobia of McLoughlin's ordeal, Cage spent hours in a sensory-deprivation tank in Venice, California.

[kenzi]

Maria Bello and Viola Davis would later appear in Prisoners (2013).

[riley]

Was one of two 9/11 inspired films to be released in the same year, the other being United 93 (2006), based on the flight of the same name which crashed into a Pennsylvania field after the passengers thwarted the terrorists' plans to crash into the White House.

[nina]

According to William Jimeno's commentary on the DVD, John McLoughlin, JJ McLoughlin, Allison Jimeno, Bianca Jimeno, and himself were all in the barbecue scene at the end of the film. Michael Peña, playing William Jimeno, hugs the real William Jimeno there.

[jeffrey]

Jeanette Pezzulo, the widow of Officer Dominick Pezzulo, demanded that her husband's death be edited in the final version of the film. Jay Hernandez portrays the late Dominick Pezzulo, who died in the collapse of the World Trade Center towers. Unfortunately the abrupt cut to Pezzulo dead after he fires his signal shot made some viewers think his death was a suicide.

[ethel]

Oliver Stone used many of the East Coast www.PoliceActors.com members to play cops in the film. All members of PoliceActors.com are active or retired members of a law enforcement agency who are also Screen Actors Guild members.

[stephanie]

Director Oliver Stone's first two choices to play John McLoughlin were Mel Gibson and George Clooney.

[linda]

In the movie the satellite photo of the east coast from space shows clear day over New York which is correct on Sept 11th but a large hurricane just off the coast of Long Island New York is not shown in the photo used in movie.

[willard]

Three weeks before its August 9 nationwide release, producer Michael Shamberg and director Oliver Stone held private screenings of the finalized film for Port Authority officers and firefighters who risked their lives at the World Trade Center. The screenings were held in local multiplexes in the New Jersey/New York area.

[jessica]

Although not emphasized in the film, McLoughlin and Jimeno were in extremely precarious health after their rescue and slipped into critical states multiple times during their stay in the hospital. Both men had to retire from the Port Authority on disability. They were still undergoing surgery for their injuries at the time the film was released.

[kristina]

Fifty real-life members of PAPD, NYPD and FDNY (some of whom participated the in the actual rescue) were flown to Los Angeles to film the chain of men moving stretchers out of the rubble.

[toni]

As part of his research, Michael Peña moved into Officer William Jimeno's home in New Jersey.

[claude]

Seth McFarlane, the creator of Family Guy and American Dad, was supposed to be on one of the flights that flew into one of the towers, but missed his flight due to a hangover.

[ruby]

Officer Scott Strauss, a first responder with the New York City Emergency Services unit, was offered the chance to play himself in the film. However, Strauss refused to do so and Stephen Dorff was then cast to portray him. Strauss's services as a consultant were retained for the film to which he didn't accept payment.

[francisco]

When two men are in a church praying, at the front of the church on the hymn board it says "Pentecost." Pentecost is in June, not in September.

[kenzi]

Came to theaters under code name "bluelight".

[mathew]

The rubble set was so convincing that the real William Jimeno confessed to feeling post-traumatic stress while visiting it.

[lena]

One of the victims of the WTC attacks was David Angell. He worked on the TV series "Cheers", "Frasier" and "Wings" for the television division of Paramount Pictures, the studio behind "World Trade Center".