RATINGS: IMDB ― 8.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes ― 92%, ME ― 85%
[Inside the "war room" van, Detective Keith Frazier finally accepts a call from Dalton Russell]
Dalton Russell: I got a question for ya. You get it right, I give you more time.
Keith Frazier: And?
Dalton Russell: You know what happens if you don't. Which weighs more: all the trains that pass through Grand Central Station in a year - or the trees cut down to print all U.S. currency in circulation? Here's a hint. It's a trick question.
[they both hang up]
Keith Frazier: What the hell was that? Playing games, now?
Captain John Darius: [realizing] It's the trains. U.S. money isn't printed on paper at all. It's cotton.
Mobile Command Officer Rourke: Yeah, that's, that's right.
Captain John Darius: No trees were cut down.
Mobile Command Officer Rourke: Are you sure?
Captain John Darius: Yeah. One hundred percent.
Keith Frazier: Okay.
[He dials Dalton's number again. The phone rings. Dalton picks it up]
Keith Frazier: I got it.
Det. Bill Mitchell: Wait a second, wait a second.
Keith Frazier: Call you back.[Both Frazier and Dalton hang up their phones]
Det. Bill Mitchell: It's a trap. They both weigh the same. Tell him they both weigh the same.
They both weigh nothing.
Keith Frazier: They both weigh nothing or they both weigh the same?
Det. Bill Mitchell: Tell him they both weigh the same. Tell him they both weigh the same. Do it now.
Keith Frazier: They both weigh the same. Got it.
[Dalton picks up the phone]
Dalton Russell: Well?
Keith Frazier: They both weigh the same.
Dalton Russell: [with evil nonchalance] This time, send sandwiches.
Trivia (From IMDB):
The scene in the coffee shop was improvised. On the DVD commentary, Spike Lee states that when Denzel Washington ad-libbed the line, "I'll bet you can get a cab though," he nearly ruined the take by laughing so loud at Washington's line.
The scene, in which the boy shows the video game he is playing on his PSP to Dalton, was not in the original script. Director Spike Lee added it to "make a comment on gangster rap's infatuation with violence." The game is not real, but was created by an animation house. Lee asked them to come up with animation for "the most violent game ever".
The interrogation scenes were mostly ad-libbed.
According to Spike Lee, he and Willem Dafoe met in the men's room during the intermission of the play 'Julius Caesar', in which Denzel Washington appeared. As they were standing side by side in the men's room, Spike said: "We should work together" and Dafoe replied: "Yeah, Spike, we should" and that was it. Later on, Spike sent him the script.
Jodie Foster dubbed herself in the French version.
Marcia Jean Kurtz plays a bank-robbery hostage named Miriam in this movie. Over thirty years earlier, she had also played a bank-robbery hostage named Miriam in Dog Day Afternoon (1975).
According to an interview with Spike Lee, Ron Howard was going to direct the film. But Russell Crowe showed him Cinderella Man (2005), and Howard went off to do that instead.
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The pizza that the police give to the robbers has the name "Sal's", a reference to one of Spike Lee's earlier films, Do the Right Thing (1989).
Shot in 39 days.
Paul's (Lemon Andersen) line, calling one of the detectives that were interrogating him a "wassa-wassa", was improvised. So was Detective Frazier's (Denzel Washington's) response: "How do you say 'Rikers Island' in Spanish?"
The ground scenes for the bank were filmed inside a real bank, whereas the underground scenes of the bank were filmed in a bank movie set in Brooklyn, New York.
The barber, in the scene at the exclusive men's club where Jodie Foster confronts Christopher Plummer named Vincent (his nameplate is affixed to the mirror, and Plummer addresses him by name too), is in real-life, the barber at the Down Town Association on Pine Street.
Enver Hoxha really was the dictator of Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985.
The song used in the opening credits "chhaiyan chhaiyan", is a famous Bollywood song from the movie Dil se... (1998). It is composed by celebrated music director A.R. Rehman.
Spike Lee says that, at the time of making the movie, he was not aware that riddles had been a major part of the plot in another thriller set in New York City, Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995). He said if he had known that, he would have cut out the riddle scenes in his movie.
This marks the fourth collaboration of Spike Lee and Denzel Washington.
Marcia Jean Kurtz played a similar role as a hostage in Dog Day Afternoon (1975), and Lionel Pina, who delivered pizza to the beleaguered hostages here, also performed the same task in the earlier film.
Spike Lee decided to cast Amir Ali Said after watching him perform in a Chappelle's Show (2003) skit.
The line: "Detective First Grade Keith Frazier.....Yesss!!!" is a tribute to New York Knicks former long-time announcer Marv Albert. After a basket was made by 1970s New York Knicks star Walter Frazier, Albert would say: "Walt Frazier shoots....Yesss!!!"
Jodie Foster filmed her part in three weeks.
The soundtrack for Inside Man features the song "Chaiyya Chaiyya", composed by A.R. Rahman, which originally appeared in the Bollywood Hindi film Dil Se... (1998). The song is featured during the opening credits of the film. A remix of the song, titled "Chaiyya, Chaiyya Bollywood Joint" plays during the end credits, and features Panjabi MC's added rap lyrics about people of different backgrounds coming together in order to survive.
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Rachel Nichols, Kate Hudson, Rachael Leigh Cook, and Jennifer Jason Leigh were offered the role of Madeleine, but turned it down. Marcia Cross was originally cast as Madeleine, but turned it down, due to her commitment as Bree, in the television series Desperate Housewives (2004). Jennifer Love Hewitt was offered the role of Madeleine, but turned it down, due to her commitment with the television series Ghost Whisperer (2005). Jennifer Connelly also auditioned for the role of Madeleine, but turned it down.
The ringtone on P. Hammond's mobile at the start of the movie is Kanye West's "Gold Digger".
The Bomb forty-ounce, seen in the film, is a reference to another Spike Lee movie, Clockers (1995).
Second film in which actor Walrs Ahluwalia has played a character with the name Vikram. He previously portrayed the character Vikram Ray in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004).
The picture in Arthur Case's office is "Cards Player" by Paul Cézanne.
Cameo ―
Shon Gables: Real-life news reporter for WCBS channel 2.
Sandra Endo: real-life news reporter for New York 1.
The scene in the coffee shop was improvised. On the DVD commentary, Spike Lee states that when Denzel Washington ad-libbed the line, "I'll bet you can get a cab though," he nearly ruined the take by laughing so loud at Washington's line.
The scene, in which the boy shows the video game he is playing on his PSP to Dalton, was not in the original script. Director Spike Lee added it to "make a comment on gangster rap's infatuation with violence." The game is not real, but was created by an animation house. Lee asked them to come up with animation for "the most violent game ever".
The interrogation scenes were mostly ad-libbed.
According to Spike Lee, he and Willem Dafoe met in the men's room during the intermission of the play 'Julius Caesar', in which Denzel Washington appeared. As they were standing side by side in the men's room, Spike said: "We should work together" and Dafoe replied: "Yeah, Spike, we should" and that was it. Later on, Spike sent him the script.
Jodie Foster dubbed herself in the French version.
Marcia Jean Kurtz plays a bank-robbery hostage named Miriam in this movie. Over thirty years earlier, she had also played a bank-robbery hostage named Miriam in Dog Day Afternoon (1975).
According to an interview with Spike Lee, Ron Howard was going to direct the film. But Russell Crowe showed him Cinderella Man (2005), and Howard went off to do that instead.
38 of 39 found this interesting | Share this
The pizza that the police give to the robbers has the name "Sal's", a reference to one of Spike Lee's earlier films, Do the Right Thing (1989).
Shot in 39 days.
Paul's (Lemon Andersen) line, calling one of the detectives that were interrogating him a "wassa-wassa", was improvised. So was Detective Frazier's (Denzel Washington's) response: "How do you say 'Rikers Island' in Spanish?"
The ground scenes for the bank were filmed inside a real bank, whereas the underground scenes of the bank were filmed in a bank movie set in Brooklyn, New York.
The barber, in the scene at the exclusive men's club where Jodie Foster confronts Christopher Plummer named Vincent (his nameplate is affixed to the mirror, and Plummer addresses him by name too), is in real-life, the barber at the Down Town Association on Pine Street.
Enver Hoxha really was the dictator of Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985.
The song used in the opening credits "chhaiyan chhaiyan", is a famous Bollywood song from the movie Dil se... (1998). It is composed by celebrated music director A.R. Rehman.
Spike Lee says that, at the time of making the movie, he was not aware that riddles had been a major part of the plot in another thriller set in New York City, Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995). He said if he had known that, he would have cut out the riddle scenes in his movie.
This marks the fourth collaboration of Spike Lee and Denzel Washington.
Marcia Jean Kurtz played a similar role as a hostage in Dog Day Afternoon (1975), and Lionel Pina, who delivered pizza to the beleaguered hostages here, also performed the same task in the earlier film.
Spike Lee decided to cast Amir Ali Said after watching him perform in a Chappelle's Show (2003) skit.
The line: "Detective First Grade Keith Frazier.....Yesss!!!" is a tribute to New York Knicks former long-time announcer Marv Albert. After a basket was made by 1970s New York Knicks star Walter Frazier, Albert would say: "Walt Frazier shoots....Yesss!!!"
Jodie Foster filmed her part in three weeks.
The soundtrack for Inside Man features the song "Chaiyya Chaiyya", composed by A.R. Rahman, which originally appeared in the Bollywood Hindi film Dil Se... (1998). The song is featured during the opening credits of the film. A remix of the song, titled "Chaiyya, Chaiyya Bollywood Joint" plays during the end credits, and features Panjabi MC's added rap lyrics about people of different backgrounds coming together in order to survive.
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Rachel Nichols, Kate Hudson, Rachael Leigh Cook, and Jennifer Jason Leigh were offered the role of Madeleine, but turned it down. Marcia Cross was originally cast as Madeleine, but turned it down, due to her commitment as Bree, in the television series Desperate Housewives (2004). Jennifer Love Hewitt was offered the role of Madeleine, but turned it down, due to her commitment with the television series Ghost Whisperer (2005). Jennifer Connelly also auditioned for the role of Madeleine, but turned it down.
The ringtone on P. Hammond's mobile at the start of the movie is Kanye West's "Gold Digger".
The Bomb forty-ounce, seen in the film, is a reference to another Spike Lee movie, Clockers (1995).
Second film in which actor Walrs Ahluwalia has played a character with the name Vikram. He previously portrayed the character Vikram Ray in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004).
The picture in Arthur Case's office is "Cards Player" by Paul Cézanne.
Cameo ―
Shon Gables: Real-life news reporter for WCBS channel 2.
Sandra Endo: real-life news reporter for New York 1.
Spoilers ―
The Cartier diamond ring is a real diamond ring, it was borrowed from Cartier for the movie for three days. The ring is valued at 1.5 million dollars.
At the beginning of the movie, the slogan on the thieves' stolen van offers a clue to the method of the heist: "We don't leave until the job is done!"
The shoot-out sequence between the police and the robbers was not in the original script. Spike Lee said he added it because he felt that "it was a good time to interject some action" in the movie. This scene was the last one, it was filmed on the last day so they could "shoot up" the bank movie set.
During the first scene, in which Frazier talks to Russell on the phone ("Is this the president of Albania?"), you can see the earpiece in his right ear, through which he is listening to the cops.
At the beginning of the movie, the slogan on the thieves' stolen van offers a clue to the method of the heist: "We don't leave until the job is done!"
The shoot-out sequence between the police and the robbers was not in the original script. Spike Lee said he added it because he felt that "it was a good time to interject some action" in the movie. This scene was the last one, it was filmed on the last day so they could "shoot up" the bank movie set.
During the first scene, in which Frazier talks to Russell on the phone ("Is this the president of Albania?"), you can see the earpiece in his right ear, through which he is listening to the cops.
At the end of the movie, Frazier's girlfriend is reading "Gotham Diaries", a novel co-written by Spike Lee's wife, Tonya Lewis Lee.
During the interrogation scenes, and when the hostages are being placed on police buses to be taken to headquarters for questioning, the audience learns the real names of Dalton's robber accomplices. 'Steve' is Kenneth Damerjian, 'Stevie' is Valerie Keepsake, and 'Steve-O' is Darius Peltz.
In the shot of the bus leaving with the hostages, we can see Steve, Stevie, Chaim, and Steve-O sitting in a sequence, mixed with the rest of the hostages.
There are several instances of product placement in the film, such as an iPod seen playing propaganda messages, the Dell computer boxes covering the entrance to Dalton's 'cell', Madeline White's Apple Cinema Display and Hermès Birkin Bag, the Sony PSP owned by the little boy, the Chevrolet van used to transport the crew to the bank, and the Volkswagen SUV, which is used to pick up Russell. A North Face backpack was used to carry the diamonds out of the bank. Also, Poland Springs water, Pepsi, and Wrigley's Juicy Fruit are shown.
Denzel Washington's lapel pin of his jacket is on the wrong side at 2:02:02. Previous scene shows the lapel pin is on the left side, which is where the lapel pin is suppose to be.
During the interrogation scenes, and when the hostages are being placed on police buses to be taken to headquarters for questioning, the audience learns the real names of Dalton's robber accomplices. 'Steve' is Kenneth Damerjian, 'Stevie' is Valerie Keepsake, and 'Steve-O' is Darius Peltz.
In the shot of the bus leaving with the hostages, we can see Steve, Stevie, Chaim, and Steve-O sitting in a sequence, mixed with the rest of the hostages.
There are several instances of product placement in the film, such as an iPod seen playing propaganda messages, the Dell computer boxes covering the entrance to Dalton's 'cell', Madeline White's Apple Cinema Display and Hermès Birkin Bag, the Sony PSP owned by the little boy, the Chevrolet van used to transport the crew to the bank, and the Volkswagen SUV, which is used to pick up Russell. A North Face backpack was used to carry the diamonds out of the bank. Also, Poland Springs water, Pepsi, and Wrigley's Juicy Fruit are shown.
Denzel Washington's lapel pin of his jacket is on the wrong side at 2:02:02. Previous scene shows the lapel pin is on the left side, which is where the lapel pin is suppose to be.
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