The Incredible Hulk

The Incredible Hulk (2008)

Timing: 1:54 (114 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2008-06-12

Country

United States

Production

Marvel Studios, Valhalla Motion Pictures, Marvel Entertainment

Genre

Science Fiction, Action, Adventure

Budget

$150 000 000

Revenue

$264 770 996

Website

https://www.marvel.com/movies/the-incredible-hulk

Director

Louis Leterrier

Actors

Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, William Hurt, Tim Blake Nelson, Ty Burrell, Christina Cabot, Peter Mensah, Lou Ferrigno, Paul Soles
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Gale Anne Hurd, Avi Arad, Kevin Feige, Stan Lee, Jim Van Wyck, David Maisel

Operator

Peter Menzies Jr.

Composer

Craig Armstrong

Artist

Audition

Laray Mayfield

Editing

Rick Shaine, John Wright, Vincent Tabaillon
All team (133)

• Having gained full control over film adaptations of its comics, Marvel Studios was able to do what fans had long asked for – weave together films about superheroes who are familiar with each other from the original comics. For example, Robert Downey Jr. has a small role in "The Incredible Hulk" as Iron Man.
• In the first film – "Hulk" (2003) – the main character could increase in size and reach incredible proportions. This was abandoned in Letterier’s film. In full accordance with the comic, Hulk in the second film is approximately 2 meters 70 cm tall. He also doesn't look like Edward Norton, but he has a scar and a mole on his face in the same place as the actor.
• Edward Norton, known for frequently rewriting the scripts of the films he stars in, also participated in the development of the script this time, editing it to suit himself, resulting in the introduction of new characters into the film.
• All weaponry in the film is branded "Stark Industries," that is, the company of Tony Stark, Iron Man – another character from Marvel comics.
• At the beginning of the film, Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) is watching Brazilian TV. In one of the series – "Taking Care of Father Eddie" (1969) – a man is slapped. This is Bill Bixby, who played David Banner in the series "The Incredible Hulk" (1978).
• In the original comics, the monster wears purple pants, or rather what remains of them. Interestingly, when Elizabeth suggests Bruce wear purple pants, he refuses. This amusing moment is explained by the fact that in the US, purple clothing is mainly worn by members of the LGBTQ+ community.
• Principal photography for "The Incredible Hulk" began in July 2007 and lasted 88 days. It started in Toronto and finished in November in Rio de Janeiro.
• Hulk first appeared in the comic book "The Incredible Hulk" #1 (May 1962).
• The Brazilian city where Banner is hiding is called Porto Verde, which translates from Spanish as "green port," a hint at the Hulk's skin color.
• Ray Stevenson was considered for the role of Emil Blonsky.
• When Bruce Banner delivers a pizza order, he gives a mini-pizza to the security guard. This is actor Lou Ferrigno, who previously played the Hulk in the series "The Incredible Hulk" (1978-1982).
• Stan Lee played a small role in the film. He played a man who drank soda contaminated with infected blood.
• The scene of the final battle between the Hulk and the Abomination takes place among the ruins of a courthouse. This was Norton's idea – he wanted the columns in the Greek style to allude to ancient Greek mythology, portraying this fight as a battle of demigods.
• When Bruce rides his bicycle to deliver pizza and infiltrate the laboratory, a "bicycle bell" is heard twice, but there is no bell on the bicycle.
• When Bruce walks through the town of Chapas in Mexico in tattered pants, they reach his ankles. In the next scene, he is sitting exhausted at the market, with his pants at knee level. And in the following one, where he wants to buy new clothes, they are back to reaching his ankles again.
• At the beginning of the film, Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) is watching Brazilian TV. One of the series, "Taking Care of Father Eddie" (1969), features a man being slapped. This is Bill Bixby, who played David Banner in the series "The Incredible Hulk" (1978).