16 Blocks

16 Blocks (2006)

Timing: 1:45 (105 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2006-03-01

Country

Germany, United States

Production

Nu Image, Millennium Media, The Donners' Company, Alcon Entertainment, Cheyenne Enterprises, EFO Films, Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films (EFO Films), Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG III, 16 Block Productions, ContentFilm

Genre

Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller

Budget

$52 000 000

Revenue

$65 664 721

Website

https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/16-blocks

Director

Richard Donner

Actors

Bruce Willis, Yasiin Bey, David Morse, Jenna Stern, Casey Sander, Cylk Cozart, David Zayas, Robert Racki, Patrick Garrow, Sasha Roiz
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Scenario

Richard Wenk

Producer

Avi Lerner, Randall Emmett, Arnold Rifkin, John Thompson, Jim Van Wyck, Boaz Davidson, George Furla, Trevor Short, Danny Dimbort, Josef Lautenschlager

Operator

Glen MacPherson

Composer

Klaus Badelt

Artist

Audition

Louis DiGiaimo, Sarah Halley Finn, Randi Hiller

Editing

Steve Mirkovich, Sean De Veaux
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• Bruce Willis's character, Jack Mosley, was named after Robert De Niro's character in "Midnight Run" (1988), who found himself in a similar narrative situation. His full name was Jack Walsh, but for almost the entire film he used the stolen badge of FBI agent Alonzo Mosely.
• Bruce Willis wanted rapper Ludacris to play the role of Eddie.
• All the police officers in the film were armed with Glock 19 pistols.
• Filming period: April 21 – July 10, 2005.
• Pre-production began in April 2005 in Toronto and lasted 9 weeks, after which filming took place in Manhattan. The heat that prevailed in New York at that time added even more authenticity to the film, which takes place on a stifling summer morning.
• While the film crew prepared everything necessary, the actors immersed themselves in their roles. Bruce Willis, for example, spent several nights patrolling Brooklyn with Mike Kinane, a veteran of the New York Police Department who also advised the filmmakers on police matters – weapons, uniforms, duties, and dialogue. Kinane helped the director create a realistic atmosphere in the film and coordinate the work of 250 actors, as if they were truly members of a special operations unit.
• The film has an alternative ending in which Willis's character dies in the courthouse, but a recording on a dictaphone proves the guilt of corrupt police officers. A happy ending was shown in theaters.
• The most challenging scene to stage was the film's key scene, where the hero, desperately trying to overcome the last stretch to the courthouse, speeds through busy streets driving a passenger bus. The main filming of this scene took twelve days in Toronto, for which stunt coordinator Branko Rakic needed 46 extras and 25 vehicles, including 5 New York transit buses: two for exterior and interior scenes, one for special effects scenes (shattering glass, etc.), a fourth for extras, specially reinforced to avoid damage during collisions, and a fifth, designed specifically for filming a fast drive through an alley. 12 cameras were used to capture this climactic scene from all angles.
• Bruce Willis's character, Jack Mosley, was named after Robert De Niro's character in 'Midnight Run' (1988), who was in a similar situation. His full name was Jack Walsh, but throughout almost the entire film he used the stolen badge of FBI agent Alonso Mosley.
• Bruce Willis's character, Jack Mosley, was named after Robert De Niro's character in "Midnight Run" (1988), who found himself in a similar situation. His full name was Jack Walsh, but throughout almost the entire film he used the stolen badge of FBI agent Alonso Mosley.