The A-Team

The A-Team (2010)

Timing: 1:57 (117 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2010-06-09

Country

United States, United Kingdom

Production

Dune Entertainment, Ingenious Media, Big Screen Productions, 20th Century Fox, Scott Free Productions, Stephen J. Cannell Productions, Top Cow Productions, Phoenix Film Partners

Genre

Thriller, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Budget

$110 000 000

Revenue

$177 238 796

Website

https://www.20thcenturystudios.com/movies/the-a-team

Director

Joe Carnahan

Actors

Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Jessica Biel, Quinton Jackson, Sharlto Copley, Patrick Wilson, Gerald McRaney, Henry Czerny, Yul Vazquez, Brian Bloom
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Scenario

Producer

Iain Smith, Tony Scott, Jules Daly, Stephen J. Cannell, Spike Seldin, Alex Young, Ridley Scott, Marc Silvestri, Ross T. Fanger

Operator

Mauro Fiore

Composer

Alan Silvestri

Artist

Laurel Bergman, Kirsten Franson, Martina Javorova

Audition

Deborah Aquila, Heike Brandstatter, Coreen Mayrs

Editing

Jim May, Roger Barton
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• Bruce Willis was considered for the role of Hannibal Smith.
• Woody Harrelson and Ryan Reynolds were considered for the role of Murdock.
• Amber Heard and Olga Kurylenko were considered for the role of Lieutenant Sosa.
• When John Singleton was still a leading candidate to direct, he planned to cast Ice Cube as Bosco Baracus.
• Since Quinton Jackson was an athlete before filming the movie, he had to retire from sports to star in it.
• Carnahan convinced the former smoker Neeson to smoke real cigars for the role of Hannibal.
• After the end credits, two short scenes are shown featuring actors from the original series: Dwight Schultz (Murdoch) and Dirk Benedict (Face).
• In the original 1980s series, the main characters were Vietnam War veterans.
• The private military company 'Blackwater,' known for its brutality, served as the prototype for 'Black Forest.'
• Joe Carnahan himself appears briefly in the frame in a scene at the beginning of the film, when he tells Smith the helicopter call sign at the hospital.
• The military investigator at the trial clearly displays a nameplate with a surname on his chest on the right side, bearing the name "Carnahan" in honor of the film's director.
• The ship shown at the end of the film is called "Die Vergeltung" – "Retribution" in German.
• When showing the building of the US European Command in Stuttgart, a VAZ-2108 is parked nearby and a BMW 7 Series with a Russian flag number "a005ae" drives by.
• Before Murdoch's escape, when he instructs Howard to distribute glasses, Howard is not wearing any. Then there's a shot of him wearing glasses, followed by a shot of him not wearing them again.
• When Mercedes and Carisa try to drive away as the C-130 is taking off, the reverse lights are on, followed by a shot from the airplane's cockpit, then back to the rear of the Mercedes, but the reverse lights are no longer illuminated.
• Jessica Biel's character shoots out the left tire, but then the punctured right tire is shown twice.
• The private military company "Blackwater," known for its brutality, served as the prototype for "Black Forest."
• During the court scene, a nameplate with the surname is clearly visible on the military investigator's chest on the right side, bearing the name "Carnahan" in honor of the film's director.
• The ship shown at the end of the film is called "Die Vergeltung" – "Retribution" in German.
• When showing the US European Command building in Stuttgart, a VAZ-2108 is parked nearby, and a BMW 7 Series with a Russian flag number plate "a005ae" drives past.