Training Day

Titolo originale: Training Day
Regia: Antoine Fuqua |
Anno: 2001
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Azione Crime Dramma
Tag: drug dealer | california | police brutality | poker | bratva (russian mafia) | war on drugs | drug trafficking | police corruption | los angeles, california | gang member | rookie cop | narcotics cop | mexican american | cholo | neo-noir | admiring | audacious |
Cast: Denzel Washington | Ethan Hawke | Scott Glenn | Tom Berenger | Harris Yulin | Raymond J. Barry | Cliff Curtis | Dr. Dre | Snoop Dogg | Macy Gray | Charlotte Ayanna | Eva Mendes | Nick Chinlund | Jaime Gomez | Raymond Cruz | Noel Gugliemi | Samantha Esteban | Richard Browner | Ronald Ellis | William English | Kyjel N. Jolly | Fran Kranz | Janeen Krikorian | Princera Lee | Robert Leon | Seidy López | Kenneth Allen Madden | Sarah Danielle Madison | Chris Patterson | Rudy Perez | Darrell Sellers | Ben Skorstad | Cle Sloan | Brett Sorenson | Abel Soto | Will Stewart | Denzel Whitaker | Garland Whitt | Peter Greene | Terry Crews | Jon A. Barnes | Greg Bronson | Michael Ray Clark | David Ayer | Namrata Singh Gujral | Gary Rodriguez | Vince Romo | Julie Stranahan | Nancy Young | George Meyers |

Jake Hoyt è una nuova recluta della polizia di Los Angeles e per diventare ispettore deve quindi sottoporsi a 24 ore di tirocinio con il sergente Alonzo Harris, un veterano della sezione antidroga che lavora da dodici anni nei quartieri più caldi della città. Alonzo, che considera Jake un pivello ingenuo e inesperto, se lo porta appresso. Poco a poco Jake comincia così a capire di che pasta sia fatto Alonzo, con il suo cinismo che lo spinge a cacciarsi nelle situazioni più complicate.

Approfondimenti

David Ayer wrote the first draft in 1995, way before the Rampart scandal made headlines in 1998. In [...] D
After Alonso kills Rogers he is seen on the phone saying, "layoff the spice just make sure that bath [...] D
Cle Sloan, the gang technical advisor of this movie, managed to get on-screen real-life gang members [...] D
Alonzo's car is a 1979 Chevy Monte Carlo, with some modifications: it has Dayton wire wheels with bu [...] D
The Movie's script was made in 1995. D
According to Antoine Fuqua in the commentary for the DVD, during the rooftop fight scene between Jak [...] D
Gary Sinise and Tom Sizemore were offered the role of Alonzo, but passed. D
When Alonzo calls the community members "disloyal" (in his famous King Kong rant), this is a referen [...] D
Basketball player LeBron James' favorite movie. D
Scott Glenn (Roger) and Denzel Washington (Alonzo) both played the character of John Creasy in film [...] D
Despite being rated R for "strong brutal violence", only 2 people are killed: Roger and Alonzo. D
Originally this film was supposed to be released in November 2001 with most of the original posters [...] D
Denzel's win at the Academy Awards for Best Actor was considered a major upset at the time, as fello [...] D
T. Rodgers, the founder of the Black P. Stones Bloods in Baldwin Village a.k.a. The Jungles in Los A [...] D
Alonzo's weapons of choice in the film are the venerable Smith & Wesson 4506, of which he carries tw [...] D
Bruce Willis was offered the role of Alonzo. He later worked with Antoine Fuqua on L'ultima alba (20 [...] D
Actor Noel Gugliemi (who played the Sureño Moreno) would reprise his role in the short-lived TV s [...] D
Antoine Fuqua says the production was a very intense period of his life. The locations in South Cent [...] D
Although not shown in the film, the producers of the movie asked if the Angelus Temple cross, a famo [...] D
Ironically, 18 years before, actor Harris Yulin (Lt. Doug Rosselli, one of the "Wise Men") portrayed [...] D
At the gang house, when Hoyt is playing cards, the gang members are drinking Heisler beer. This is a [...] D
The original ending of the script was Hoyt crashing the pad of Alonzo's girlfriend, and find his tra [...] D
Eminem was offered to play rookie cop Jake Hoyt. The rapper turned it down, due to the development o [...] D
A scene was filmed but deleted which reveals Alonzo wasn't always corrupt. Alonzo and Jake drive to [...] D
Training Day was actually Denzel Washington's second time playing an antagonist. His first time play [...] D
The music artists featured in the film play criminals, most notably Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, and Macy Gr [...] D
At the Academy Awards, most directors usually sit close to the actors, but at 74th Annual Academy Aw [...] D
During the scene when Jake plays cards with the Latino gangsters, director Antoine Fuqua gave certai [...] D
David Ayer was the only writer to work on the script, such a rarity that it merited a congratulatory [...] D
A scene that was filmed and deleted which happens just before Jake gets on the bus and goes back to [...] D
When Alonzo is firing both his pistols at once, he holds the one in his right hand upright, while hi [...] D
Namrata Singh Gujral's debut. D
Esai Morales was originally cast as Smiley, but was re-cast due to scheduling. D
The original ending had Alonzo getting away with his crimes, but Denzel Washington insisted that it [...] D
Ryan Phillippe was considered for the role of Jake Hoyt. D
The first of 2 times that Snoop Dogg plays a police informant. He would do so again in Starsky & Hut [...] D
Tobey Maguire was seriously considered for the part of Officer Jake Hoyt. He even followed undercove [...] D
Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg feature in this movie. Dre was also responsible for the film's soundtrack. D
Antoine Fuqua got the offer to direct after Denzel Washington screened his movie Bait - L'esca (2000 [...] D
In the final shot of the movie, the 3 Wise Men are actually inside the car at the background when Ja [...] D
The scene where Alonzo is scraping together his guns to a drug addict was improvised. D
The fictional Hispanic street gang Hillside Trece (13) is based on many real-life Hispanic Sureño [...] D
The license plate on Alonzo's car is "ORP 967," a nod to Officer Rafael Perez, the disgraced L.A.P.D [...] D
The film had several police technical advisors. Among them is Detective-Sergeant Brian Davis, an L.A [...] D
Roger's snail joke he tells Jake symbolically means the man represents the streets and the snail rep [...] D
The coffee shop in the beginning of the movie (which was, incidentally, the first scene shot) is the [...] D
The word "f-ck" is used two hundred and eleven times. D
The line "King Kong ain't got shit on me!" was ad-libbed by Denzel Washington. D
Denzel Washington has frequently said that Detective Alonzo Harris is his favorite character that he [...] D
Just after Smiley tells Sniper to deal the cards again, the sound of Alonzo's car can be heard leavi [...] D
Christian Bale auditioned for the role of Jake Hoyt. David Ayer liked him so much he gave him the ro [...] D
Famous novelist and true crime specialist James Ellroy described the movie as "a complete waste of t [...] D
Eva Mendes said in a 2014 interview that it was her idea to be nude in the film. She suggested it to [...] D
With his Best Actor Oscar win for this film, Denzel Washington became the first black actor to win t [...] D
The whiskey Roger offers to Alonzo and Jake is a vintage of the Macallan. Alonzo mentions it as "thr [...] D
About the casting of Ethan Hawke, Antoine Fuqua said "there's something innocent about Ethan, he's s [...] D
When Detective Hoyt is sitting at the table playing cards with Smiley and his crew, they ask him "ha [...] D
This movie is unique in Academy Awards history in that it's the only time an African-American, Denze [...] D
Both actors Raymond J. Barry and Tom Berenger appeared in the 1989 film Born On The 4th of July (Ber [...] D
When the movie came out, many viewers and critics were skeptical of the scenes where Jake Hoyt smoke [...] D
Harris Yulin, (Doug Rosselli), plays a corrupt police officer in this film as he did in the 1983 box [...] D
During the movie, Hoyt often does the opposite of what Alonzo tells him to do. He tells Hoyt not to [...] D
To give to his character a much more authentic aspect, Denzel Washington decided to have the same lo [...] D
Mark Wahlberg was considered for the role of Jake Hoyt. D
Mickey Rourke was Antoine Fuqua's first choice for the part of Roger. The studio turned Fuqua's requ [...] D
Raymond Cruz was considered for the role of Smiley, before being cast as Sniper. D
Raymond Cruz and Harris Yulin both appeared in 1994's Clear And Present Danger; the latter played Ad [...] D
Before Antoine Fuqua was involved in the project, Davis Guggenheim was set to direct with Samuel L. [...] D
Ethan Hawke was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role despite the fact he has m [...] D