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| Trivia For Punisher 89 And Punisher 04 |
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| POSTED Thursday, June 16, 2005 10:51:31 AM |
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Punisher 89
91 people are killed individually on screen in this movie, not including those who die en masse in explosions, etc.
Was originally banned in South Africa and then released straight to video two years after it's release
Dolph Lundgren did most of his own stunts.
All of the fight sequences were improvised by the actors to give the fights a sense of realism.
Michael Pari was the first choice for the lead role.
The Punisher never uses the same weapon twice. He will also leave them behind for no reason.
Dolph Lundgren co-wrote the Punishers monolgues at the beginning and end.
The Police cars are Australian Valiants converted to left hand drive. There are 2 models shown, 1976 VK and 1977 CL.
Punisher 04
Pro Wrestler Kevin Nash had to cut his hair for his role. To explain the haircut to his wrestling fans, he "bet" his hair in a match against wrestler Chris Jericho.
Before choosing Tampa as the location to both film and set the movie, the director also considered places such as Biloxi, Mississippi; Mobile, Alabama; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Galveston, Texas.
The scene with the explosion in front of the Bank of America building was not adequately publicized and hundreds of people called 911 thinking it was an actual explosion.
Five identical Pontiac GTOs were built (two were totally destroyed) for the movie. This muscle car for chosen for action scenes to distance itself from the earlier Artisan version The Punisher (1989) (in which action star Dolph Lundgren rode a motorcycle throughout).
The Russian fight sequence was described on the set as the "Horrific Clown Show".
With the supervision of a trainer, Thomas Jane worked out extensively for the role with two hours of weight lifting and cardio, sometimes twice a day and a rigorous diet of health shakes. Jane also trained with multiple firearms and weaponry.
The words that Frank Castle writes near the end of the film, listing the bases of his vigilante philosophy in numbered order, form the beginning of his war journal, an ongoing diary of his campaign against organized crime. It was the basis for the long-running comic book "Punisher War Journal".
The "popsicle interrogation" scene was drawn from a nearly identical scene in Punisher War Zone #1 (1992).
Vin Diesel was offered the role of Frank Castle/The Punisher.
Hugh Jackman was offered the role of Frank Castle/The Punisher, but he had to pass because he was already in pre-production with Van Helsing (2004).
Rebecca Romijn-Stamos revealed that in a scene where she sews up a knife wound on Thomas Jane, she pushes the needle too far in and ends up actually sewing a couple of stitches on Thomas Jane's body instead of just the prosthetic wound.
Many of the characters, including Joan, Bumpo, Spacker Dave and The Russian all come from the punisher series "Welcome Back, Frank", written by Garth Ennis and illustrated by Steve Dillon and Jimmy Palmiotti. Tim Bradstreet illustrated the covers, along with the promotional posters for the movie.
The license plate on Frank Castle's car reads "Year One". This is the auto customizer that worked on the GTO. It was just a coincidence that Punisher also had a Year One title.
The bourbon he drinks throughout the film is "Wild Turkey".
Due to almost constant budgetary concerns, scenes were constantly scaled back or cut to get under the budget. In the same sense, effects scenes were almost always done the old fashioned way with old tricks replacing new CGI.
Thomas Jane did most of his own stunts.
Originally, The Punisher was supposed to have a sidekick, David Lieberman, alias Microship, the intel man. He was written out as director Jonathan Hensleigh had an intense dislike of the character.
The bounty hunter's actual name was Harry Heck Thornton but was truncated to avoid people mistaken with the name Billy Bob Thornton. In Welcome Back Frank, he does not carry a guitar or sing.
Micky Duka is heavily based on a character from the comic series, named Mickey Fondozzi, who worked as a mob informant for The Punisher.
The Castle family house in Puerto Rico are really restrooms/changing rooms located in Honeymoon Island State Park, Dunedin, Florida. State Parks adhere to strict rules about color of their buildings, the restrooms/changing room where re-painted from their original grey to the colors seen in the movie, they remain that color since the movie was released.
Jonathan Hensleigh actually knew someone who parked illegally for two years in Manhattan by using the same bogus fire hydrant ploy Frank Castle uses to keep Livia's parking space open during his schemes.
In order to update the comic origin to present day, Frank Castle's military record was changed from Vietnam to the Gulf War
Tampa Bay Lightning hockey player Vincent Lecavalier and former Bucaneers football player John Lynch were originally in one of the first scenes of the movie that was eventually deleted from the movie.
The Punisher's arsenal includes:
- two modified Colt M1911 pistols
- a Glock 18 with extended magazine and folding buttstock
- a Colt Commando with attached M203 Grenade Launcher
- a Colt Python revolver
- a spring-loaded knife
- a Claymore anti-personnel mine
"In avenging my family, I've found a new purpose. I'm coming. All of you out there, I'm coming. Those who do evil to others - the killers, the rapists, psychos, sadists - take heed. You will come to know me well. But don't make the same mistake Sandoval did. Don't call me Castle. Frank Castle is dead. Call me the Punisher."
Jamie >;-}~ |
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| REPLIED Tuesday, January 20, 2009 08:05:58 PM |
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If anyone is interested in meeting The Punisher - Thomas Jane, see below....I'm going.....^^
The Dallas Comic Con is this weekend, January 24-25 at the Richardson Civic Center
Come out and meet special comic book and media guests. The show features a wide variety of artists and writers, including Bernie Wrightson (SWAMP THING), William Stout (WIZARDS), Herb Trimpe (HULK), Howard Chaykin (PUNISHER:WAR JOURNAL), Jon Bogdanove (SUPERMAN:MAN OF STEEL), Joe Jusko (VAMPIRELLA), Mark Brooks (ULTIMATE X-MEN), Tim Bradstreet (PUNISHER), Jim Daly (X-FILES), Kerry Gammill (SUPERMAN), Brian Denham (X-FILES), and James O'Barr (THE CROW), to name but a few.
Media guests include Thomas Jane (THE MIST, PUNISHER) and Todd Farmer (writer of MY BLOODY VALENTINE in 3-D).
General admission is just $10, and kids 12 and under get in free with paid adult. Two-day priority Speedpasses ar $20. PARKING IS FREE! For more information go to http://www.dallascomiccon
.com or http://www.myspace.com/sc
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