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©-DR- THE PUNISHER p11
03/02/2012 09:01
Trivia (1)
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In a subplot of the film, which was cut, Frank Castle finds out that Howard Saint got his information from his friend FBI Agent Jimmy Weeks. He eventually stalks him and drives Weeks to commit suicide. This was included in the extended DVD cut.
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Thomas Jane trained for nearly 7 months with the United States Navy SEALs and gained more than 20 pounds of muscle in doing so.
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Rebecca Romijn 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.
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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.
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Thomas Jane initially turned down the role twice, as well as a part in X-Men (2000), as he didn't see himself as a superhero actor. He only became interested in the character after being asked to play him for the second time and he had seen Timothy Bradstreet's artwork of the character.
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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 "popsicle interrogation" scene was drawn from a nearly identical scene in Punisher War Zone #1 (1992) written by Chuck Dixon. *
The original film with no edits or cuts clocked in at 2 hours and 56 minutes.
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Thomas Jane wears a blond wig in the opening sequence. Ironically, Jane is blond in real life but he had already dyed his hair black for the part of Frank Castle.
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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 "The Punisher War Journal".
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The first comic book adaptation to earn an R rating since Blade (1998). *
Seeing as he had absolutely no involvement with the creation of the original Punisher character, this is one of the few movies based on a Marvel Comic that Stan Lee does not appear in. *
The earrings that Howard Saint gives to his wife are not props but real Harry Winston diamonds, valued at $1 million.
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Thomas Jane's discolored thumbnail was the result of him slamming it in a door, and has nothing to do with the story.
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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. *
When this was released on DVD in September 2004, it surprised Marvel by selling nearly 2 million copies in its first five days.
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Originally, The Punisher was supposed to have a sidekick, David Lieberman, alias Microchip, the Intel man. He was written out as director Jonathan Hensleigh had an intense dislike of the character. *
The only Punisher film thus far, where Frank Castle engages the murderers of his family rather than him tackling other foes after the genesis of him becoming The Punisher.
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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.
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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.
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When the teaser trailer was shown, there was negative reaction to the solid white skull logo which has been the character's trademark in the books. The costume designer changed it to a "worn-down" design that better suited Frank Castle's character in the film.
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John Travolta allowed Thomas Jane to have his name first in the credits and advertising so that he could work on this project. In fact, he didn't mind it at all, allowing Jane to be put over so he can get recognition as the main character.
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Jonathan Hensleigh was dismayed before filming began when he learned that he wasn't going to be given sufficient budget for a top flight action movie. He felt he needed in the region of $64 million but was only given $15 million instead, and only 52 days to shoot the picture. Hensleigh had to rewrite a lot of his original script to accommodate this reduction in budget and shooting schedule.
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Director Jonathan Hensleigh did not want superhero music for the ending scene where Frank is on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, making his vow as The Punisher, because "The Punisher is not a superhero."
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Shooting in Tampa was a two-edged sword. On one hand, the city's downtown area has no residential areas so it would be completely emptied out by the end of the working day - ideal for a film crew. But the city is also the lightning capital of the world with rainstorms that roll in suddenly and very violently. The summer that the film crew shot in Tampa was the city's wettest since 1890.
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The Russian fight sequence was described on the set as the "Horrific Clown Show".
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Ben Foster really did acquire some piercings for the part.
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The Punisher/ Russian fight scene took 2 days to film.
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A lot of Frank Castle's extended family in the beachside party scene are stuntpeople as most of them were going to die in violent circumstances. Even the children were largely children of stuntpeople.
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A close up shot of a bodyguard getting hit in the head with a paper cutter was cut due to the MPAA saying it was "too real".
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The scene when Howard Saint visits Quentin Glass in his home at night was actually shot in the middle of the afternoon. The evening effect was achieved by tenting up the real-life house that was being used as Glass's home.
*Five identical Pontiac GTOs were built (two were totally destroyed) for the movie. This muscle car was chosen the film to distance itself from the earlier Artisan version of Punisher (1989) (in which action star Dolph Lundgren rode a motorcycle throughout).
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. Timothy Bradstreet illustrated the covers, along with the promotional posters for the movie. *
Director Jonathan Hensleigh wanted the music to be very emotional. When scoring the film, composer Carlo Siliotto saw Frank Castle as a tragic figure stating, "This man, Frank Castle, is somebody who has a slaughtered family. He comes through that slaughter, and becomes a punisher. But he's a sad man - he drinks, and he has bad memories always coming to him. There's a lot in the film, and at times it is like a modern version of classic tragedy like "Othello."
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The Punisher was created by comic book writer Gerry Conway for an issue of Amazing Spiderman. Conway himself has become a successful writer for television and film. *
The first scene in the movie was originally intended to be a battle set in Kuwait during the first Gulf War, but the reduction in budget rendered that impossible.
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