An aging alcoholic cop is assigned the task of escorting a witness from police custody to a courthouse 16 blocks away. There are, however, chaotic forces at work that prevent them from makin... Read allAn aging alcoholic cop is assigned the task of escorting a witness from police custody to a courthouse 16 blocks away. There are, however, chaotic forces at work that prevent them from making it in one piece.An aging alcoholic cop is assigned the task of escorting a witness from police custody to a courthouse 16 blocks away. There are, however, chaotic forces at work that prevent them from making it in one piece.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
- Eddie Bunker
- (as Mos Def)
- Ray Fitzpatrick
- (as Mike Keenan)
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- TriviaIn order to make Detective Jack Mosley's limp look realistic on screen, Bruce Willis put a pebble in his shoe and kept it there throughout the length of the shoot.
- GoofsWhen the bus drives down the alley, knocking down air conditioners, one of them falls apart, revealing it to be an empty metal box.
- Quotes
Jack Mosley: [as an answer to Eddie Bunker's riddle] You give your car keys to your best friend, who takes your car and drives the old lady to a hospital. You stay behind with the love of your life.
- Crazy creditsThere are no opening credits save the title "16 BLOCKS".
- Alternate versionsSPOILER: On the DVD is a version with an alternate ending, where Nugent calls off killing Jack after they talk in the basement of the courthouse, but can't get through to Torres. Nugent runs upstairs to stop Torres. After Jack tells the ADA he's willing to testify, Torres shoots him when he pulls the tape recorder from his pocket just as Nugent reaches him. They both fall down the stairs. But then Nugent moves as the playback starts on the tape recorder. The ADA rushes to the jury with the recording as someone covers Jack's face with a blanket. Later a voice over (when Diane gets the cake) by Eddie reveals that Diane came to see him in Seattle to tell him that Jack is dead.
- ConnectionsFeatured in HBO First Look: 16 Blocks (2006)
- SoundtracksBesame
Written by Jeeve and Von Shock
Performed by Sapien
Courtesy of Where's My Cut Productions
By arrangements with Blast! Management and Pen Music Group
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- 16 Blocks
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Box office
- Budget
- $52,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $36,895,141
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $11,855,260
- Mar 5, 2006
- Gross worldwide
- $65,664,721
- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1