Hulk

Year:

2003

Duration:

138 min

Genres:

Action | Sci-Fi

IMDB rate:

5.7

Director:

Ang Lee

Awards:

2 wins & 8 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2003-06-20

Filming Locations: Universal City, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $137,000,000

Opening Weekend: $62,128,420 (USA) (22 June 2003)

Gross: $132,122,995 (USA) (21 September 2003)

Cast

Actor

Character

Lou Ferrigno

Eric Bana

Bruce Banner

Jennifer Connelly

Betty Ross

Sam Elliott

Ross

Josh Lucas

Talbot

Nick Nolte

Father

Paul Kersey

Young David Banner

Cara Buono

Edith Banner

Todd Tesen

Young Ross

Kevin Rankin

Harper

Celia Weston

Mrs. Krensler

Mike Erwin

Teenage Bruce Banner

Stan Lee

Security Guard

Regi Davis

Security Guard

Craig Damon

Security Guard

Geoffrey Scott

President

Regina McKee Redwing

National Security Advisor

Daniel Dae Kim

Aide

Daniella Kuhn

Edith's Friend

Michael Kronenberg

Bruce Banner as Child

David Kronenberg

Bruce Banner as Child

Rhiannon Leigh Wryn

Betty Ross as Child

Lou Richards

Pediatrician

Jenn Gotzon

Waitress (as Jennifer Gotzon)

Louanne Kelley

Delivery Doctor

Toni Kallen

Delivery Nurse

Paul Hansen Kim

Officer

John Littlefield

Security NCO

Lorenzo Callender

Soldier

Todd Lee Coralli

Soldier

Johnny Kastl

Soldier

Eric Ware

Soldier

Jesse Corti

Colonel

Rob Swanson

Colonel

Mark Atteberry

Technician

Eva Burkley

Technician

Rondda Holeman

Technician

John Maraffi

Technician (as John A. Maraffi)

Michael Papajohn

Technician

David St. Pierre

Technician

Boni Yanagisawa

Technician

David Sutherland

Tank Commander

Sean Mahon

Comanche Pilot

Brett Thacher

Comanche Pilot

Kirk B.R. Woller

Comanche Pilot

Randy Neville

F-22 Pilot

John Prosky

Atheon Technician

Amir Faraj

Boy

Ricardo Aguilar

Boy's Father

Victor Rivers

Paramilitary

Lyndon Karp

Davey

Andy Arness

Soldier (uncredited)

Rory J. Aylward

Second Tank Commander (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Among the many writers who contributed to the film's screenplay were Michael France, John Turman, Jonathan Hensleigh, Zak Penn, J.J. Abrams, the partnership of Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, Michael Tolkin, David Hayter, and James Schamus. However, only France, Turman and Schamus received final credit, as their concepts primarily featured in the final film.

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Ang Lee took Eric Bana to watch a bare-knuckled boxing match to prepare him for the brutality of his role.

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Eric Bana was cast on the strength of his vicious performance in Chopper (2000).

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Goofs

The breast pockets on Betty Ross's denim jacket switch from buttoned to unbuttoned between shots when she is confronted by David Banner in her house at night, and again, later, when she approaches the Hulk in downtown San Francisco.

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When the Hulk pulls the poodle from the windshield of Betty's car the entire windshield is smashed. The next view of the car shows only a hole on the driver's side of the windshield.

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Several of the California National Guard troops are depicted as being armed with M16A1 rifles (distinguished by their smooth, triangular forward hand-guards and three-pronged flash suppressor). The National Guard phased out the M16A1 in the 1980s, replacing it with the upgraded M16A2 (ribbed, rounded forward hand-guards, and an enclosed, "birdcage" flash suppressor).

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Quotes

Bruce Banner: You want to go to the review board on Monday and tell them we have developed a brand new method for exploding frogs?

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Dr. David Banner: [absorbing Hulk's energy] Sleep, Bruce, and dream forever. Struggle no more... and give me all of your power.

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Ross: Shut down all power to the main hall.

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Faq

Q

Are there any references in the film to the Hulk mythology?

A

Q

Why did Bruce's father try to kill Bruce when he was a kid?

A

When Bruce's father David, also a research scientist whose genetic experiments were shut down when it was learned that he was experimenting upon himself, realized that his wife was pregnant, he feared what he may have passed to his child. Banner realized that his son had to be tested, and the results showed that Bruce had the potential to not be completely human (in his eyes).

Q

What is 'Hulk' about?

A

In an accident at a laboratory at the University of California-Berkeley, research scientist Bruce Banner (Eric Bana) is exposed to gamma radiation and nanomeds and somehow survives but discovers that he turns into a hulking green monster whenever he gets angry. Pursued by his father (Nick Nolte) who wants to continue experimenting on Bruce, by U.S. Army General Thaddeus 'Thunderbolt' Ross (Sam Elliott) who believes that Bruce is a threat to national security, and by Major Glenn Talbot (Josh Lucas) who wants to profit from the Hulk's strength and regenerative ability, Bruce tries to control his anger, prevent the transformation, and simply stay alive.

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