Hollywood squares sporcle worlds largest trivia quiz. The film costars sarah jessica parker, dennis farina, and tom sizemore. Our rounds include a christmas movie trivia quiz, disney trivia quiz, as well as our latest film trivia. Best pittsburgh movie news pittsburgh pittsburgh city paper. Go to the internet movie database laserdisc database buy posters from buy posters from moviegoods buy this soundtrack from search ebay for striking distance. Striking distance made in pittsburgh in the summer of 1992. If a virtual private party is more your thing, go here for details. Striking distance definition is a distance from which something can be easily reached or attained.
There have been movies that have delivered some excellent dialogues. A sigsauer p226 is the sidearm of pittsburgh detective tom hardy bruce willis. Movie posters 1993 s striking distance striking distance 1993 a serial killer is back in pittsburgh to torment the former homicide detective who was on his trail years before. Striking distance is a 1993 american action thriller film starring bruce willis as pittsburgh police homicide detective thomas hardy. Hollywood squares worlds largest trivia quiz website. It is about an outspoken pittsburgh cop bruce willis, who gets in trouble by. Striking distance definition of striking distance by. In rowdy herringtons 1993 actioner striking distance, a pittsburgh river cop from a troubled family tracks down a serial killer. Ill give you a quote, the year that the movie was released, and the name of the character saying the quote. Regardless, this is a fun movie to watch even once you know the plot twists like all of the rest of the late night with letterman viewers did see trivia below bottom line pure guilty pleasure movie. Pay close attention though, because the movies all have something in common, and the last question will ask you to identify what that is.
Check out our fun movie quizzes below which include a variety of film trivia questions and answers for family and friends to enjoy. Dec, 2007 in rowdy herringtons 1993 actioner striking distance, a pittsburgh river cop from a troubled family tracks down a serial killer. The mediocre macho drama starred bruce willis, who. A description of tropes appearing in striking distance. Mar 21, 2020 striking distance definition is a distance from which something can be easily reached or attained. Dare i say it, but this film feels bit like a modern hitchcock movie. In fact, the movie is so bad that its difficult to understand what merit willis saw in the script, or what he or his agent thought it could do for his career, and even how a studio could give it a green light. Apr 02, 2020 play sporcle s virtual live trivia to have fun, connect with people, and get your trivia on.
Get the whole family involed in these quizzes on wholesome family movies. Bruce willis notoriously apologized for the lack of quality of this movie several years after it was. People themed sz this category is for questions and answers related to willis, bruce, as asked by users of. With bruce willis, sarah jessica parker, dennis farina, tom sizemore. Th e fi lm was shot on location throughout pittsburgh. Striking distance 1993 movie mistakes, goofs and bloopers.
Pittsburgh police sergeant tom hardy bruce willis has reported his partner and cousin, jimmy detillo robert pastorelli, for. Notice that the exposed top of the barrel has been filed down part of the blankconversion process for movie guns. Stream hd 1080p striking distance 1993 full bdrip brrip. The pittsburgh film office is a 501c3 nonprofit economic. It is about a police sergeant, tom hardy, who rats out his partner for using excessive force on a suspect. Th e fi lm costars sarah jessica parker, dennis farina, and tom sizemore. The mediocre macho drama starred bruce willis, who was then deeply. Striking distance internet movie firearms database guns. Questions and answers movie quiz challenge the brain. Striking distance internet movie firearms database.
Feb 05, 2014 bruce willis stars as a maverick cop who is ready to rock the boat to get his suspect, a sadistic serial killer. The pittsburgh film office is a 501c3 nonprofit economicdevelopment agency promoting the 10 counties of southwestern pennsylvania to the film industry. The biggest mistakes you never noticed in striking distance 1993. It was possibly changed to make it seem more like an action film. The shooting title was the more appropriate three rivers. A large group of police officers take aim at a car and shoot it up from both sides none of them hit the suspect nor any parts. The first hollywood movie star is arguably mary pickford 18931979, who along with charlie chaplin, douglas fairbanks, and d. Famous movie character trivia 24 questions by thames last updated. Tom hardy bruce willis denounces his partner, jimmy detillo robert pastorelli, for brutally interrogating a suspect. In the spring of 1959, eighteenyearold bruce lee returned to sa. The name of the boat is the three rivers a nod to the original name of this movie before striking distance. After jimmy falls to his death from a bridge, tom is transferred from.
Chairs scene with sarah jessica parker, bruce willis and dennis farina duration. A team of editors takes feedback from our visitors to keep trivia as up to date and as accurate as possible. He is forced to give evidence against a family member detective resulting in the force and family to turn their backs on him. Striking distance is a 1993 thriller directed by rowdy herrington. Bruce willis stars as a maverick cop who is ready to rock the boat to get his suspect, a sadistic serial killer. Sep 17, 2015 this movie will definitely make u think of the song little red riding hood in a completely different way.
The film was shot on location throughout pittsburgh. Striking distance 1993 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Striking distance refers to nothing in the movie, unless you count that sometimes the characters are. Striking distance is an exhausted reassembly of bits and pieces from all the other movies that are more or less exactly like this one.
That may sound a bit silly but the ways its filmed, the way the suspence builds and the music. Play sporcle s virtual live trivia to have fun, connect with people, and get your trivia on. Sarah jessica parker plays jo christman and emily harper. In fact, the movie is so bad that its difficult to understand what merit willis saw in the script, or what he or his agent thought it could do. Friends paul 3 episodes 20002000 the whole nine yards jimmy tudeski 2000. Parent trap, legally blonde, and mean girls quotes. Tom hardy bruce willis is a 5th generation pittsburgh cop investigating a serial killer, the polish hill strangler, when he is demoted to river patrol for suggesting that the serial killer is another cop. Striking distance 1993 a serial killer is back in pittsburgh to torment the former homicide detective who was on his trail years before. Striking distance photos posters stills and award nominations. Tom hardy bruce willis, who has been relegated to waterway duty, along with new partner jo christman, navigate the three rivers looking for clues and discovering bodies.
The voyage home, the running man, striking distance, lost in space. Striking distance ended up being a boxoffice failure, earning only 24 million dollars on the budget of thirty million dollars. Bruce willis as well as the rest of the cast did a good job in this movie with very good acting, the plot is also entertaining with some twists in it, the whole thing about how all the family members of bruce are cops is just cool, reminded me a little of cop land town of cops, but this movie is even better than cop land. Definition of within striking distance in the idioms dictionary. Striking distance simple english wikipedia, the free. Tom hardy bruce willis is a 5th generation pittsburgh cop investigating a serial killer, the polish. In the summer of 1992 columbia pictures filimed a movie, staring bruce willis, striking distance, the original title was three rivers the movie also had a chris craft capri or should we say three capris, owned by bruce willis caractor tom hardy. Striking distance is an american melodrama thriller movie from 1993. Striking distance is great action flick that sees willis as an honest cop tom hardy within a not so honest cop family. Within striking distance idioms by the free dictionary. Within striking distance meaning in the cambridge english. Striking distance, which was released immediately prior to pulp fiction, is another example of williss faulty selection process. Tom believes the killer is another cop and goes on the record with his allegations. Uprising joins the likes of the best little whorehouse in texas, conan the barbarian, purple rain, star trek iv.
Ask anything you want to know, or answer other peoples questions. Well, this quiz consists of such dialogues, and you have to tell which movie a specific quote is from. What does within striking distance expression mean. Mistakes, goofs, trivia, quotes, pictures and more for striking distance 1993.
Hardy ends up as river cop patrolling the waters ways when he finds a string of dead bodys who had. Striking distance refers to nothing in the movie, unless you count that sometimes the characters are actually within striking distance of each other. The pittsburgh penguins poster shown in the beginning of the. Coming from a police family, tom hardy ends up fighting his uncle after the murder of his father.
Hear classic music from striking distance, 1993, directed by rowdy herrington, with bruce willis, sarah jessica parker, dennis farina, at tcm. The movie was filmed in weeks in the summer of 1992, in pittsburgh. The adventures of sharkboy and lavagirl alice in wonderland alice in wonderland 1999 anne of. Tom hardy outs his partner and cousin jimmy for abuse of a suspect which means that jimmy will face jailtime. Sixteenyearold nicholas cox is the illegitimate son of a retired fencing champion who dreams of getting the proper training he could never. Striking distance critics consensus weighed down by a rote story and passionless performances, striking distance represents one of the lesser 90s genre outings from action hero bruce willis. The boys of kings row bout with drama, rivalry, and romance in this original ya novel by the new york times bestselling author sarah rees brennaninspired by the awardnominated comic series by c. A police officer is tormented by a serial killer with ties to his past. Bruce willis was already well established as the lone wolf cop when he made this very tacky movie but i still love the story, the plot, the characters and one of the best uses of music to establish an eerie situation.
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