Useless Movie Trivia For
Young Guns
Memorable Movie Quotes
Lara Croft: I woke up this morning and I just hated everything.
Lara Croft: To see your world in a grain of sand, and a heaven in a wild flower. To hold infinity in the palm of your hand, An eternity in an hour. William Blake.
Alex West: I suppose you think I'm a greedy, unscrupulous sell-out who'll do just about anything for money?
Trivia
Was filmed at Pinewood Studios in England where James Bond films are made.
Lara's training robot is named Simon, after the director Simon West.
Alex West was originally named Alex Mars but because the name hadn't been cleared by the legal department it couldn't be used. Simon West decided to name the character Alex West, after his father, since he knew, that if needed, he could get legal clearance for the name.
The little alien characters that appear on the "Game Over" screen during a failed attempt to activate the robot Simon are originally from the arcade game Space Invaders
The item up for auction while Lara is talking to Alex at the auction house is the Dagger of Xian. You can just hear the auctioneer announce that at the beginning of the conversation. The artifact that Lara was searching for in the Tomb Raider II video game.
The Prayer Wheels that Lara accuses Alex of stealing from her are from the Tomb Raider II video game.
Apart from normal jumping, the only moves Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie) does in the movie which can also be done in the games is the jump over the living statue and rolls in the air. This can be done in the Playstation game by pressing forward and square, then circle while in the air.
Angelina Jolie did her own Bungee-Ballet, and according to an interview with her on the Jay Leno show, injured her ankle on the first take when landing on top of a chandelier went bad, so that part of the scene had to be done all over again after she had recovered.
The television show Bryce watches is British TV kids' show "The Clangers"
Biggest grossing action film with a woman in lead role. Second is Aliens.
Lara's pistols are 9mm Heckler and Koch USP MATCH.
The Illuminati is purported to be a real-life secret society with origins dating back to at least the 1700s if not earlier, though it is a matter of debate whether it still exists. Many books - factual and fiction or science fiction novels - have been written about this legendary group, the best known being the "Illuminatus!" trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson.
In the video game, Lara Croft is a 36DD. Angelina Jolie is naturally a 36C, and was padded to a 36D for the movie, as it was felt that padding to the original character size would be too unrealistic.
At the time of filming, Angelina Jolie sported a large tattoo on her upper left arm. Make-up was used to cover the tattoo, but one can see where the tattoo has been covered up on several scenes.
The gun used by Powell's villains is the HandK G36E assault rifle. The German Army also uses this rifle.
The temple on the hill in Cambodia on which Lara lands on is Phnom Bakheng which is just outside the South Gate of the city of Angkor Thom. Next, when we see her drive her jeep off, Lara is at Bayon, at the center of Angkor Thom. The temple with trees overgrown on it, where Lara falls into the hidden tomb, is probably Ta Prom.
The four-headed god Lara fights in the underground tomb is the Hindu god Brahma. It is worth noting that no temple in Cambodia was built for this god. Most were dedicated to Shiva. The monkeys Lara fights there are modeled after the ones at Banteay Srei, a temple located far from Angkor Wat. They are the guardians of the door.
Just like in the game, in the movie, Lara only has to put items that she had gathered near her backpack and they disappear from her hands.
The music played while the explorers are in the Siberian village and then on the sleds is Tuvan throat singing.
Executive producer Stuart Baird did uncredited re-editing work on this film and Mission: Impossible II for Paramount in exchange for the job of directing Star Trek: Nemesis.
Goofs
When Powell pulls the knife out of his shoulder, the blade is obviously retractable.
When Powell pulls out the knife and throws it at Alex, it is spinning. When Lara has time reverse, the knife is moving straight.
When Alex is counting down to get the first half of the triangle, he reaches 28 seconds. Lara then interrupts and has a conversation that lasts over 28 seconds. When Alex resumes his countdown he begins at 12 seconds again.
During the final action scene Lara puts her guns on the ground. In the following sequence, when she is running from the room, she has her guns holstered at her hips yet she had no opportunity to pick them up.
As the locals are trying to pull down the wall to find the first piece of the triangle, Alex West takes off his shirt and starts to pull on the rope with the rest of the gang. In the next shot he is clearly seen to the left of the screen with his shirt back on as the wall topples down, jumping up and down and shouting something.
Box Office Info USA
Budget: $80,000,000
Opening Weekend: $47,735,743
Gross: $131,144,183
Rentals: $62,800,000
Filming Dats: July 2000 - December 2000
Filming Locations
Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia
Battersea Power Station, Battersea, London, England, UK
Dulwich College, Dulwich, London, England, UK
Elveden Hall, Suffolk, England, UK
Glacier Bay National Park, Gustavus, Alaska, USA
Hatfield House, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Iceland
Leadenhall Market, Lime Street, Broadgate, London, England, UK
Painted Hall, Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, England, UK
Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Tower Bridge, London, England, UK
Windsor Great Park, Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK