The Fast and the Furious (2001) on Netflix
PG-1320011h 46mActionCrimeThriller
A crew hijacks trucks on Los Angeles highways. Undercover LAPD officer Brian O'Conner infiltrates Dominic Toretto's street racing circle looking for whoever is behind the thefts.
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Plot summary
At the Los Angeles port, a crew in three modified Honda Civics seizes a semi-truck trailer full of electronics and escapes through the night. LAPD officer Brian O'Conner joins a task force hunting the thieves and goes undercover at Toretto's Market & Cafe, run by Mia, sister of the street racer Dominic Toretto. Dom's crew includes Vince, Leon, Jesse and Dom's girlfriend Letty, and Vince distrusts Brian and brawls with him. Brian brings a modified Eclipse to a car meet, wagers it in a race against Dom, loses when his car fails, then helps Dom escape the police. They end up in territory held by Johnny Tran, who destroys the Eclipse, and Dom tells Brian he owes him a ten-second car.
Cast
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Fast and the Furious (2001)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The studio told the producers it would green-light the film only if they could get Timothy Olyphant to play Dominic Toretto, but Olyphant turned it down, saying he thought the film would be "stupid". Producer Neal Moritz then suggested Vin Diesel, who had to be convinced to take the role.
- Eminem was offered a role but turned it down to work on 8 Mile (2002), and Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale were also considered for the film; Paul Walker signed on immediately when he was offered the part.
- During filming of The Fast and the Furious, 78 cars were wrecked both on and off screen, and three cars were shown being destroyed in the film's trailer alone.
- Producer Neal Moritz chose the title after seeing a documentary on American International Pictures that included the 1954 film The Fast and the Furious, and traded director Roger Corman use of some stock footage in exchange for a license to use the title.
- Jordana Brewster and Michelle Rodriguez, who played Mia Toretto and Letty Ortiz, did not have driver's licenses before filming, so they took driving lessons during production.
- The role of Mia Toretto was written for Eliza Dushku, who declined it, and Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jessica Biel, Kirsten Dunst and Natalie Portman all auditioned before Jordana Brewster was cast.
- For the climactic race between Brian O'Conner and Dominic Toretto, the shots of the cars crossing the railroad and of the train crossing the street were filmed separately, then composited so the train would appear to narrowly miss the cars.
