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Usual Suspects, The .

Who was the informant that the Hungarians had on board their ship?

Not Your 'Usual Suspects' (Nightlover)


Arturo Marquez. Arturo Marquez was a petty smuggler out of Argentina who could identify Keyser Soze.



Who said to the police interrogators 'Flip you for real'?

The Usual Suspects (saracen)


Fenster. Fenster is well known for his unintelligible speech!



Who had the 'gem buying' affiliate, Redfoot in California?

The Usual Suspects (saracen)


McManus. It was through McManus's affiliate Redfoot that took them to California where they were then recruited to do a job for Kayser Soze.



Who does McManus take the group to see and where did they meet him?

The Characters Of 'The Usual Suspects' (soph22)


Redfoot and California. Redfoot was played by Peter Greene, who starred in two other hit films: 'Pulp Fiction' and 'Training Day'.



Which organization gave Kevin Spacey a 'Best Supporting Actor' award, for his role as Verbal Kint?

Not Your 'Usual Suspects' (Nightlover)


Boston Society of Film Critics Awards. EAP Awards picked Usual Suspects as 'Best Picture', the ISA picked Benicio Del Toro as 'Best Supporting Actor' and Kevin Spacey lost to Brad Pitt at the Golden Globes.



Which organisation does Agent Kujan work for?

The Usual Suspects (saracen)


US Customs.



Which of the main five actors from "The Usual Suspects" did NOT participate in the featurettes seen on the DVD?

"The Usual Suspects": Behind the Scenes (enfranklopedia)


They all did. Everyone involved with the film at every level seemed quite happy to discuss the production on the DVD.



Which harbor is the ship with the supposed 91 million dollars of cocaine docked at?

Not Your 'Usual Suspects' (Nightlover)


San Pedro.



Which government department does Agent David Kujan works for?

Not Your 'Usual Suspects' (Nightlover)


U.S. Customs Agency. U.S. Customs special agent David Kujan grills Verbal Kint to find out what really happened to Dean Keaton.



Which day of the week do the 'Usual Suspects' board the ship?

Not Your 'Usual Suspects' (Nightlover)


Friday. Kobayashi tells them 'Get your rest, Gentlemen. The boat will be ready for you on Friday'



Which character said the line, "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist"?

Unusual "Suspects" Trivia (JennaV)


Kint. The line is heard twice, once in the middle of the movie and then once again at the end.



Which character is interrogated by Agent Kujan throughout the movie?

The Usual Suspects (saracen)


Kint. Although Kint is Soze, Kujan was interrogating the character Kint.



Which character faked his own death earlier in his career?

The Characters Of 'The Usual Suspects' (soph22)


Dean Keaton. Keaton faked his own death in an attempt to escape his previous crimes and start afresh.



Which character convinced Keaton to be part of the original heist?

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Kint. Kint was in prison with Keaton for a short time, the rest of the 'gang' won't let Kint participate in the heist unless Keaton does as well.



Which 'associate' of Redfoot was 'shivved' by Keaton?

Not Your 'Usual Suspects' (Nightlover)


Spook Hollis. Keaton says to Redfoot 'A friend of mine in New York tells me you knew Spook Hollis...I shivved him. Better you hear it from me now than somebody else later.'



When they try to kill Kobayashi, McManus is on top of the elevator he gets into. After McManus kills Kobayashi's guards, what floor does he tell him to push?

Unusual "Suspects" Trivia (JennaV)


20 . McManus kills the guards, then Kobayashi looks up at him and he says, "Push 20."



When they rob N.Y. Finest Taxi Service, who is driving the lead van(the van directly in front of the cop car)?

Unusual "Suspects" Trivia (JennaV)


Keaton. Keaton is driving the van directly in front of the cop car with Kint riding in the back, Hockney is in the van that pulls up next to the car on the driver's side, Fenster is in the van parked on the passenger side.



When they go to rob the Hungarian boat in the harbor, who says "Elvis has left the building"?

Unusual "Suspects" Trivia (JennaV)


McManus. McManus is acting as sniper on the roof of a building. When it is time for him to come down to the boat he says, "Elvis has left the building."



When they go to rob Saul, who is shown walking through the parking garage talking as Saul and his bodyguards go to their car?

Unusual "Suspects" Trivia (JennaV)


Fenster and Hockney. Fenster and Hockney are wearing Hawaiian shirts and are talking loudly as they walk through the garage. McManus is working under the hood of a car and they show him holding his gun behind his back. Kint and Keaton are not seen until they attack Saul and his men.



When the group meets Redfoot in L.A., he tells them about another job involving a jeweler named Saul. Where does he say Saul is from?

Unusual "Suspects" Trivia (JennaV)


Texas. Redfoot says, "There's this jeweler out of Texas, does free appraisals for people..."



When Kint is released from the police station, he picks up his personal belongings on the way out. What are they?

Unusual "Suspects" Trivia (JennaV)


watch, lighter, and cigarettes.



When facing the line-up, what position is Keaton in? Please note that the order of the line-up seen in some promotionals (video boxes, posters, etc.) is not always the same as what's in the movie. Consider the order in the MOVIE for this question.

The Search for "The Usual Suspects" (AlienGoddess)


Second from the right. The order of their positions in the line-up is, starting from the left: Hockney, McManus, Fenster, Keaton, and Verbal.



When 'New York's Finest Taxi Service' picks up the jewel smuggler, he hands one of the cops an envelope full of money and asks, "Will this get me to ___________?" Where did he ask to go?

Unusual "Suspects" Trivia (JennaV)


Staten Island. He says, "Will this get me to Staten Island?" The cop looks in the envelope and says, "Shoot, this will get you to Cape Cod!"



What was the approximate budget of "The Usual Suspects"?

"The Usual Suspects": Behind the Scenes (enfranklopedia)


$4 million. Amazingly, the film was made for a mere four million dollars, according to director Brian Singer (www.imdb.com lists the budget at six million dollars, for some reason). The film's domestic gross was twenty-three million dollars. Not bad, boys.



What percentage of the Academy Awards for which "The Usual Suspects" was nominated did the film actually win?

"The Usual Suspects": Behind the Scenes (enfranklopedia)


100%. The film was nominated for two Oscars: Best Original Screenplay (Chris McQuarrie) and Best Supporting Actor (Kevin Spacey). In both cases, "The Usual Suspects" won. Nominated for two; won two. That's one hundred per cent.



What nationality is Keyser Soze supposed to be?

The Search for "The Usual Suspects" (AlienGoddess)


Turkish. Verbal mentions this while discussing the "myth" of Keyser Soze.



What job does Kobayashi do for Keyser Soze?

The Characters Of 'The Usual Suspects' (soph22)


Attorney. Kobayashi is played by the British actor Pete Postlethwaite who is most famous for his Oscar nominated performance in "In The Name of The Father".



What is Verbal's real name?

The Characters Of 'The Usual Suspects' (soph22)


Roger Kint. Kevin Spacey's performance as Roger 'Verbal' Kint earned him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar.



What is Verbal's criminal profession?

The Characters Of 'The Usual Suspects' (soph22)


Con Man. Verbal is a con man who is also a gifted speaker, as his name implies. Verbal does the voice over for the movie.



What is Verbal Kint's real first name?

The Search for "The Usual Suspects" (AlienGoddess)


Roger . Keaton is the one who introduces Verbal to the others. Verbal explains that his first name is actually Roger and that everyone calls him "Verbal" because he talks to much. Hockney then states sarcastically that he was just going to tell him to shut up, even though Verbal had not said a word prior to the conversation.



What is the significance of the order each character receives their personal envelopes from Kobayashi?

Not Your 'Usual Suspects' (Nightlover)


It's in the same order they are killed. The order that the personal packages are given to everyone in the pool room is the same order in which the characters die -- Fenster, Hockney, McManus and then Keaton. Verbal is the last one to get his package.

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