Motion Pictures
February 20, 2002
Warner Bros. Pictures To Re-Release “Training Day,” Starring Oscar-Nominated Actors Denzel Washington And Ethan Hawke
(February 20, 2002 – Burbank, CA) – In response to the recent Academy Award nominations received by Denzel Washington (Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role) and Ethan Hawke (Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role), Warner Bros. Pictures will re-release the critically acclaimed drama “Training Day” in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on February 22, 2002, it was announced today by Dan Fellman, President, Domestic Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures.
“We are very proud of this film, and thrilled that the work of these two outstanding actors is being honored by the Academy,” said Fellman. To date, the film has surpassed $100 million worldwide.
For his performance in “Training Day,” Denzel Washington has been presented with Best Actor awards by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the Boston Film Critics Society and the American Film Institute, and was recognized with Best Actor nominations from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the Chicago Film Critics Association and the NAACP Image Awards, which also nominated “Training Day” for Outstanding Motion Picture. Both Washington and Ethan Hawke were nominated for Screen Actors Guild Awards for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, respectively.
This is Washington’s fifth Academy Award nomination and the third in the category of Best Actor. He took home the Oscar in 1989 for his supporting performance in “Glory,” and was also nominated for his supporting role in “Cry Freedom” (1987) and his leading roles in “Malcolm X” (1992) and “The Hurricane” (1999). Hawke’s performance in “Training Day” has earned him his first Academy Award nomination.
A Warner Bros. Pictures presentation, in association with Village Roadshow Pictures and NPV Entertainment, “Training Day” is an Outlaw Production directed by Antoine Fuqua and produced by Jeffrey Silver and Bobby Newmyer, from a script written by David Ayer. “Training Day” tells the story of a veteran officer (Washington) who escorts a rookie (Hawke) on his first day with the LAPD’s tough inner-city narcotics unit.
“Training Day” is distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, an AOL Time Warner Company, and in select territories by Village Roadshow Pictures.
This film has been rated “R” by the Motion Picture Association of America for “strong brutal violence, pervasive language, drug content and brief nudity.” # # #