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Diner scene (2-1 in studio) vs poker/table scene (Shea's pick makes it 2-2)

Four candidates are laid out: Denzel bullying Ethan Hawke into smoking pot that turns out to be PCP, an amazing mental chess match of challenging somebody's manhood; the nine-minute robbery of Scott Glenn, where the crew goes back to shoot him and take his money and the guy in the bulletproof vest really does get shot, which Jake refuses to join; the poker scene with the Latino gang at Smiley's house, which has no Denzel in it; and the final Denzel-versus-Hawke shootout in the house.

Their first meeting in the diner, the 'tell me a story' scene, is one host's favorite and makes it five candidates; the 'this is a newspaper' beat is recited.

"King Kong ain't got shit on me"

Nominees recited: 'King Kong ain't got shit on me', noted as an ad lib, 'man the fuck up', 'finish that shit', 'all that jelly no toast', 'it ain't checkers' and about a hundred others; it has got to be the King Kong one.

The film

Training Day (2001)

Directed by Antoine Fuqua · Drama

122 minutes

Cast

Selected cast credits · Film reference

Denzel Washington Detective Alonzo Harris ( LAPD )
Ethan Hawke Officer Jake Hoyt (LAPD)
Scott Glenn Roger
Tom Berenger Stan Gursky ( LA County DA's Office )
Harris Yulin Detective Doug Rosselli (LAPD)
Raymond J. Barry Captain Lou Jacobs (LAPD)
Cliff Curtis Smiley
Jason Lopez Merit
Dr. Dre Paul (LAPD)
Snoop Dogg Blue
Macy Gray Sandman's wife
Eva Mendes Sara
Nick Chinlund Tim (LAPD)
Jaime P. Gomez Mark (LAPD)
Raymond Cruz Sniper
Noel Gugliemi Moreno
Kyjel N. Jolly Alonzo's son
Peter Greene Jeff (LAPD) (uncredited)
Terry Crews a gang member (uncredited)

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