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The Transporter (2002) More at IMDbPro »

• The license plate of the truck Frank steals is 656 STA 13.
  
  
• Jason Statham did most of his own stunts.
  
  
• When Lai is using the computer, she browses through several other pictures before finding Wall Street's. The other pictures are all of crew members and the names next to the pictures are all jokes ("Gordon Zola", "Christiane Isme"...).
  
  
• When Lai is flipping through the picture's at Frank's house, the photo of the little boy with the monkey is really Jason Statham.
  
  
• Sound editor Vincent Tulli makes a cameo appearance in the film as a trash man.
  
  
• The trailer for the film showed Statham deflecting a missile with a tea tray. In the same scene in the film, the assault on Frank's house, there is no sign of this in the released version. It was taken out at Statham's request because he didn't think audiences would believe it.
  
  
• Among the assault rifles used in the movie are a Steyr StG 77 AUG, An M-4 carbine, a H&K G36, and a SIG 552 rifle used by Frank when he is checking shipping containers for the Chinese people.
  
  
• Frank's car is a BMW 750i E38 (pre-facelift). The car in the movie is the only one ever produced with a manual six-speed gearbox. This information is obtained from the full-length audio commentary available on the DVD. People have made conversions using the manual gearbox from the BMW 850CSi E31 but that car is genuinely rare.
  
  
• Wall Street's real name is Derren Bettencourt, as can be see D.A.T.A.P.O.L. printout.
  
  
• In the DVD Bonus features, it is revealed that during the garage scene, what was thought to be transmission oil is really molasses syrup. Jason Statham reported it to be a very 'sticky' situation.
  
  
• The "ignition code" for Frank's BMW is 1732.
  
  
• The US poster lists Corey Yuen as director and Louis Leterrier as artistic director. The European release lists Corey Yuen as action director and Louis Leterrier as director, similar to the opening credits of the film.
  
  

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