FILM · 1994
Blown Away
17 archived facts 4 topics 1 source Last reviewed Oct 2026
17 Interesting Facts About Blown Away
Interesting Facts (12)
- #001
The shock wave from the ocean liner explosion blew out dozens of windows in East Boston.
- #002
MGM had so much faith in the finished film that it moved it from April 1994 into the crowded July '94 summer season, hoping for a surprise hit.
- #003
The arrow-pierced statue Gaerity dresses Max up as is Saint Sebastian.
- #004
The Fenway Park scene was shot during a real Toronto Blue Jays-Boston Red Sox game on Saturday, August 14, 1993; the Blue Jays won 5-2 and went on to win the World Series that year.
- #005
The building where Max is "Blown Away" is now an apartment block in Charlestown; it was originally a Catholic school, closed by the Archdiocese of Boston in a budget cut.
- #006
Lloyd Bridges and Jeff Bridges are father and son in real life but play uncle and nephew here.
- #007
A piece of shrapnel from the exploding bomb landed within a few meters of Jeff Bridges.
- #008
John Williams appears, uncredited, conducting the Boston Pops in the opening shot of the concert scene, at roughly 1 hour 42 minutes; it's his only shot in the film, as someone else plays the conductor in later shots of the orchestra.
- #009
The game the Boston police watch at the funeral is the Sunday, July 25, 1993 Red Sox-Oakland Athletics game at Fenway Park, showing Rick Honeycutt giving up Mo Vaughn's big hit; the Red Sox won 8-1.
- #010
Forest Whitaker met his former wife Keisha Nash Whitaker (1972-2023) on this film's set.
- #011
The Boston firefighter behind Jeff Bridges is Ed Paris, brother of the president of the Boston Firefighters Union, IAFF Local 718.
- #012
Ruben Santiago-Hudson and Cuba Gooding Jr. had both been in Coming to America (1988).
Behind the Scenes (2)
- #013
Loyd Catlett, who plays Bama, is Jeff Bridges's stunt double here and on many other films.
- #014
Boston City Hall, at 1 City Hall Square between Faneuil Hall to the east and 1 Center Plaza to the west, stood in for the police station exterior; at the time, BPHQ was actually at 350 Stuart Street, about a block from the John Hancock Tower.
Characters & Cast (2)
- #015
Jeff Bridges turned down the lead in "Speed (1994)" to make this film, another mad-bomber movie released the same year.
- #016
Richard Harris was considered for the part that went to Lloyd Bridges.
Career & Awards (1)
- #017
The cast includes four Oscar winners: Tommy Lee Jones, Jeff Bridges, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Forest Whitaker.
Related pages
- Charles Bronson — Blown Away comes up in the facts on that page
- Val Kilmer — Blown Away comes up in the facts on that page
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