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Release Date:
5 June 1992 (USA)
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Tagline:
Let the Games Begin. more
Plot:
When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets him and his family for revenge. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win
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2 nominations
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(103 articles)
Writer Attached To American Gladiators Film
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I dare you to write your way out of American Gladiators
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(From ShockYa. 22 November 2009, 5:20 AM, PST)
I dare you to write your way out of American Gladiators
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Very good action thriller
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Harrison Ford | ... | Jack Ryan | |
| Anne Archer | ... | Dr. Caroline "Cathy" Ryan | |
| Patrick Bergin | ... | Kevin O'Donnell | |
| Sean Bean | ... | Sean Miller | |
| Thora Birch | ... | Sally Ryan | |
| James Fox | ... | Lord William Holmes | |
| Samuel L. Jackson | ... | Lt. Cmdr. Robby Jackson | |
| Polly Walker | ... | Annette | |
| J.E. Freeman | ... | Marty Cantor | |
| James Earl Jones | ... | Adm. James Greer | |
| Richard Harris | ... | Paddy O'Neil | |
| Alex Norton | ... | Dennis Cooley | |
| Hugh Fraser | ... | Geoffrey Watkins | |
| David Threlfall | ... | Insp. Robert Highland | |
| Alun Armstrong | ... | Sgt. Owens |
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117 min
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Colour (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) |
Dolby SR (35 mm prints)
Certification:
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Canada:A (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:AA (Ontario) |
Canada:PA (Manitoba) |
Iceland:16 |
South Korea:15 |
Brazil:12 |
New Zealand:PG |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:M |
Chile:18 |
Finland:K-16 |
Germany:16 |
Netherlands:12 |
Peru:18 |
Singapore:PG |
Spain:18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 |
USA:R (Certificate #31598)
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The satellite attack-watching sequence features rather emotional, thinly scored music by James Horner, but the music is, in fact, taken quite directly from the slow movement of Dmitri Shostakovich's 5th Symphony. It's only for about half a minute that Horner does this, and he blends it into his own stuff, but that one little part is a very direct, uncredited grab.
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Factual errors: Train departure announcements on the London Underground, if made at all, do not list the train's stops except where these might vary from one train to another.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Game K N B: (2007-03-15)" (2007)
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Soundtrack:
Theme from Harry's Game
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In Patriot Games, the always reliable Harrison Ford stars as reluctant action hero Jack Ryan in Phillip Noyce's adaptation of Tom Clancy's Patriot Games. Good suspenseful action sequences always entertain, though the climatic boat chase isn't as impressive as it should be because it was filmed at night. Sean Bean is convincing and suprisingly sympathetic as IRA freedom fighter Sean Miller who lets his yearnings for revenge lead him astray from his cause. The talented James Earl Jones and Richard Harris are woefully underutilized though that's understandable considering this film is primarily a confrontation between Ford's Ryan and Bean's Miller. Solid if unspectacular, 7/10.