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| ENEMY OF THE STATE (1998) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Robert Clayton Dean is a successful Washington, D.C. Attorney who--without his knowledge--is given a video that ties a top official of the National Security Agency to a political murder! Instantly, every aspect of Dean's once-normal life is targeted by a lethal team of skilled SNA suveillance operatives, who wage a relentless, ultrahigh-tech campaign to discredit him and retrieve the incriminating evidence! Get ready for the action to explode as Dean desperately races to reclaim his life and prove his innocence...before it's too late. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Will Smith (Robert Clayton Dean), Gene Hackman (Brill), Jon Voight (Thomas Brian Reynolds), Lisa Bonet (Rachel Banks), Regina King (Carla Dean), Stuart Wilson (Congressman Albert), Laura Cayouette (Christa Hawkins), Loren Dean (Hicks), Barry Pepper (David Pratt), Ian Hart (Bingham), Jake Busey (Krug), Scott Caan (Jones), Jason Lee (Daniel Zavitz), Gabriel Byrne (Fake Brill), James LeGros (Jerry Miller), Dan Butler (Shaffer), Jack Black (Fiedler), Jamie Kennedy (Jamie), Bodhi Elfman (Van), Jacob Chambers (Davis), Alexandra Balahoutis (Martha), Anna Gunn (Emily Reynolds), Jascha Washington (Eric Dean), Grant Heslov (Lenny), Albert Wong (Mr. Wu), Larry King (Himself), Seth Green (Selby, uncredited), Philip Baker Hall (Silverberg, uncredited, Phil Hawn (NSA Civilian Technician, uncredited), Brian Markinson (Brian, uncredited), Jason Robards (Congressman Phillip Hammersley, uncredited), Tom Sizemore (Pintero, uncredited), Adrienne Townes (Hotel Patron, uncredited), Jade Wu (uncredited). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IT'S NOT PARANOIA IF THEY'RE REALLY AFTER YOU. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| DIRECTOR: Tony Scott (Beverly Hills Cop 2). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WRITER: David Marconi. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PRODUCER: Jerry Bruckheimer. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Pat Sandston. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Andrew Z. Davis, Chad Oman and James W. Skotchdopole. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ORIGINAL MUSIC: Trevor Rabin, Harry Gregson-Williams and Paul Linford (uncredited). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DISTRIBUTOR: Touchstone Pictures. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| QUOTES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Clayton Dean: What the hell is happening? Brill: I blew up the building. Robert Clayton Dean: Why?! Brill: Because you made a phone call! |
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| Brill: What? That's my best aloha shirt. Robert Clayton Dean: Yeah, well say "aloha" to it. |
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| RELEASE DATE: November 20th, 1998 (USA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BOX OFFICE OPENING: $20.0 million (USA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fielder: Rachel F., for you-know-what, Banks. God, would I love to have her ruin my life. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BOX OFFICE RESULT: $111.5 million (USA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BUDGET: $90 million (USA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fielder: Please let me follow the nanny. She doesn't shave her legs. Women like that are so...hot! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SHOOTING DATES: November 1997--????? 1998 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| - Gabriel Byrne's character looks and dresses exactly like Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver. He also drives Dean away in a taxi. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Clayton Dean: Actually, I believe the term "shyster" is reserved for attorneys of the Jewish persuasion. I believe the proper term for me is "eggplant." | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| - Both Gabriel Byrne and Loren Dean played major roles in Wim Wenders's The End of Violence, another film that deals with social perils of techno-surveillance. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Clayton Dean: You're the only woman for me. You and Janet Jackson. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Clayton Dean: Why are they after me? Brill: You have something they want. Robert Clayton Dean: I don't have anything! Brill: Maybe you do and your don't know it. |
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| - Tom Sizemore played in a scene in True Romance in which multiple armed groups of men faced each other at gunpoint in a small room with a shoot-out massacre as result. A similar scene appeared in Saving Private Ryan and in this film, both of which feature Sizemore. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Zavitz: Fuck a duck. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brill: If you live another day, I'll be very impressed! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pratt: We believe Mr. Zavitz may have passed sensitive materials to you. Robert Clayton Dean: What sort of materials? Pratt: Sensitive, sir. |
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| CRITICAL COMMENTS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Crackerjack thriller...never takes a breath!" -- Leonard Maltin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| "A first-rate thriller!" -- New York Post | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "A dynamite thriller!" -- Rolling Stone | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "The best action film of the year!" -- WWOR-TV | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Fast-paced and packed with action and thrills!" -- Edward Johnson-Ott, NUVO Newsweekly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "All in all, not a bad way to kill a couple of hours, but we expected more from the artist formely known as Fresh Prince." -- E! Online | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Scott loads on equipment displays, speed-drill editing and the convulsive shocks that can relieve his dead feelings for characters." -- David Elliott, San Diego Tribune. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "A briskly paced actioner!" -- Emanuel Levy, Daily Variety | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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