A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
October 3, 1985
Original Title:
Commando
Alternate Titles:
Comando
Comando Para Matar
Commando
Das Phantom-Kommando
Komando
Phantom Kommando
コマンドー:1985
独闯龙潭
獨闖龍潭
突击队员
魔鬼司令
Genres:
Action | Adventure | Thriller
Production Companies:
20th Century Fox
SLM Production Group
Silver Pictures
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
AU: MA 15+ BR: 14 DE: 18 DK: 15 ES: 18 FR: 12 GB: 18 HU: 16 IE: 18 IT: VM14 JP: R18+ NL: 16 PL: 16 SK: 15 US: R
Runtime: 90
John Matrix, the former leader of a special commando strike force that always got the toughest jobs done, is forced back into action when his young daughter is kidnapped. To find her, Matrix has to fight his way through an array of punks, killers, one of his former commandos, and a fully equipped private army. With the help of a feisty stewardess and an old friend, Matrix has only a few hours to overcome his greatest challenge: finding his daughter before she's killed.
"B" Camera Operator:
Joseph F. Valentine
ADR Editor:
Glad Pickering
Ronald Sinclair
ADR Mixer:
Kevin E. Carpenter
ADR Recordist:
Vic Zaslav
Additional Second Assistant Director:
Brad Yacobian
Assistant Director Trainee:
Karen Gaviola
Assistant Editor:
Paul Anderson
Carrie Ellison
Joseph Guresky
Assistant Location Manager:
George Parra
Assistant Property Master:
Tom Shaw Jr.
David Q. Quick
John M. Schenk
Assistant Sound Editor:
Michelle Pleis
Associate Producer:
Jeph Loeb
Matthew Weisman
Stephanie Brody
Robert Kosberg
Best Boy Electric:
Bob Ellis
Edward R. Thompson Jr.
Boom Operator:
Jules Strasser
Cableman:
Brent Johnson
Camera Operator:
Michael St. Hilaire
Camera Technician:
Ryne Niner
Casting:
Jackie Burch
Casting Assistant:
Billy DaMota
Casting Associate:
David Gonzales
Color Timer:
Jim Schurmann
Jim Passon
Conductor:
James Horner
Construction Coordinator:
Cal DiValerio
Construction Foreman:
William Boyd
Costume Supervisor:
Robert B. Harris
Costumer:
Kathie Gale
Enid Harris
Louis Infante
Director:
Mark L. Lester
Director of Photography:
Matthew F. Leonetti
Dolby Consultant:
Jim Fitzpatrick
Dolly Grip:
Mark Averill
Dave Wachtman
Driver:
Tim Sisson
Ken Bellanca
Cary Kelley
Editor:
Glenn Farr
Mark Goldblatt
John F. Link
Extras Casting:
Jim Green
Carl Joy
Fight Choreographer:
Michael M. Vendrell
First Assistant "B" Camera:
Tony Rivetti Sr.
First Assistant Camera:
John R. Leonetti
First Assistant Director:
Beau Marks
Foley Artist:
Evelyn Dutton
Gail Ganley
Margie O'Malley
Foley Recordist:
Gary Bolger
Generator Operator:
David G. Todd
Greensman:
Mark Lapotsky
Hairstylist:
Joy Zapata
Key Grip:
John J. Linder
Leadman:
William D. Derham
Location Manager:
John Panzarella
Robert C. Decker
Makeup Artist:
Joe McKinney
William Turner
Martial Arts Choreographer:
Michael M. Vendrell
Matte Painter:
Jim Danforth
Music Consultant:
Danny Goldberg
Music Editor:
Ken Runyon
Music Producer:
Jay Gruska
James Horner
Musician:
Michael Boddicker
Ralph Grierson
Ian Underwood
Negative Cutter:
Jack Hooper
Orchestrator:
Greig McRitchie
Original Music Composer:
James Horner
Painter:
Jaymes Hinkle
Pilot:
Charles A. Tamburro
Michael Tamburro
Peter McKernan
Peter McKernan Sr.
Herb Johnson
Ross Reynolds
Producer:
Joel Silver
Production Accountant:
Larry Hand
Production Assistant:
Anthony Blake Brand
Steve McNichols
Production Coordinator:
Richard Liebegott
Production Design:
John Vallone
Production Illustrator:
Nikita Knatz
Production Secretary:
Lisa Meechan
Production Sound Mixer:
Donald F. Johnson
Property Master:
Douglas E. Madison
Propmaker:
Bruce DiValerio
Scoring Mixer:
Dan Wallin
Screenplay:
Steven E. de Souza
Script Supervisor:
Marion Tumen
Second Assistant Camera:
Douglas E. Beal
Second Assistant Director:
K.C. Colwell
Second Company Grip:
John Donnelly
Second Unit Director:
Bennie E. Dobbins
Set Decoration:
Robert Gould
Set Designer:
Daniel Maltese
Set Dresser:
Craig Baron
Douglas Forsmith
Sound Editor:
Richard Corwin
Michael O'Corrigan
William Hartman
Pieter Hubbard
David M. Ice
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Kevin F. Cleary
Don J. Bassman
Richard Overton
Sound Recordist:
Craig Heath
Tim Webb
Special Effects:
Doug Hubbard
Gary L. King
Jay King
Roger Lifsey
Bill Mattox
Mike Millar
John Peyser
Rick Thompson
Special Effects Coordinator:
Henry Millar
Special Effects Manager:
Robert W. King
Special Sound Effects:
Fred J. Brown
Steadicam Operator:
Joseph F. Valentine
Still Photographer:
Bruce McBroom
Story:
Jeph Loeb
Matthew Weisman
Steven E. de Souza
Stunt Coordinator:
Bennie E. Dobbins
Stunt Double:
Jophery C. Brown
George Fisher
Peter Kent
Joel Kramer
Jeff Ramsey
Stunts:
George Fisher
Michael Adams
Bruce Paul Barbour
Simone Boisseree
May Boss
Jophery C. Brown
Tony Brubaker
Jerry Brutsche
Richard E. Butler
Roger Callard
Carl Ciarfalio
Justin De Rosa
Vince Deadrick Sr.
Leon Delaney
Nick Dimitri
Bennie E. Dobbins
Richard L. Duran
Stephanie Epper
Diamond Farnsworth
Buddy Gilyard
Sandra Lee Gimpel
Bob Harris
Johnny Hock
Larry Holt
Jeff Jensen
Mike Johnson
Harold Jones
Steve Kelso
Kimberly King
Joel Kramer
William T. Lane
Lane Leavitt
David LeBell
Gary McLarty
Tom Morga
Jeff O'Haco
Jeff Ramsey
Larry Randles
Mario Roberts
Ronnie Rondell Jr.
Thomas Rosales Jr.
Rick Sawaya
Ben Scott
John Sherrod
Tony Snegoff
Frank James Sparks
Ceci Vendrell
Michael M. Vendrell
Greg Walker
Rock A. Walker
Dick Warlock
Jerry Wills
Bob Yerkes
Doc Elliot
Spiro Razatos
Bob Minor
Supervising ADR Editor:
Hank Salerno
Supervising Editor:
Howard Kunin
Transportation Captain:
Wayne Morris
Transportation Coordinator:
Whitey Ellison
Unit Production Manager:
Larry Kostroff
Visual Effects Supervisor:
Alan G. Markowitz
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