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The Package (1989) [R]

Featuring:
Gene Hackman, Tommy Lee Jones, Joanna Cassidy

Written by:
John Bishop

Directed by:
Andrew Davis


Release Date:
January 25, 1989

Original Title:
The Package

Alternate Titles:
A la caza del lobo rojo
Kereszttűzben
Uccidete la colomba bianca

Genres:
Action | Crime | Thriller

Production Companies:
Orion Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 16  GB: 15  GR: 16  IE: 16  NL: 16  SE: 15  US: R 

Runtime: 108

He's one man racing against time to stop the most explosive conspiracy in history.

Overview from TheMovieDB

Experienced Green Beret sergeant Johnny Gallagher is escorting a prisoner, Airborne Ranger Thomas Boyette, back to the US, but Boyette escapes and Gallagher must risk life and limb to catch him.

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Overview from Open Movies

Johnny Gallagher, a sergeant, is sent from Germany with a prisoner. The prisoner escapes from the men's room at National Airport and Hackman begins his search for his man. Enlisting the help of his ex-wife and various old friends, he finds that the prisoner is part of a plot by senior military personnel on both sides to kill a very high-ranking world figure in order to sabotage arms control talks.

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Rankings and Honors

The Package (1989) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes 68%
Metacritic 55/100

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Production

Art Direction:
Wynn Thomas
Colleen Kennedy

Associate Producer:
Charles Newirth
James A. Dennett

Casting:
Richard S. Kordos
Louis DiGiaimo
Nan Charbonneau

Casting Assistant:
Marla Shertz Wilson

Co-Producer:
Dennis Haggerty
Andrew Davis

Costume Design:
Marilyn Vance

Director:
Andrew Davis

Director of Photography:
Frank Tidy

Dolly Grip:
John S. Robertson

Editor:
Don Zimmerman
Billy Weber

Executive Producer:
Arne Schmidt

Location Manager:
Bob Hudgins
Michael J. Malone

Location Scout:
Kimberly K. Miller
Stephen Andrzejewski

Original Music Composer:
James Newton Howard

Producer:
Beverly J. Camhe
Tobie Haggerty

Production Coordinator:
Allegra Clegg

Production Design:
Michel Levesque

Production Manager:
Charles Newirth
Wolfgang Bajorat

Script Supervisor:
Dru Anne Carlson

Second Unit Director:
Terry Leonard

Set Decoration:
Rick Gentz

Set Designer:
Bundy Trinz
William B. Fosser

Stunt Coordinator:
Terry Leonard

Stunts:
Jeannie Epper
Troy Brown
Donna Evans

Title Designer:
Jay Johnson

Writer:
John Bishop

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