Commando (1985) [R]

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  FI: K-18  FR: 12  GB: 18  HU: 16  IE: 18  IT: VM14  JP: R18+  NL: 16  PL: 16  SK: 15  US: R 

Runtime: 90

Somewhere, somehow, someone's going to pay.

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.

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"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:
Joseph Guresky
Carrie Ellison
Paul Anderson

Assistant Location Manager:
George Parra

Assistant Property Master:
David Q. Quick
John M. Schenk
Tom Shaw Jr.

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
Louis Infante
Enid Harris

Director:
Mark L. Lester

Director of Photography:
Matthew F. Leonetti

Dolby Consultant:
Jim Fitzpatrick

Dolly Grip:
Mark Averill
Dave Wachtman

Driver:
Tim Sisson
Cary Kelley
Ken Bellanca

Editor:
John F. Link
Glenn Farr
Mark Goldblatt

Extras Casting:
Carl Joy
Jim Green

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:
William Turner
Joe McKinney

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:
Ralph Grierson
Michael Boddicker
Ian Underwood

Negative Cutter:
Jack Hooper

Orchestrator:
Greig McRitchie

Original Music Composer:
James Horner

Painter:
Jaymes Hinkle

Pilot:
Peter McKernan Sr.
Charles A. Tamburro
Peter McKernan Jr.
Michael Tamburro
Herb Johnson
Ross Reynolds

Producer:
Joel Silver

Production Accountant:
Larry Hand

Production Assistant:
Steve McNichols
Anthony Blake Brand

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:
Michael O'Corrigan
David M. Ice
Richard Corwin
William Hartman
Pieter Hubbard

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Kevin F. Cleary
Richard Overton
Don J. Bassman

Sound Recordist:
Craig Heath
Tim Webb

Special Effects:
Doug Hubbard
Bill Mattox
Mike Millar
John Peyser
Gary L. King
Jay King
Roger Lifsey
Richard L. 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:
Matthew Weisman
Jeph Loeb
Steven E. de Souza

Stunt Coordinator:
Bennie E. Dobbins

Stunt Double:
George Fisher
Jeff Ramsey
Joel Kramer
Jophery C. Brown
Peter Kent

Stunts:
George Fisher
Sandra Lee Gimpel
Simone Boisseree
Tony Brubaker
Vince Deadrick Sr.
Michael Adams
Richard E. Butler
Jophery C. Brown
Leon Delaney
Buddy Gilyard
Roger Callard
Nick Dimitri
Bruce Paul Barbour
May Boss
Bob Harris
William T. Lane
Jerry Brutsche
Richard L. Duran
Ceci Vendrell
Rock A. Walker
Carl Ciarfalio
Bennie E. Dobbins
Frank James Sparks
Spiro Razatos
Tony Snegoff
Greg Walker
Johnny Hock
Jeff Jensen
Thomas Rosales Jr.
Larry Holt
Mario Roberts
Diamond Farnsworth
Tom Morga
Jeff O'Haco
Doc Elliot
Gary McLarty
Ronnie Rondell Jr.
Ben Scott
Michael M. Vendrell
Harold Jones
Steve Kelso
Joel Kramer
David LeBell
Rick Sawaya
Dick Warlock
Kimberly King
Larry Randles
John Sherrod
Bob Yerkes
Justin De Rosa
Stephanie Epper
Mike Johnson
Lane Leavitt
Jeff Ramsey
Jerry Wills
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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