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 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
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:
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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