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  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:
Paul Anderson
Joseph Guresky
Carrie Ellison

Assistant Location Manager:
George Parra

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

Assistant Sound Editor:
Michelle Pleis

Associate Producer:
Jeph Loeb
Matthew Weisman
Robert Kosberg
Stephanie Brody

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:
Enid Harris
Kathie Gale
Louis Infante

Director:
Mark L. Lester

Director of Photography:
Matthew F. Leonetti

Dolby Consultant:
Jim Fitzpatrick

Dolly Grip:
Dave Wachtman
Mark Averill

Driver:
Cary Kelley
Tim Sisson
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:
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:
Peter McKernan Sr.
Charles A. Tamburro
Michael Tamburro
Herb Johnson
Peter McKernan
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
William Hartman
Pieter Hubbard
Richard Corwin
David M. Ice

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

Sound Recordist:
Craig Heath
Tim Webb

Special Effects:
Roger Lifsey
Jay King
Mike Millar
Rick Thompson
Doug Hubbard
Gary L. King
Bill Mattox
John Peyser

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

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