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Desperate Measures (1998) [R]

Release Date:
January 30, 1998

Original Title:
Desperate Measures

Alternate Titles:
Desperate Measures - Jede Stunde zählt
L'Enjeu
Medidas Desesperadas
Piinaavat Hetket
Sista utvägen

Genres:
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Production Companies:
Mandalay Entertainment
Mandalay Pictures
TriStar Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
CZ: 15+  DE: 16  US: R 

Runtime: 100

Desperate times call for. . .

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San Francisco police officer Frank Connor is in a frantic search for a compatible bone marrow donor for his gravely ill son. There's only one catch the potential donor is convicted multiple murderer Peter McCabe who sees a trip to the hospital as the perfect opportunity to get what he wants most: freedom. With McCabe's escape, the entire hospital becomes a battleground and Connor must pursue and, ironically, protect the deadly fugitive who is his son's only hope for survival.

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ADR Editor:
Deborah Wallach

Art Direction:
Sandy Getzler

Assistant Chief Lighting Technician:
George Dunagan

Assistant Sound Editor:
Chris Fielder
Nicholas Renbeck

Best Boy Electric:
Earl C. Williman
Gihan 'Sandy' Seneviratne

Best Boy Grip:
Arnaud Peiny

Boom Operator:
Tom Hartig

Camera Operator:
Leo J. Napolitano
Monty Rowan
Ian Fox

Casting:
Howard Feuer

Chief Lighting Technician:
Norman Glasser

Co-Producer:
Josie Rosen

Construction Coordinator:
Walt Hadfield

Costume Design:
Gary Jones

Dialogue Editor:
Gina Alfano

Director:
Barbet Schroeder

Director of Photography:
Luciano Tovoli

Dolly Grip:
Jesse Chavez
Arthur Blum

Editor:
Lee Percy

Executive Producer:
Jeffrey Chernov

First Assistant Camera:
Bob Hall
Clyde E. Bryan

First Assistant Director:
Geoffrey Hansen

First Assistant Editor:
Rebecca Nicolaou

Foley Artist:
Marko Costanzo

Foley Editor:
Steven Visscher
Frank Kern
Benjamin Cheah
Kam Chan

Foley Supervisor:
Bruce Pross

Hairstylist:
Violet Ortiz
Marlene D. Williams

Key Hair Stylist:
KG Ramsey

Makeup Artist:
Bob Mills
Rick Sharp
Larry Abbott

Music Editor:
Suzana Peric

Original Music Composer:
Trevor Jones

Post Production Supervisor:
Jasmine Kosovic
Chantal Feghali

Producer:
Gary Foster
Susan Hoffman
Barbet Schroeder
Lee Rich

Production Design:
Geoffrey Kirkland

Property Master:
C.J. Maguire

Rigging Gaffer:
Greg Cantrell

Screenplay:
David Klass

Script Supervisor:
Susan Malerstein

Second Assistant Camera:
Philip Shanahan

Second Assistant Director:
David Hallinan

Second Unit Director:
David R. Ellis

Second Unit Director of Photography:
Gary Capo

Set Decoration:
Jennifer Williams

Set Designer:
Bo Johnson
Rando Schmook
Kelly Hannafin

Sound Effects Editor:
Lewis Goldstein

Sound Mixer:
Steve R. Nelson

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Tom Fleischman

Special Effects Coordinator:
Kelly Kerby

Special Effects Supervisor:
Paul J. Lombardi

Steadicam Operator:
Bob Gorelick

Still Photographer:
Merrick Morton

Studio Teacher:
Barbara Bass

Stunt Coordinator:
Jeffrey J. Dashnaw

Stunts:
Danny Epper
Darrin Prescott
Annie Ellis
Troy Robinson
Brian Imada
Steve Vandeman

Supervising Sound Editor:
Ron Bochar

Unit Production Manager:
Ross T. Fanger

Unit Publicist:
Spooky Stevens

Wardrobe Supervisor:
Cheryl Beasley Blackwell
Bruce Ericksen

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