Clear and Present Danger [Special Collector's Edition]

Director: Phillip Noyce Phillip Noyce

Overview

"Phillip Noyce's 1994 action thriller Clear and Present Danger comes to DVD in a widescreen special collector's edition from Paramount. The English soundtrack is offered in a Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround mix and a DTS mix. A French-dubbed stereo soundtrack is also included. Optional subtitles come in English and Spanish. Special features include the featurette ""Behind the Danger,"" along with cast and crew interviews and theatrical trailers. This disc is a slight improvement on the previous Paramount releases."

Product Details

Release Date:	05/06/2003
UPC:	0097360564143
Original Release:	1994
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	Paramount
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:21:00
Sales rank:	1,242

Special Features

Closed Caption;Cast and crew interviews; "Behind the Danger" featurette ; Theatrical trailers; Widescreen version enhanced for 16 x 9 TVs; Dolby Digital 5.1 English Surround soundtrack ; DTS English Surround soundtrack ; French stereo soundtrack ; English and Spanish subtitles

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Harrison Ford	Jack Ryan
Willem Dafoe	Clark
Anne Archer	Cathy Ryan
Joaquim de Almeida	Felix Cortez
Henry Czerny	Robert Ritter
Harris Yulin	James Cutter
Donald Moffat	President Bennett
Benjamin Bratt	Captain Ramirez
Raymond Cruz	Chavez
Ann Magnuson	Moira Wolfson
Hope Lange	Senator Mayo
Tom Tammi	Emile Jacobs
Tim Grimm	Dan Murray
Belita Moreno	Jean Fowler
James Earl Jones	Admiral Greer
Jaime Gomez	Sergeant Oso
Jared Chandler	Insertion Team Radioman
Greg Germann	Petey
Ellen Geer	Rose
Ted Raimi	Satellite Analyst
Vondie Hall	Voice-Print Analyst
Ken Howard	Committee Chairman
Reg Cathey	Sergeant Major
Clark Gregg	Staff Sergeant
Chris Conrad	Sniper Sergeant
Vaughn Armstrong	Blackhawk Pilot
John Putch	Blackhawk Co-Pilot
Colleen Flynn	Coast Guard Captain
Cam Brainard	Coast Guardman
Cameron Thor	DEA Surveillance Agent
Harley Venton	DEA Agent
Miguel Pérez	DEA Agent
Patrick Bauchau	Enrique Rojas
Juan Colombo	Cortez's Bodyguard
Blanca Guerra	Escobedo's Wife
Honorato Magaloni	Mining Company Manager
M. Martinez	Chemist
Alejandro Bracho	Fernandez
Diana Sowle	Cartel Maid
Kamala López	Venezuelan Telephonist
Guillermo Ríos	Gate House Guard
Mark Bailey	Reporter
Elizabeth Dennehy	Reporter
Patricia Belcher	INS Officer
Aaron Lustig	Dr. Polk
Tom Isbell	Restaurant Doctor
Kim Flowers	Restaurant Hostess
Lynne Stewart	Greer's Secretary
Denice Kumagai	Nurse
Christine Moore	Greer's Widow,Spock
Marjorie Lovett	President's Secretary
Kevin Cooney	CIA Counsel
Reed Diamond	Coast Guard Chief

Technical Credits

John Bishop

Phillip Noyce	Director
Mace Neufeld	Producer
Robert Rehme	Producer
John Bishop	Screenwriter
Chuck Picerni Jr.	Stunts
Robert Willard	Special Effects
Michael Herbick	Sound/Sound Designer
Frank Montaño	Sound/Sound Designer
Donald Mitchell	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Phillip Noyce directs the third entry in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan series, a reasonably entertaining techno-thriller for those capable of untangling the plot. Harrison Ford once again stars as the CIA analyst, who here is both elevated to director of intelligence and forced to turn operative when he uncovers a questionable presidential directive regarding a Colombian drug lord. Clancy's right-wing fantasy world has been given a slight twist to the left here at Ford's behest, and one guesses that liberal writer Steve Zaillian and Genghis Khan-worshipper John Milius worked separately. Presumably based on some of William Casey's more lunatic schemes while head of the CIA, the film is a festival of double-crosses and backstabbing in the corridors of power, and throbbing action scenes in the Colombian jungle as the superhuman protagonist tries to save the surviving troops from a blown clandestine operation. Noyce keeps things moving at a steady clip, and does a fine job with the complex action sequences, but there are few surprises here beside the script's criticism of unauthorized covert operations. Despite the cardboard nature of the characters, the distinguished cast, which includes James Earl Jones, Willem Dafoe, Harris Yulin, Donald Moffat, and Henry Czerny, adds to the film's quality.

When a U.S. president decides that drug smuggling has become a ``clear and present danger'' to national security, the response is a complex and covert military campaign against the ``Colombian Cartel.'' ``The dean of techno-thrillers demonstrates once again his mastery of the genre,'' stated PW . (Aug.)

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