Medicine Man

Director: John McTiernan John McTiernan

Overview

John McTiernan directs Sean Connery in the eco-friendly adventure film The Medicine Man, which comes to DVD with a widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1. An English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Surround, while a French soundtrack has been recorded in Dolby Digital Stereo. There are neither subtitles nor closed-captions on this release. Supplemental materials include a making-of featurette and the theatrical trailer. This is a decent release from Disney/Buena Vista that will please Connery fans and genre enthusiasts.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/17/1999
UPC:	0717951003188
Original Release:	1992
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	Walt Disney Video
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Language:	English
Time:	1:45:00
Sales rank:	1,148

Special Features

Widescreen [2.35:1]; Dolby Surround; French-language track; Production featurette; Theatrical trailer; Chapter search

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Sean Connery	Dr. Robert Campbell
Lorraine Bracco	Dr. Rae Crane
Rodolfo De Alexandre	Tankaki
Elias Monteiro Da Silva	Palala
Bec-Kana-Re Dos Santos Kaiapo	Imana
Angelo Barra Moreira	Medicine Man
Edinei Maria Serrio Dos Santos	Kalana
Francisco Tsirene Tsere Rereme	Jahausa
José Wilker	Dr. Ornega
José Lavat	Government Man
Rodolfo de Alexandra	Tanaki
Bonnie Timmermann	Actor
Jerry Goldsmith	Composer

Technical Credits

Tom Schulman

Tom Stoppard

Sally Robinson

John McTiernan	Director
Sean Connery	Executive Producer
Donna Dubrow	Producer
Andrew G. Vajna	Producer
Tom Schulman	Screenwriter
Tom Stoppard	Screenwriter
Sally Robinson	Screenwriter
Beau Marks	Producer
Bonnie Timmermann	Casting
Jorge Corzo	Stunts
John Ryan	Stunts

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Editorial Reviews

John McTiernan's enviro-conscious suspense thriller is a departure from the director's normal blood-and-guts fare. Sean Connery and Lorraine Bracco entertain with their odd-couple exchanges amid a lively rain forest backdrop similar to McTiernan's earlier work in Predator. There is an interesting strain of environmental backlash, as slash-and-burn big business and the bulldozers of progress cost the world a cure for "the plague of the 20th century." Also, Connery's character has an almost Kurtz-like quality, a renegade in a lonely jungle far away from the tides of civilization, but the film simply is too intellectually flat to push the Heart of Darkness comparison any further. The congruent story lines and slow, methodical pace of the film are the strong points here; overall, the film's pseudo-mysticism does not detract from its quiet charm.

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