Assassins

Director: Richard Donner, Antonio Banderas, Reed Diamond, Steve Kahan, Sylvester Stallone, Julianne Moore

Overview

"Lethal Weapon director Richard Donner helms this action-adventure yarn in which Robert Rath (Sylvester Stallone), a veteran, burned-out hit man for hire who's looking to leave his profession, meets a younger, crazier, more ambitious competitor, Miguel Ba

Product Details

Release Date:	10/01/1997
UPC:	0085391398721
Original Release:	1995
Rating:	R
Source:	WARNER HOME VIDEO
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:13:00

Special Features

Interactive menus ; Production notes ; Scene access; Languages: English & Fran?ais; Subtitles: English, Fran?ais & Espa?ol

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Sylvester Stallone	Robert Rath
Antonio Banderas	Miguel Bain
Julianne Moore	Electra
Anatoliy Davydov	Nicolai
Muse Watson	Ketcham
Stephen Kahan	Alan Branch,Alan Branch
Kelly Rowan	Jennifer
Reed Diamond	Bob
Kai Wulff	Remy
Edward J. Rosen	Cemetery Caretaker
Christina Orchid	Dowager,Cabbie No. 1
James Louis Oliver	Customs Officer,Cop No. 9
Sue Carolyn Wise	Obnoxious Woman
Marian Collier	Pet Shop Lady
Mark Woodford	Room Service Waiter
Kerry Skalsky	Buyer No. 2
James Douglas Haskins	Buyer No. 3
Stephen Liska	Cop No. 1
John Harms	Cop No. 2
Ron Ben Jarrett	Maintenance Man
Dave Young	Male Guard
Ragna Sigrun	Female Guard
Anibal O. Leras	Cabbie
Marta Labatut	Cemetery Woman No. 1
Choco Orta	Cemetery Woman No. 2
Ivonne Piazza	Bank Teller
Angel Vazquez	Bank Official
Axel Anderson	Bank President
David Dollase	Bodyguard No. 1
Jim Graham	Bodyguard No. 2
Wally Dalton	Priest
Paul Tuerpe	Reporter No. 1
John Procaccino	Reporter No. 2
Nerissa E. Williams	Reporter No. 3
Eddie Bellaflores	Fruit Vendor
Thomas Helgeland	Soloist
James W. Gavin	Police Helicopter Pilot
Scott Stuber	Parking Attendant
Richard Blum	Watcher
Michael DeCourcey	Cabby No. 3
Whitey Shapiro	Cop No. 6
Stefan Enriquez	Cop No. 7
Fulvio Cecere	Cop No. 8
Eric Sather	Cab Customer
Wally Gudgell	Upset Passenger
J. Mills Goodloe	Newlywed Man
Peter Sebastian Lackaff	Singer
John Lamar	Money Hungry Man
Ernie Hall	Cop No. 10
Calli Medved	Cop No. 11
Robert Sanders	Monorail Driver
Rhonda J. Osborne	Police Dispatcher
Christina Herrera	Pro Choice Woman
Cary Sanchez	Bank Receptionist
Frankie R. Jimenez Jr.	Towel Boy
Jeff King	Helicopter Pilot No. 3
David Shark	Buyer No. 4
Bob Minor	Cop No. 3
Barbara Anne Klein	Cop No. 4
Kelly Rowland	Jennifer
Anibal O. Lleras	Cabbie
Juan Manuel Lebr?n	Puerto Rican Cafe Waiter
Mark Mancina	Composer

Technical Credits

Lilly Wachowski

Brian Helgeland

Jon G. Belyeu	Special Effects
Dino De Laurentiis	Executive Producer,Producer
Richard Donner	Producer
Marion Dougherty	Casting
Bruce A. Evans	Producer,Producer
Raynold Gideon	Producer,Producer
Dick Hancock	Stunts
Andrew Lazar	Producer
Conrad Palmisano	Stunts
Lauren Shuler-Donner	Executive Producer,Producer
Joel Silver	Producer
James Van Wyck	Producer,Producer
Lilly Wachowski	Screenwriter,Screenwriter
Brian Helgeland	Screenwriter
Bruce Paul Barbour	Stunts
Rick Alexander	Sound Effects
Alexander B. Collett	Producer
Dan Cracchiolo	Producer
Chris Cobb	Special Effects
Christopher S. Aud	Sound Effects
Kevin Bartnof	Sound Effects
John Voss Bonds Jr.	Sound Effects
Julie Durk	Producer
Karyn Fields	Producer
J. Mills Goodloe	Producer
Tony Munafo	Producer
Ilyse Reutlinger	Producer
Norval D. Crutcher Jr.	Sound Editor
Petur Hliddal	Sound/Sound Designer

Scene Index

Side #1 -- [FS]
1. Marks Past and Present [5:32]
2. Next Mark [4:25]
3. Another Assassin [4:43]
4. Officers Down, Suspect Gone [2:54]
5. New Wheels [1:22]
6. Chitchat With a Passenger [5:33]
7. Reckless Driving [5:28]
8. Bishop Takes Rook Pawn [1:30]
9. New Mark [3:23]
10. A Watchful Eye [1:49]
11. Furry Mischief [1:09]
12. The Players Gather [6:16]
13. Miguel Strikes [3:58]
14. The Unfinished Mark [6:49]
15. Death at Close Quarters [4:52]
16. Birthday Blast [3:10]
17. Two Nobody's Spending Time Together [3:44]
18. Contact Reassigned [1:47]
19. A Way to Make a Million [3:58]
20. Payoff for Keeps [4:29]
21. New Arrangements [3:45]
22. The Desired Mark [1:07]
23. Memory Hotel [5:23]
24. The Day of the Dead [4:10]
25. Cemetery Cat-and-mouse [3:42]
26. The Waiting Game [6:21]
27. Warm and Happy Stories [1:19]
28. Out of Patience [3:12]
29. The Lady Takes a Chance [1:21]
30. Final Chitchat [4:50]
31. Pulling the Trigger [3:18]
32. Bullets Among the Ruins [1:27]
33. Falling Down [2:08]
34. The Contractor [2:35]
35. The Correct Mark [1:12]
36. "No Goodbyes" [3:29]
Side #2 -- [WS]
1. Marks Past and Present [5:32]
2. Next Mark [4:25]
3. Another Assassin [4:43]
4. Officers Down, Suspect Gone [2:54]
5. New Wheels [1:22]
6. Chitchat With a Passenger [5:33]
7. Reckless Driving [5:28]
8. Bishop Takes Rook Pawn [1:30]
9. New Mark [3:23]
10. A Watchful Eye [1:49]
11. Furry Mischief [1:09]
12. The Players Gather [6:16]
13. Miguel Strikes [3:58]
14. The Unfinished Mark [6:49]
15. Death at Close Quarters [4:52]
16. Birthday Blast [3:10]
17. Two Nobody's Spending Time Together [3:44]
18. Contact Reassigned [1:47]
19. A Way to Make a Million [3:58]
20. Payoff for Keeps [4:29]
21. New Arrangements [3:45]
22. The Desired Mark [1:07]
23. Memory Hotel [5:23]
24. The Day of the Dead [4:10]
25. Cemetery Cat-and-mouse [3:42]
26. The Waiting Game [6:21]
27. Warm and Happy Stories [1:19]
28. Out of Patience [3:12]
29. The Lady Takes a Chance [1:21]
30. Final Chitchat [4:50]
31. Pulling the Trigger [3:18]
32. Bullets Among the Ruins [1:27]
33. Falling Down [2:08]
34. The Contractor [2:35]
35. The Correct Mark [1:12]
36. "No Goodbyes" [3:29]

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Side #1 -- [FS]
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Julianne Moore- Electra
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Julianne Moore- Electra
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Editorial Reviews

Assassins has a pretty low profile for a movie featuring so much talent. Sylvester Stallone and Antonio Banderas may not strike a viewer as A-level properties, but consider that Julianne Moore is their co-star, Richard Donner is their director, Joel Silver is their producer and Andy and Larry Wachowski are their screenwriters, in the Wachowskis' first produced screenwriting/story credit. The movie delivers surprisingly well, given its apparent status as a throwaway actioner from the mid-90s. Assassins is one of those extended games of cat and mouse, where it's a joy just seeing smart people do clever things to get the upper hand and/or survive. To their credit, Stallone and Banderas successfully sell the idea that they're smart enough to do these smart things. This is key, because it grounds an otherwise sensational plot. A surprising amount of Assassins is cerebral, with lengthy breaks between action set pieces, and plenty of time devoted to letting strategic maneuvers play themselves out. That said, the action scenes are also pretty compelling. Banderas and Stallone repeatedly come in close proximity without actually being able to eliminate the other person, as in one tete-a-tete carried out from opposite sides of the bulletproof glass inside a taxi cab. Moore holds her own as the wild card in their epic reciprocal manhunt; she's the expert on a disk of encrypted data that serves as the requisite MacGuffin. Perhaps the most surprising element of Assassins is that it runs two hours and 12 minutes, yet doesn't feel indulgent. That's simply the amount of time needed to build the story to where it's going: a tension-filled climax whose denouement is only slightly disappointing. Given how Assassins was overlooked by critics and audiences, it's amazing there isn't more there to disappoint us.