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Behind Enemy Lines (DVD)
Recording Studio:20th Century Fox

Behind Enemy Lines is a 2001 American war film directed by John Moore in his directorial debut, and starring Owen Wilson and Gene Hackman. The film tells the story of Lieutenant Chris Burnett, an American naval flight officer who is shot down over Bosnia and uncovers genocide during the Bosnian War. Meanwhile, his commanding officer is struggling to gain approval to launch a combat search and rescue mission to save Burnett. The plot is loosely based on the 1995 Mrkonjić Grad incident that occurred during the war.

Released on November 30, 2001, Behind Enemy Lines received generally negative reviews from critics. However, it was a considerable box office success, taking in nearly $92 million worldwide against a $40 million budget. The film started a franchise of direct-to-video spiritual successors: Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil, Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia, and SEAL Team 8: Behind Enemy Lines, with the third film being co-produced by WWE Studios.


Plot

During the Bosnian War, United States Navy flight officer Lieutenant Chris Burnett and pilot Lieutenant Jeremy Stackhouse are stationed on the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the Adriatic Sea. Burnett is preparing to leave the Navy, and clashes with his commanding officer, Admiral Leslie Reigart. On Christmas, Reigart assigns Burnett and Stackhouse to fly an aerial reconnaissance mission, which goes smoothly until they spot unusual activity in the demilitarized zone. Burnett persuades Stackhouse to fly their F/A-18F Super Hornet off-course for a closer look, unaware that they are photographing Serb Volunteer Guard soldiers burying massacred Bosniak civilians in mass graves. The local Bosnian Serb paramilitary commander, General Miroslav Lokar, is conducting a secret genocidal campaign against the Bosniak population, and orders the jet be shot down.

Attempting to outmaneuver Lokar s surface-to-air missiles, Burnett and Stackhouse s jet is hit, forcing them to eject. Lokar and his men find the injured Stackhouse, who is executed by Sasha Ivanic, one of Lokar s right-hand men. Watching nearby, Burnett flees into the wilderness, and Lokar orders his deputy, Colonel Bazda, and Sasha to hunt him down. Burnett radios for help and receives an extraction point from Reigart, who is forced to stand down after Admiral Piquet, the commander of NATO naval forces in the region, warns him that rescuing Burnett in the demilitarized zone risks derailing the peace process. Burnett reaches the extraction point only to be informed that he must continue to another location, miles outside the demilitarized zone, in order to be rescued.

Spotting Bazda s patrol, Burnett falls into a mass grave, and hides under a dead body until the Serbs move on. To ensure Burnett s rescue, Reigart leaks news of the downed jet to Sky News, angering Piquet. Lokar realizes that the American jet s hard drive with the incriminating photographs may still be in the wreckage. Heading to the new extraction point, Burnett escapes Serb soldiers through a minefield. Pursued by Sasha, he encounters Bosniak guerrillas who offer him a ride to the town of Hač, which turns out to be a war zone. After the battle, Serb troops believe they have found Burnett s body, but Sasha realizes Burnett switched uniforms with a dead Serb guerrilla and escaped. The Serbs present the corpse wearing Burnett s uniform to the media, convincing NATO forces that Burnett has been killed, and the mission to rescue him is aborted just as he reaches the extraction point.

Realizing why the Serbs shot him down, Burnett remembers a statue of an angel near where his ejection seat landed, and returns to find it. He reactivates the seat s rescue beacon, notifying his carrier group that he is still alive, but also alerting the Serbs to his location. Knowing he risks being relieved of command, Reigart prepares a Marine Force Recon task force to rescue Burnett, in defiance of Piquet s orders. On the way to kill Burnett and recover his body, Bazda steps on a landmine; Sasha abandons him to his fate, and the explosion alerts Burnett that someone is approaching. Sasha finds the ejection seat, but is ambushed by Burnett, who, despite taking a shot in the arm, fatally stabs him with the spike of a railroad flare. Lokar arrives with armored vehicles and infantry, but is held off by Reigart s task force. Retrieving the hard drive, Burnett is successfully rescued, much to the dismay of Lokar as his crime is now being exposed.

The photographs of the mass grave lead to Lokar s arrest and conviction for war crimes including genocide. Reigart s actions result in him being relieved of command and retiring from service, and Burnett continues his career in the Navy.


Cast

  • Owen Wilson as Navy Pilot Lieutenant Chris Longhorn Burnett
  • Gene Hackman as Rear Admiral Leslie McMahon Reigart
  • Gabriel Macht as Navy Pilot Lieutenant Jeremy Smoke Stackhouse
  • Charles Malik Whitfield as Marine Captain Glen Rodway
  • David Keith as Master Chief Tom O Malley
  • Olek Krupa as Serb General Miroslav Lokar
  • Joaquim de Almeida as Admiral Juan Miguel Piquet
  • Vladimir Mashkov as Serb Sniper Sasha Ivanic
  • Marko Igonda as Serb Colonel Viktor Bazda
  • Eyal Podell as Petty Officer Kennedy
  • Laurence Mason as Captain Glen Brandon
  • Leon Russom as Ed Burnett
  • Geoff Pierson as Admiral Donnelly
  • Vladimir Oktasec as Serb President Petrovic
  • Salaetin Bilal as Muslim Guerilla Leader Ejup
  • Kamil Kollárik as Muslim Guerilla Babić
  • Aernout van Lynden as Himself

Production

The film was shot at the Koliba Studios in Bratislava, Slovakia and on location in the Slovakian village of Háj (in the village of Háj there is also a prop of an angel from the film).

The USS Carl Vinson was the aircraft carrier featured in the film. Exterior naval footage was filmed on board the carrier. Interiors were filmed on the USS Constellation, and on a film set. The release date was originally January 18, 2002, but this was moved to November 30, 2001.


Historical inspiration

The film bears some resemblance to the experiences of former U.S. Air Force Captain Scott O Grady, who was shot down over Bosnia on June 2, 1995. He survived for six days before being rescued by U.S. Marines. O Grady, who later became a children s author and motivational speaker, filed suit against both the producers of Behind Enemy Lines as well as Behind Enemy Lines: The Scott O’Grady Story, a 1998 documentary that Discovery Channel aired on his experience, for defamation of character, accusing the film s producers of invasion of privacy through the misappropriation of his name, likeness and identity, false representation and false advertising, and contending that those involved in both works produced them without his permission, and that the commercial value of his name was damaged by them. O Grady s complaint indicated that among other things, he was troubled by the disobedience and profanity exhibited by the feature film s main character. O Grady also accused Fox of using the documentary to promote the feature film and making a film about his ordeal without his permission. The film s characters and events differ from O Grady s experience; he never entered populated areas, nor did he interact with civilians, and did not engage in direct combat with enemy soldiers. Also, O Grady never flew an F/A-18F but rather an F-16 Fighting Falcon. The case was settled out of court.


Reception

Box office

The film made $18.7 million in its opening week in the U.S., landing at the #2 spot and was held off the top spot by Harry Potter and the Sorcerer s Stone. Behind Enemy Lines eventually grossed $92 million worldwide, of which $59 million was from North America. The budget was estimated to be $40 million.

Critical response

Behind Enemy Lines received generally negative reviews from critics. Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 37% based on reviews from 130 critics, with a weighted average of 4.8/10 and the site s consensus stating The plot for Behind Enemy Lines is more jingoistic than credible, and the overload of flashy visual tricks makes the action sequences resemble a video game. Metacritic has assigned the film an average score of 49 out of 100 based on 29 reviews from mainstream critics, indicating mixed or average reviews. Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade B+ on scale of A to F.

Roger Ebert gave the film 1½ stars out of four, likening it to a comedy: Its hero is so reckless and its villains so incompetent that it s a showdown between a man begging to be shot, and an enemy that can t hit the side of a Bosnian barn.


Sequels

Behind Enemy Lines was followed by three direct-to-video sequels, none of which feature the cast and crew of the original, nor follow its plot. Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil was released in 2006, Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia was released in 2009 (this film was co-produced by WWE Studios) and SEAL Team 8: Behind Enemy Lines was released in 2014.

2017 television pilot

The Fox network ordered a pilot episode of a series loosely based on the film in February 2017 for consideration as part of the network s 2017–18 television season. It was ultimately canceled.


Condition

New

Publisher

20Th Century Fox

Rating MPA

Pg-13

Recording Length

90 Minutes

Recording Studio

20Th Century Fox

Format

DVD

Age Group

Adult

Amazon ASIN

B00UGP82R2

UPC / EAN

024543038030

Year

2001

ReleaseDate

2001-11-30

RuntimeMins

106

RuntimeStr

1h 46min

Awards

Awards, 1 win & 2 nominations

Directors

John Moore

Writers

Jim Thomas, John Thomas, David Veloz

Stars

Gene Hackman, Owen Wilson, Gabriel Macht

Produced by

Stephanie Austin, Alex Blum, John Davis, Wyck Godfrey

Music by

Don Davis

Cinematography by

Brendan Galvin

Film Editing by

Paul Martin Smith

Casting By

Eyde Belasco, Sheila Trezise

Production Design by

Nathan Crowley

Art Direction by

Ivo Husnjak, Patrick Lumb, Nenad Pecur

Set Decoration by

Mario Ivezic

Costume Design by

George L. Little

Makeup Department

Joseph A. Campayno, Fiona Connon, Katka Horska, Geraldine Jones, Maja Lojanova, Maha, Cora McMillan, Roisin O Reilly, Viera Rajtárová

Production Management

Charlie Davis, Branko Jehlar, Dragan Josipovic, Tom Karnowski, Brano Kollar, Christopher Bates

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Daisy Cummins, Steve M. Davison, Hope Garrison, Domonic Mandy, John M. Morse, Justin Muller, Barbara Szomolanyiova, Scott Thaler, Rich Thorne, Peter Veverka

Art Department

Bara Barova, Ismet Begtasévic, Zuzana Cizmarova, Vern Crofoot, Romek Delmata, Ron Downing, Damir Gabelica, David E. Harshbarger, Ladislav Markic, Slavko Novakovic, Julie Ochipinti, Dalibor Vasica

Sound Department

Craig Berkey, Steve Bissinger, Derek Casari, Melissa Deanne Ferguson, Simon Firsht, Gary Gegan, Robert Getty, Michael Haight, Larry Hopkins, Matthew Iadarola, R.J. Kizer, Andy Kopetzky, Jeff Kushner, David Lucarelli, Chuck Michael, Ryan Murphy, Steve F. Price, Greg Steele, Ian Voigt, Jay Wilkinson, John Soukup

Special Effects by

Adam Aldridge, Nick Allder, Jeff Clifford, John Fontana, Martin Geeson, Roland Hathaway, Garth Inns, Jaroslav Kolenic, Dusan Korcek, Paul M. Leader, Jem Lovett, Mervyn Loynes, Nigel Nixon, Melvyn Pearson, Stefano Pepin, Mark Roberts, Arthur G. Schlosser, Terry Schubert, Richard Stutsman, Jozef Taptik, Alastair Vardy, Jirí Vater, Chad Fehmie, John Fleming

Visual Effects by

Christian Argueta, Lee Berger, Cosmas Paul Bolger Jr., Giselle Brewton, Francisco Chaigneau, Audrey Chang, Daniel Aristoteles Collins, Ken Dackermann, Todd Daugherty, John Decker, Marcelo Dos Santos, David Dozoretz, Steve Dubin, Kevin Edwards, Andrew Eio, Tyler Foell, Mark Freund, Jason Gaudio, Ahdee Goldberg, Daniel D. Gregoire, Ben Grossmann, Martin Hall, Mike Hardison, Phil Holland, Shaina Holmes, Andrew Honacker, John Hughes, Kory Jones, Mark Kenaston, Kevin Kipper, Erik Lee, Euisung Lee, Matt Linder, Carlyle O. Livingston II, Nathan McGuinness, Ray McIntyre Jr., Peter Menich, Bob Minshall, Eroc Moralls, Peter W. Moyer, Brad Moylan, Terry Naas, Greg Notzelman, Marco S. Paolini, Reid Paul, Liz Ralston, Gary Reisman, Marisol Rivas, Karl Rogovin, David Santiago, Gunther Schatz, Stephen Sloan, Andrew Soria, Ole Dieter Sturm, Rich Thorne, Garv Thorp, Marcus Trahan, Todd Vaziri, Matthew A. Ward, Gary Young, Travis Baumann, Brandon Craig, Patrick Denver, Ivan DeWolf, Lindsay Hallett, Owen Hammer, James David Hattin, Edward Helmers, David Jones, Brian Pohl, Andy Tamandl, Tamara Waters, Everette Webber

Stunts

Marek Bakic, Rastislav Benza, Marek Borik, Steve M. Davison, Kiante Elam, Monika Fiserova, Vladimir Furdo Furdik, Lance Gilbert, Troy Gilbert, Peter Hric, Roman Jankovic, Miroslav Kadlecik, Shawn Kautz, Rastislav Kotula, Gustáv Kyselica, Branislav Martinak, Jaroslav Medvid, Ivan Mica, Lubomir Misak, Peter Olgyay, Peter Plazak, Juraj Pospech, Robert Powell, Jimmy N. Roberts, Shawn Robinson, Erik Rondell, Michael Sandala, Stanislav Satko, Miloslav Sulda, Marek Toth, Martin Mato Uhrovcik, Jimmy N. Roberts, Dana Kristen Vahle

Camera and Electrical Department

Victor Abbene, Ciarán Barry, Matthew Berner, Barry Berona, Robert Binnall, Dean Brkic, Charles John Bukey, Václav Cermak, Karel Charvat, Kelly Diehl, Sean P. Fickert, Ian Foster, Dave Freeth, Sandro Garcia, John Gazdik, Rasto Gore, Alice Gu, Samir Kadric, Douglas Kirkland, Branko Knez, Michael Landsburg, Robyn Link, Jeff Lynn, Michael McDermott, David B. Nowell, Robert Palmer, Jaromir Sedina, Sascha Sash Seitz, Alex Soria, Paul Szopa, David Thompson, Paul Toomey, Eric Turner, Jürgen Vollmer, Dale White, Richard Brooks Burton, Ian Speed

Casting Department

Johnny Gidcomb, Lenka Stefankovicova, Sheila Trezise

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Carlane Passman, Stana Slosserova

Editorial Department

Gary Burritt, Josh Campbell, Jamie Keeney, Dawn Michelle King, Jim Passon, Marypat Plottner, Pablo Prietto, Chris Regan, Paula Suhy

Location Management

Zdravko Madzarevic, Adam Silver

Music Department

Rick Baptist, Bill Booth, Brian Bulman, Debbi Datz-Pyle, Burnette Dillon, David Duke, Lori L. Eschler, Jerry Folsom, Gregory Geiger, The Hollywood Studio Symphony, The Hollywood Symphony Orchestra, Tommy Johnson, Alan Kaplan, Mike Knobloch, Robert Kraft, William Lane, Jon Lewis, Joe Lisanti, Charlie Loper, Erik Lundborg, Guy Maeda, Larry Mah, Malcolm McNab, Joe Meyer, Tim Morrison, Brian O Connor, Diane Freiman Reynolds, John Reynolds, John Rodd, David Sherr, George F. Sterne, Sally Stevens, Phillip A. Teele, Brad Warnaar, Gerald White, Thomas Cavanaugh, Orion Crawford, Ellen Ginsburg

Script and Continuity Department

Karen Golden, Nada Pinter, John Gatins, John Milius, Mark Rosner, Chap Taylor

Transportation Department

Zdravko Plese

Additional Crew

Silas M. Brandon, Brooke Brooks, Rob Caves, Jared Chandler, Mary K. Fanto, David Fencl, Emilio Puyol Fernandez, Danica Fleischerova, Stephen French, Gary Gillingham, Kristine Greco, Alex Hamilton, Jody Hart, Melissa House, Zeljko Hren, Kristina Kavaliunas, Tomas Kelemen, David M. Kennedy, Melissa Kinnicutt, Stefan Krisak, Villiam Krivac, Clay Lacy, Michael Lichtenegger, Marek Mackovic, Rob Meisenholder, Christie Morgan, Steve Newman, Toni Nunn, Sandra Odelga, David Paris, Thell Reed, Branko Repalust, Rick Shuster, Michael Stromberg, Mark Sussman, Korin A. Tarin, Jose Luis Tejero, Nancy A. Terriberry, Eric W. Thompson, Jiri Tichacek, Dana Kristen Vahle, Monnie Wills, Richard Yates, Robert Bobby Z Zajonc, Peter Ziak, Viera Zvonarova, Joe Cappelletti, Robert E. Phillips, Sascha Sash Seitz, Trevor Stasik, Drago Sumonja

Thanks

Philip M. Strub

Genres

Action, Drama, Thriller

Companies

Twentieth Century Fox, Davis Entertainment

Countries

USA

Languages

English, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, Czech

ContentRating

PG-13

ImDbRating

6.4

ImDb Rating Votes

105978

Metacritic Rating

49

Short Description

Behind Enemy Lines is a 2001 American war film directed by John Moore in his directorial debut, and starring Owen Wilson and Gene Hackman. The film tells the story of Lieutenant Chris Burnett, an American naval flight officer who is shot down over Bosnia and uncovers genocide during the Bosnian War. Meanwhile, his commanding officer is struggling to gain approval to launch a combat search and rescue mission to save Burnett. The plot is loosely based on the 1995 Mrkonjić Grad incident that occurred during the war.

Released on November 30, 2001, Behind Enemy Lines received generally negative reviews from critics. However, it was a considerable box office success, taking in nearly $92 million worldwide against a $40 million budget. The film started a franchise of direct-to-video spiritual successors: Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil, Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia, and SEAL Team 8: Behind Enemy Lines, with the third film being co-produced by WWE Studios.

Box Office Budget

$40,000,000 (estimated)

Box Office Opening Weekend USA

$18,736,133

Box Office Gross USA

$58,856,790

Box Office Cumulative Worldwide Gross

$91,753,202

Keywords

Bosnian war,u.s. navy,man portable air defense system,f 18,f 18 hornet