Legionnaire (1998)

Director:

Peter MacDonald

Writers (WGA):

Sheldon Lettich (story) &
Jean-Claude Van Damme (story) ...
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Release Date:

3 diciembre 1998 (Australia)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama | War

Frase comercial:

From The Producer Of The Crow And The Director Of Rambo III

Plot:

Alain Lefevre is a boxer paid by a Marseille mobster to take a dive. When he wins the fight he attempts...

Plot Keywords:

Shower Scene | Box Office Flop | Male Nudity | March | Ambush

Awards:

1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Turn Your Brain Off And You Might Enjoy It

Cast

Jean-Claude Van Damme	...	Alain Lefevre
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje	...	Luther
Steven Berkoff	...	Sgt. Steinkampf
Nicholas Farrell	...	Mackintosh
Jim Carter	...	Lucien Galgani
Ana Sofrenovic	...	Katrina
Daniel Caltagirone	...	Guido Rosetti
Joseph Long	...	Maxim
Mario Kalli	...	René Galgano
Joe Montana	...	Julot
Kim Rømer	...	Capt. Rousselot
Anders Peter Bro	...	Lt. Chathier
Paul Kynman	...	Rolf Bruner
Vincent Pickering	...	Viktor
Takis Triggelis	...	Cpl. Metz
Tom Delmar	...	Cpl. Legros
David Hayman	...	Recruiting Sergeant
Rob Kaman	...	Glock
Derek Lea	...	Gendarme #1
Andy Smart	...	Gendarme #2 (as Andy J. Smart)
Pilly de Vicente	...	Chanteuse
Kelli Shaughnessy	...	Ivonne
Amrani Hanfine	...	Paulette
Kamel Krifa	...	Abd-El Krim
Charles Wood	...	Watchtower Lookout (as Charles J.H. Wood)
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Crystal Allen	...	(unconfirmed)
Emma Boardman	...	Can Can Girl
Dida Diafat	...	(unconfirmed)
Nosher Powell	...	Soldier (uncredited)
Chloe Treend	...	Can Can Girl (uncredited)

Dirigida por
Peter MacDonald

Créditos del guión (WGA)
Sheldon Lettich		(story) &
Jean-Claude Van Damme		(story)
Sheldon Lettich		(screenplay) and
Rebecca Morrison		(screenplay)

Producida por
Wendi Friedman	....	associate producer
Samuel Hadida	....	co-executive producer
Christian Halsey Solomon	....	producer
Werner Koenig	....	co-executive producer
Kamel Krifa	....	producer
Sheldon Lettich	....	producer
Peter MacDonald	....	producer
Roberto Malerba	....	producer
Richard G. Murphy	....	producer
Edward R. Pressman	....	producer
Lee Solomon	....	associate producer
Jean-Claude Van Damme	....	producer
Gregory G. Woertz	....	associate producer

Música original por
John Altman

Fotografía por
Douglas Milsome

Montaje por
Mike Murphy
Christopher Tellefsen

Casting
Irene Lamb

Diseño de producción por
Charles Wood

Dirección artística
Franco Fumagalli
Nathan Schroeder
Marco Trentini

Decorados
Alessandra Querzola

Departamento de maquillaje
Desideria Corridoni	....	hair stylist
Maria Teresa Corridoni	....	key hair stylist
Hayat Ouled Dahhou	....	hair stylist
Katalin Elek	....	makeup artist
Zoltan Elek	....	key makeup artist (as Zoltan Elek Gabori)
Alberto Moccia	....	hair stylist

Dirección de producción
Hamid Araissi	....	unit production manager
Fabiomassimo Dell'Orco	....	production manager
Roberto Malerba	....	unit production manager
Michael Solinger	....	post-production supervisor

Ayudante de dirección
Mike Brewster	....	second unit director
Jamie Christopher	....	second assistant director
Simon Emanuel	....	second second assistant director: second unit
Rachid Gaidi	....	assistant director
Ahmed Hatimi	....	first assistant director: Morocco
Cliff Lanning	....	first assistant director: second unit
Michael Murray	....	first assistant director
Matthew Sharp	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Alex Boswell	....	on-set dresser
Abdenabi Izlaguen	....	assistant art director
Antonio Murer	....	propmaker
Philip Murphy	....	props
Andy Nicholson	....	set designer
Rachid Quiat	....	assistant art director
Rando Schmook	....	set designer

Departamento de sonido
Don Banks	....	boom operator
Rubén Domingo	....	sound editor
Henry Godding Jr.	....	voice recordist: French version
Mike Le Mare	....	supervising sound editor
Solange S. Schwalbe	....	sound editor
Ivan Sharrock	....	production sound mixer
Ivan Sharrock	....	sound mixer
Karola Storr	....	sound editor

Efectos especiales
Daniel Acon	....	special effects coordinator
Maurizio Corridori	....	special effects foreman
Matthew Horton	....	special effects technician

Especialistas
Faycal Attougui	....	stunts
Robert Bastens	....	stunts
George Bejue	....	stunt double: Jean Claude Van Damme (as Georges Bejou)
Ignacio Carreño	....	stunts
Ricardo Cruz	....	stunts
Dean Forster	....	stunts
Pedro García García	....	stunts (as Pedro Garcia Garcia)
Luis M. Gutiérrez Santos	....	stunts (as Luis Manuel Gutierrez Santos)
Paul Heasman	....	stunts
Mark Henson	....	stunts
Paul Herbert	....	stunts
Gérard Lesage	....	stunts
Mark Lisbon	....	stunts
Philippe Losson	....	stunts
Peter Miles	....	stunts
Peter Pedrero	....	stunts
Dinny Powell	....	stunts
Gary Powell	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Greg Powell	....	stunt coordinator
Nosher Powell	....	stunts (as Frederick Powell)
Cedric Proust	....	stunts
Joel Proust	....	stunt coordinator: Maroccan Unit
Angelo Ragusa	....	stunts
Todd Senofonte	....	stunt double: Jean Claude Van Damme
Tom Struthers	....	stunts
Jesus Riaran Torres	....	stunts
David Ware	....	stunts
Peter White	....	stunts
Lahlali Zakaria	....	stunts
Tom Delmar	....	stunts (uncredited)
Paul Heasman	....	stunt double: Jean Claude Van Damme (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Patrick Bramucci	....	gaffer
Ali Cherkaoui	....	video playback operator
Roberto De Angelis	....	focus puller
Claudio Del Gobbo	....	grip
Massimiliano Dessena	....	grip
Jack English	....	still photographer
Sergio Faina	....	grip
Stefano Falivene	....	first assistant camera
Claudio Frollano	....	electrician
Jeremy Knaster	....	electrician
Tommaso Mele	....	key grip
Bill O'Leary	....	rigging gaffer
Mauro Pezzotti	....	grip: second unit
Sky Sharrock	....	clapper loader: second unit
Marco Sticchi	....	electrician
Emiliano Topai	....	assistant camera
Francesco Zaccaria	....	electrician

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Stefano De Nardis	....	assistant costume designer
Abdelfattah Qzaibar	....	costume aging and dying
Maurizio Torti	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Paul Elman	....	assistant editor
Misako Shimizu	....	assistant editor

Music Department
John Altman	....	music arranger: Offenbach extract
James Collins	....	music scoring mixer
Randy Gerston	....	music supervisor
Erik Jordan	....	assistant scoring engineer
Jean Lenoir	....	composer: song "Parlez-moi d'amour"
Gerard McCann	....	music editor
Marguerite Monnot	....	composer: song "Mon legionnaire"
Amy Rosen	....	music coordinator

Transportation Department
Hicham Regragui	....	transportation coordinator

Otros miembros del equipo
Noureddine Aberdine	....	production assistant
Cecilia Alvarenga	....	production coordinator (as Cecelia Alvarenga)
Vito Colazzo	....	location manager
Denise Cresswell	....	dancer: can can
André Duhamel	....	military advisor (as Andre Duhamel)
Maria Fiorito	....	production accountant
Marco Giacalone	....	location manager
Terry Gilbert	....	choreographer: can can
Houda Jabrane	....	unit doctor
Patrick Jack Lee	....	production financing
Joel Proust	....	horse master: Marocco
Enzo Sisti	....	production auditor
Bernadette Tanchauco	....	accountant
Lisa Vick	....	script supervisor: second unit
Nosher Powell	....	boxing trainer: Jean-Claude van Damme (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Edward R. Pressman Film (as Edward R. Pressman Film Corporation)
• Long Road Productions
• Quadra Entertainment

Distributors

• Filmes Lusomundo (1998) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• TriPictures (1999) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Metropolitan Filmexport (1999) (France) (theatrical)
• Helkon Filmverleih GmbH (1999) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Ascot Video
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2005) (UK) (DVD)
• Comstock (2001) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Metropolitan Filmexport (2000) (France) (DVD)
• New Films International
• Nordisk Film (2005) (Sweden) (DVD)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2000) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2001) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD) (rental)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD) (retail)
• SBP (1999) (Argentina) (DVD)
• SBP (1999) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Sterling Home Entertainment (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• Sterling Home Entertainment (2001) (USA) (VHS)
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
• V8 (2003) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)

Other Companies

• Sylvia Wheeler Film Services  negative cutting

También conocida como:

Legionario (Argentina) (video title) [es]
Soldado de fortuna (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for battle violence.

Duración:

98 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

Philippines:PG-13 | Brazil:14 | Iceland:12 | South Korea:15 | Australia:M | France:U | Germany:12 | Norway:15 (video rating) | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | UK:15 | USA:R | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Atlas Corporation Studios, Ouarzazate, Morocco

Company:

Edward R. Pressman Film

Goofs:

Plot holes: Lefevre is photographed for the machine gun demonstration against his will, thus leading to his discovery. One of the few guarantees afforded legionnaires is anonymity, and it is specifically forbidden for a legionnaire to be photographed without explicit permission.

Quotes:

[The ambush at the waterhole concludes as the Rifs withdraw.]
Luther: It's over!
Mackintosh: No. It's just beginning.

Movie Connections:

Version of March or Die (1977)

Soundtrack:

Mon légionnaire

Turn Your Brain Off And You Might Enjoy It

Ah yes the French foreign legion , something every schoolboy with a sense of adventure has thought about joining , and something film makers have dedicated a lot of celluloid to .

Jean Claude Van Damme made a previous film set against the background of the legion: AWOL ( Aka LIONHEART ) but this is far superior . In fact AWOL and LEGIONNAIRE are complete opposites since one has Van Damme running away from the regiment to become a prize fighter while the other has Van Damme as a prize fighter who runs off to join the legion ! But like I said LEGIONNAIRE is the better film . It`s enjoyable in a very cliched way , and I mean very very cliched , no cliche is left unturned but at least we don`t see Van Damme strip off his shirt and engage the Arab hordes in fisticuffs

If you liked MARCH OR DIE you`ll like this movie