Basic (2003)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.3/10   

Director:

John McTiernan

Guionista (WGA):

James Vanderbilt (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

28 marzo 2003 (USA)

Género:

Crimen | Drama | Misterio | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

Deception is their most dangerous weapon.

Plot:

A DEA agent investigates the disappearance of a legendary Army ranger drill sergeant and several of his cadets during a training exercise gone severely awry.

Plot Keywords:

Panama | Beautiful Woman | Homosexual | Drug Enforcement | Multiple Perspectives

Premios:

1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Not the best movie in the genre, but it could have been a lot worse

Reparto

John Travolta	...	Hardy
Connie Nielsen	...	Osborne
Samuel L. Jackson	...	West
Tim Daly	...	Styles
Giovanni Ribisi	...	Kendall
Brian Van Holt	...	Dunbar
Taye Diggs	...	Pike
Dash Mihok	...	Mueller
Cristián de la Fuente	...	Castro
Roselyn Sanchez	...	Nunez
Harry Connick Jr.	...	Vilmer
Georgia Hausserman	...	Pilot
Margaret Travolta	...	Nurse #1
Dena Johnston	...	Nurse #2
Nick Loren	...	Helicopter Pilot
Cliff Fleming	...	Helicopter Pilot
Steven Maye	...	CID Officer
Jonathan Rau	...	G.I. on the Tarmac
Tait Ruppert	...	Jeep Driver (as Tait Rupert)
Timothy S. Wester	...	Doctor
Chris Byrne	...	MP
Curtis Ricks	...	MP
Charles L. Fails	...	MP

Dirigida por
John McTiernan

Créditos del guión (WGA)
James Vanderbilt		(written by)

Producida por
Moritz Borman	....	executive producer
Anson Downes	....	associate producer
Linda Favila	....	associate producer
Brad Fischer	....	co-executive producer (as Bradley J. Fischer)
Andy Given	....	co-producer (as Andrew D. Given)
Basil Iwanyk	....	executive producer
Jonathan D. Krane	....	executive producer
Mike Medavoy	....	producer
Arnold Messer	....	producer (as Arnie Messer)
Lee Nelson	....	co-producer
Louis Phillips	....	co-producer
Nigel Sinclair	....	executive producer
Dror Soref	....	co-producer
Michael Tadross	....	producer
James Vanderbilt	....	producer

Música original por
Klaus Badelt

Fotografía por
Steve Mason

Montaje por
George Folsey Jr.

Casting
Pat McCorkle

Diseño de producción por
Dennis Bradford

Dirección artística
Gary Kosko

Decorados
Vera Mills

Diseño de vestuario por
Kate Harrington

Departamento de maquillaje
Allan A. Apone	....	makeup artist: Mr. Jackson
Adam Brandy	....	key second unit makeup artist
Michelle Bühler	....	makeup artist: Mr. Travolta (as Michelle Buhler)
Lee Grimes	....	makeup artist: additional photography
Lisa Miller	....	makeup artist
Peggy Nicholson	....	key hair stylist
Robert L. Stevenson	....	hair stylist: Mr. Jackson
Yolanda Toussieng	....	hair stylist: Mr. Travolta
Brian Wade	....	special makeup effects crew (uncredited)

Dirección de producción
Terra Abroms	....	post-production supervisor
Mauri Freed	....	unit manager
Borjan Jovanovich	....	assistant production manager (as Boki Jovanovich)
Justin Moritt	....	unit production manager
Julian Valdes	....	unit manager: Panama unit
Sandy Watterson	....	production supervisor

Ayudante de dirección
Frank Capra III	....	first assistant director: additional photography
Mischa Hausserman	....	second unit director
Anel E. Moreno	....	assistant director
Jesse Nye	....	second second assistant director
Douglas Plasse	....	second assistant director (as Douglas T. Plasse)
Michael Tadross Jr.	....	second second assistant director
Julian Wall	....	first assistant director

Departamento de Arte
Jason Arteaga	....	scenic foreman
Bruce Bisbey	....	art department coordinator
Amanda S. Burns	....	construction production assistant
Rex Christensen	....	on-set dresser
Peter Damien	....	propmaker foreman
Michael J. Flynn	....	greensman
Kate D. Forry	....	carpenter
Douglas Fox	....	property master
Geoffrey S. Grimsman	....	set designer
James Hayward	....	set dresser
Michael Hendrick	....	set dresser
Jude Kahle	....	scenic artist
Paul D. Kelly	....	assistant art director
Richard A. McCarthy	....	plaster department head
Jeff 'J.Mac' McDonald	....	greensman
Herman McEachin	....	scenic charge
Jody McFarland	....	scenic artist
William D. McLane	....	greensman
Deborah Palmer	....	assistant art director
Dan Pemberton	....	construction coordinator: additional photography
Jeremy Alan Read	....	greensman
Julie Sanford	....	set designer
Jeffrey Schlatter	....	construction coordinator
Roger Sherman	....	scenic artist
Johnny Thombleson	....	scenic artist
Gary Tuers	....	assistant property master
Alan S. Reynolds	....	scenic artist (uncredited)

Departamento de sonido
David E. Campbell	....	sound re-recording mixer (as David Campbell)
Michael C. Casper	....	additional sound re-recording mixer (as Michael Casper)
Mike Chock	....	sound effects editor (as Michael Chock)
Harry Cohen	....	sound effects editor
Patrick Cusack	....	assistant sound editor
Andrew DeCristofaro	....	supervising sound editor
Marc Deschaine	....	adr assistant
Joe Dorn	....	adr supervisor
David Esparza	....	sound effects editor
Ken Fischer	....	sound effects editor (as Ken Fisher)
Angela Hackner	....	sound recordist
Denise Horta	....	adr editor
Eileen Horta	....	adr editor
Mark Johnston	....	sound recordist
Nicholas Vincent Korda	....	adr editor (as Nicholas Korda)
Sean Landeros	....	sound recordist
Daniel J. Leahy	....	additional sound re-recording mixer (as Daniel Leahy)
Jason Miller	....	cable utility sound
Chris Navarro	....	adr recordist
Tom Nelson	....	production sound mixer
Nancy Nugent	....	dialogue editor (as Nancy Kyong Nugent)
Michael Payne	....	supervising sound editor
John T. Reitz	....	sound re-recording mixer (as John Reitz)
Stephen P. Robinson	....	sound effects editor (as Steve Robinson)
Gregg Rudloff	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mike Schmidt	....	utility sound
Ann Scibelli	....	sound designer
Ann Scibelli	....	sound editor
Kim Secrist	....	sound effects editor
Gregg Silk	....	second engineer
John C. Stuver	....	supervising dialogue editor
Becky Sullivan	....	supervising adr editor
Shawn Sykora	....	foley supervisor
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer
Tim Walston	....	sound effects editor
James Ashwill	....	foley mixer (uncredited)

Efectos especiales
Conrad V. Brink Jr.	....	special effects coordinator (as Conrad V. Brink)
Ken Gorrell	....	special effects technician
Thomas Kittle	....	special effects technician
Richard Scioli	....	special effects technician
Patrick Tantalo	....	special effects technician
Kathleen Tonkin	....	special effects technician
Tim Tonkin	....	special effects technician
Robert Vazquez	....	special effects foreman

Visual Effects
Howard A. Anderson	....	visual effects
Joseph Bailey	....	digital compositor: big red pixel
Jeremy Bloch	....	digital artist: big red pixel
Clay Dale	....	CG animator: Pixel Magic
Steven Fagerquist	....	visual effects compositing artist
Patrick Flanagan	....	digital compositor: Pixel Magic
Tarn Fox	....	digital compositor: big red pixel
Jim Gorman	....	digital compositor
M.K. Gururaj	....	visual effects producer: DAMFX
Nate Haggard	....	digital compositor: Pixel Magic
Mike Hardison	....	CG supervisor: Pixel Magic
James David Hattin	....	digital compositor: OCS/Freeze Frame/Pixel Magic
Bonnie Kanner	....	visual effects executive producer: Pixel Magic
John G. Kirby	....	digital artist: big red pixel (as John Kirby)
Marc Kolbe	....	visual effects supervisor: DAMFX
Jonah Loop	....	visual effects producer: big red pixel
George Macri	....	visual effects producer: Pixel Magic
Ray McIntyre Jr.	....	visual effects supervisor: Pixel Magic
David B. Moulder	....	visual effects coordinator (as Dave Moulder)
Brad Moylan	....	digital compositor: Pixel Magic
Craig A. Mumma	....	visual effects supervisor: DAMFX (as Craig Mumma)
Heather Neuberger	....	visual effects post assistant
Robert Rossello	....	visual effects supervisor: big red pixel
Ray Scalice	....	general manager: Pixel Magic
John E. Sullivan	....	visual effects consultant (as John Sullivan)
Devin Uzan	....	digital compositor: Pixel Magic

Especialistas
Hank Amos	....	stunts (as Henry Amos)
Kevin Ball	....	stunts
Daniel W. Barringer	....	stunts
Nick Brandon	....	stunts (as Nicholas Brandon)
Chris Byrne	....	stunts (as Christopher Byrne)
Wally Crowder	....	stunts (as Wallace Dwight Crowder)
Gary Davis	....	stunt coordinator
Kiante Elam	....	stunts
Jason Gray	....	stunts
Thirl Haston	....	stunts (as Thirl R. Haston)
Mike Justus	....	stunts
Robert Lennon	....	stunts
Douglas Neithercut	....	stunts
J.J. Perry	....	stunts (as Jordan Perry)
Steve Ritzi	....	stunt coordinator (as Steven T. Ritzi)
Dennis Scott	....	stunts (as Dennis R. Scott)
Doug Snively	....	stunts (as Douglas Snively)
Todd Rogers Terry	....	stunts
Dirk Vahle	....	stunts
Cheryl Wheeler-Dixon	....	stunts (as Cheryl Wheeler)

Cámara y Departamento Eléctrico
Eric Amundsen	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Miles Anderson	....	gaffer: Los Angeles
Kurt Beckler	....	grip
Travis Burdick	....	camera production assistant
Shiloh Eck	....	grip
Morris Flam	....	gaffer
Ryan French	....	electrician
Joe Humphreys	....	electrician
Kevin Jackson	....	rigging best boy electric
Nils Johnson	....	key video assist operator
Clay Liversidge	....	rigging gaffer
Jim McConkey	....	Steadicam operator
Jim McConkey	....	camera operator
Jack Nealy	....	electrician
Gene Page	....	still photographer
George Patsos	....	key grip
Scott Rathner	....	assistant camera: "a" camera
Louis Smith	....	additional second assistant camera
Michael J. Walsh	....	balloon lighting supervisor

Departamento de reparto
Brenda Egedy	....	extras casting
Ed Lewis	....	casting associate
Dani Super	....	casting associate

Departamento de vestuario
James P. Cullen	....	costumer: Mr. Travolta (as Jimmy Cullen)
Suzy Freeman	....	assistant costume designer
Askia Won-Ling Jacob	....	costumer: Mr. Jackson
Kate Sawyer	....	seamstress
Emae Villalobos	....	costumer

Departamento de Edición
Steve Calalang	....	dailies colorist
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
James Nichols Jr.	....	assistant editor
Robert Raring	....	color timer (as Bob Raring)
Mark Scovil	....	assistant editor
Brad E. Wilhite	....	associate editor

Departamento de Música
Christopher Brooks	....	supervising music editor (as Christopher S. Brooks)
Ramin Djawadi	....	composer: additional music
Ramin Djawadi	....	music arranger
Jay Duerr	....	music editor: temp score
Marylou Eales	....	music coordinator
Ian Honeyman	....	technical score assistant
Stephen Krause	....	score mixer
Jill Meyers	....	music clearances
Joel Sill	....	executive music producer

Departamento de Transporte
Danny Mortenson	....	transportation coordinator
Timothy Stephens	....	driver
Tim Whisenant	....	transportation: John Travolta

Otros miembros del equipo
Maricarmen Arauz	....	production assistant: Panama
Karen Bosma	....	assistant production coordinator (as Karen L. Bosma)
Patrick Curd	....	production assistant
Raisa De Alba	....	production assistant: Panama
Rob Dickerson Jr.	....	production assistant
Tom Fallon	....	location manager
Alicen Fonseca	....	production assistant
Rebecca Garrison	....	assistant: Mr. McTiernan
Mitch Harbeson	....	location manager
Barbara Harris	....	looping group
Terry Ladin	....	production coordinator (as Terry Ellen Ladin)
Mark Moran	....	assistant: John McTiernan
Kory O'Donnell	....	assistant: Mr. Tadross (as Kory A. O'Donnell)
Ilene Pickus	....	script supervisor
Oak Porcelli	....	assistant: Mr. McTiernan
Patricia Story	....	unit publicist (as N. Patricia Story)
Susan Such	....	executive assistant: Mr. Travolta
Leonard L. Thomas	....	assistant: Mr. Jackson (as Leonard Thomas)
Trish Vengoechea	....	assistant accountant (as Patricia Vengoechea)
Dixie D. Walker	....	production accountant
John H. Whisenant	....	assistant: Mr. Travolta
Rebecca White	....	assistant accountant
Robert Milo Williams	....	synthesizer programmer
Rob Williams	....	synthesizer programmer
Jeff George	....	assistant to producers (uncredited)
Michael J. Harker	....	completion bond company representative (uncredited)

Compañías Productores

• Phoenix Pictures
• Intermedia Films

Distribuidores

• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) (2003) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures (2003) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (2003) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Constantin Film (2003) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
• Gativideo (2004) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2004) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Manga Films (2003) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Medusa Distribuzione (2003) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Moonlight Films (2003) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Paradise Group (2003) (Russia) (all media)
• Pyramid (2003) (Russia) (theatrical)
• SND (2003) (France) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (2003) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Star Entertainment (2004) (India) (theatrical)

Efectos especiales

• Big Red Pixel
• DAMFX
• East Coast Films
• Makeup Effects Laboratories
• Pixel Magic

Otras Compañías

• DeLuxe Laboratories  prints
• Movie Movers  cast trailers
• Movie Movers  star trailers
• Movie Movers  transportation
• Pacific Title  titles and opticals
• Panavision  cameras and lenses
• Technicolor  color

También conocida como:

Básico y letal (Argentina) (Mexico) (Panama) (Peru) (Venezuela) [es]
Basic (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language.

Duración:

98 min

País:

USA | Alemania

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Clasificación:

Malaysia:18SG (uncut version) | Malaysia:U (cut version) | Netherlands:12 (TV rating) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) | Canada:14A (Ontario) (DVD rating) | Canada:AA (Ontario) (original rating) | France:U | Spain:13 | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Brazil:14 | Denmark:15 | Finland:K-15 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Mexico:B15 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:M18 (re-rating) | Singapore:NC-16 (original rating) | South Korea:15 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #39367) | Iceland:16

Locaciones de Filmación:

Costa Rica

Compañía:

Phoenix Pictures

Trivialidades:

Every time the story of the bunker is retold, each person has a different partner.

Errores:

Errores cometidos por los personajes (posiblemente errores deliberados por los cineastas): Dunbar's note during the opening sequence has "-body" misspelled twice as "-boy".

Citas:

[first lines]
Osbourne: [voiceover] The French tried to build a canal here before the Americans. At the height of their effort, 500 workers were dying every week from malaria and yellow fever. They couldn't come up with cemetery space fast enough, not to mention the morale problem all those crosses would have made...

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en Basic: A Director's Design (2003) (V)

Banda de Sonido:

Comparsa de Los Muertos

Not the best movie in the genre, but it could have been a lot worse

Even though I had some doubts about this movie before watching it, I definitely wanted to give it a try. There were several reasons for that. One of those reasons is because Samuel L. Jackson plays an important role in it. That man on his own is already reason enough to watch a movie, but I also knew that it was directed by John McTiernan, who also made "The Hunt for Red October", "The 13th Warrior" and "Die Hard: With a Vengeance". Three movies that I've seen and liked very much. The only one that didn't really do it for me was "The Thomas Crown Affair", but with an average of three out of four, I could only hope for the best with this movie.

"Basic" starts with showing us how army sergeant West takes six of his special troops on a training mission into the Colombian rain forest, from which only two return alive. When the rescue mission arrives, they see one soldier killing another and carrying a wounded comrade. As soon as they are back on the base, the interrogation of Dunbar - one of the two survivors - starts. But he refuses to talk to anyone else than another Ranger who he doesn't know yet. That's where former Ranger and current DEA agent Hardy comes in. He is able to get a confession out of Dunbar, but as he digs deeper, he only finds more and more prove of contradictions and illegal practices...

This is one of those movies that you have to watch when you can keep your mind to it from the beginning until the end. If you think that you'll need to take a break in between, you better don't even start watching it because the entire story is so confusing and so many plot twists make it almost impossible to watch it, unless you can keep focused. But don't think that this means that this movie isn't any good. It's especially thanks to the many twists that I kept watching, because the interrogation scenes and the 'action scenes' on the base didn't always do it for me. What I also liked about this movie was Samuel L. Jackson's performance. He was really nice as the tough sergeant West. You could see that the man enjoyed playing this role. John Travolta wasn't bad either, but I've already seen him play better roles.

Overall this isn't a bad movie. Thanks to the mysterious story and the many twists it is hard to keep track, but when you are able to do so, you'll have fun watching it. Still, not everything about this movie was that strong and that's why I give this movie a 6.5/10. It isn't the best movie in the genre, but could have been a lot worse than this.