Shadow Conspiracy (1997)

User Rating:

4.6/10   

Director:

George P. Cosmatos

Writers (WGA):

Adi Hasak (written by) &
Ric Gibbs (written by)

Release Date:

31 tammikuu 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Thriller

Tagline:

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of absolute power.

Plot:

Bobby Bishop (Sheen) is a special assistant to the President of the United States. Accidentally, he meets his friend professor Pochenko on the street...

Plot Keywords:

White House | Conspiracy | Assassin | Murder | Computer

Cast

Charlie Sheen	...	Bobby Bishop
Donald Sutherland	...	Jacob Conrad
Linda Hamilton	...	Amanda Givens
Stephen Lang	...	The Agent
Ben Gazzara	...	Vice President Saxon
Nicholas Turturro	...	Grasso
Stanley Anderson	...	Atty. Gen. Toyanbee
Theodore Bikel	...	Prof. Yuri Pochenko
Charles Cioffi	...	Gen. Blackburn
Paul Gleason	...	Blythe
Terry O'Quinn	...	Frank Ridell
Sam Waterston	...	The President
Gore Vidal	...	Congressman Page
Henry Strozier	...	Murphy
Dey Young	...	Janet

Also Known As:

The Shadow Program (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language.

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Netherlands:12 (TV rating) | Netherlands:16 (original rating) | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Germany:12 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Company:

Cinergi Pictures Entertainment

Trivia:

When the US Secret Service wouldn't allow the filmmakers to land their UH-1 Huey they were using on the South Lawn, they used stock footage of the President's helicopter, Marine One, landing instead.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the beginning when the clean-up-crew arrive you can clearly see one of the "dead" professor breathing.

Quotes:

Jacob Conrad: I'm the authority here!

Movie Connections:

References Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

Implausible plot

One wonders how did this screen play got to be made into a thriller movie. The writers had no clue into the many holes they were creating in a story so predictable as this. At the same time, one has to question the studio as to why this movie was approved. The director George Cosmatos must have a more clout among the Hollywood bigwigs than we can think.

I never saw this film when it had a commercial run. It was recently shown on cable, and not having anything better to watch, decided to take a chance. Wow, it's that bad.

The film could have used a more likable hero than Bobby Bishop, blandly played by Charlie Sheen, who whispers his lines incomprehensibly. The pairing of Linda Hamilton with Sheen doesn't add anything to the movie. Donald Sutherland must have a lot to explain to his friends in how he accepted to appear in this picture.