Behind Enemy Lines [Blu-ray]

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

A television commercial for a Sega game system that aired during the 1999 MTV Music Video Awards landed debut director John Moore a gig behind the camera of this military action thriller. Owen Wilson stars as Lt. Chris Burnett, a naval aviator aboard the U.S.S. Carl Vinson who's frustrated with the strict "hands-off" political policies that prevent him from experiencing combat against hostile Bosnian forces in his F/A-18 Superhornet jet. Burnett's commander, Admiral Reigert (Gene Hackman), thinks that the brash pilot doesn't have what it takes to be in the millitary, but the eager young officer soon gets the chance to prove his mettle. While conducting a routine photographic reconnaissance over a remote area of the Balkans, Burnett captures grisly images that serve as proof of genocidal crimes, but his plane is blown out of the sky. He's soon pursued on the ground by the forces of Lokar (Olek Krupa), a Serbian paramilitary leader intent on covering up unthinkable crimes, while Reigert defies the NATO orders of his superior (Joaquim de Almeida) and risks his career to mount a covert rescue mission. Behind Enemy Lines (2001), the first of two back-to-back releases starring Wilson and Hackman (the other being The Royal Tenenbaums), also stars David Keith, Gabriel Macht, and Charles Malik Whitfield. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: A
• Number of Discs: 1
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 (Cinemascope)
• Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1
• Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
• Features:
  • Commentary by director John Moore and editor Martin Smith
  • Commentary by producers John Davis and Wyck Godfrey
  • Theatrical trailer in high definition

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Gene Hackman - Reigart
       Owen Wilson - Lt. Chris Burnett
       Gabriel Macht - Stackhouse
       Charles Malik Whitfield - Rodway
       Joaquim de Almeida - Piquet
       David Keith - O'Malley
       Olek Krupa - Lokar
       Vladimir Mashkov - Tracker
       Marko Ogonda - Bazda

• Director:

  John Moore

• Producer:

  John Davis

• Screen Story:

  John Thomas

• Screenwriter:

  Zak Penn, David Veloz

• Screen Story:

  James Thomas

• Cinematographer:

  Brendan Galvin

• Composer (Music Score):

  Don Davis

• Editor:

  Paul Martin Smith

• Production Designer:

  Nathan Crowley

• Co-producer:

  T. Alex Blum

• Executive Producer:

  Stephanie Austin, Wyck Godfrey

• Set Designer:

  Craig Berkey

• Supervising Sound Editor:

  Craig Berkey

• Pilot:

  Robert "Bobby Z" Zajonc