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Behind Enemy Lines
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Behind Enemy Lines is a 2001 American action, war, thriller, and drama film directed by John Moore and written by Zak Penn. The cast includes Owen Wilson, Gene Hackman, Joaquim de Almeida, and David Keith. Produced by John Davis and Davis Entertainment, the film was distributed by 20th Century Fox and is available on Netflix and Disney+. It is set in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with narrative locations including aircraft and an aircraft carrier. The main subject is aviation, and the original language is English.
The film has a runtime of 106 minutes and received a PG-13 rating. It was released on November 30, 2001. The production budget was $40,000,000, and it earned $91,753,202 at the box office. The film received a Metascore of 49 and a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 36%. On IMDb, it holds a rating of 6.4 based on 119,478 votes. The film has won one award and received two nominations.
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6.4While flying a routine reconnaissance mission over Bosnia, fighter pilot Lt. Chris Burnett photographs something he wasn't supposed to see and gets shot down behind enemy lines, where he must outrun an army led by a ruthless Serbian general. With time running out and a deadly tracker on his trail, Burnett's commanding officer, Admiral Reigart, decides to risk his career and launch a renegade rescue mission to save his life.
Cast
- Owen Wilson as Lt. Chris 'Longhorn' Burnett
- Gene Hackman as Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group
- Gabriel Macht as Lt. Jeremy 'Smoke' Stackhouse
- Olek Krupa as General Miroslav Lokar
- Vladimir Mashkov as Tracker (Sasha)
- Marko Igonda as Bazda
Themes
- sniper
- war crimes
- bosnia and herzegovina
- rescue mission
- marine corps
- u.s. navy
- based on true story
- north atlantic treaty organization (nato)
- naval officer
- bosnian war (1992-95)
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Ratings
IMDb
6.4/10
118,832 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
36%
Metacritic
49/100
- Year
- 2001
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Genres
- Action, Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- John Moore
- Screenplay by
- David Veloz Zak Penn
- Story by
- Jim Thomas John Thomas
- Produced by
- John Davis
- Starring
- Owen Wilson Gene Hackman Joaquim de Almeida David Keith Olek Krupa
- Cinematography
- Brendan Galvin
- Edited by
- Paul Martin Smith
- Music by
- Don Davis
- Production company
- Davis Entertainment
- Distributed by
- 20th Century Fox
- Release date
- November 30, 2001 ( 2001-11-30 )
- Running time
- 106 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Languages
- English Serbian
- Budget
- $40 million
- Box office
- $121.7 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Behind Enemy Lines is a 2001 American action 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, the rear admiral commanding the carrier strike group to which he is assigned is struggling to gain approval to launch a combat search and rescue mission to save Burnett. The plot is loosely based on a 1995 incident involving Scott O'Grady that occurred during the war.
Released on November 30, 2001 by 20th Century Fox, Behind Enemy Lines received generally mixed reviews from critics. It was a box-office success, taking in $121.7 million worldwide against a $40 million budget. The film launched a franchise that includes three sequels, all of them direct-to-video.
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