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Lionheart
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6.6Lyon Gaultier is a deserter in the Foreign Legion arriving in the USA entirely hard up. He finds his brother between life and death and his sister-in-law without the money needed to heal her husband and to maintain her child. To earn the money needed, Gaultier decides to take part in some very dangerous clandestine fights.
Cast
- Jean-Claude Van Damme as Lyon Gaultier
- Harrison Page as Joshua Eldridge
- Lisa Pelikan as Hélène Gaultier
- Ashley Johnson as Nicole Gaultier
- Deborah Rennard as Cynthia
- Brian Thompson as Russell
Themes
- drug dealer
- martial arts
- street gang
- sports
- upper class
- foreign legion
- fistfight
- foreign legionaire
- revenge
- class differences
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Sheldon Lettich
- Screenplay by
- S. N. Warren, Sheldon Lettich, Jean-Claude Van Damme
- Story by
- Jean-Claude Van Damme
- Produced by
- Eric Karson, Ash R. Shah
- Starring
- Jean-Claude Van Damme Harrison Page Deborah Rennard Lisa Pelikan Brian Thompson
- Cinematography
- Robert C. New
- Edited by
- Mark Conte
- Music by
- John Scott
- Production companies
- Wrong Bet Productions, Imperial Entertainment
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- Release dates
- August 1, 1990 ( 1990-08-01 ) (France) January 11, 1991 ( 1991-01-11 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 105 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $6 million
- Box office
- $24 million (domestic)
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 104
- FilmAffinity ID
- 586519
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- publication date
- 1990-10-04
- title
- Lionheart
- capital cost
- 6000000
- box office
- 24271196
- review score
- 41/100
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Encyclopedic overview
Lionheart is a 1990 American martial arts film directed by Sheldon Lettich, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Deborah Rennard, Harrison Page, Lisa Pelikan and Brian Thompson. It also features the acting debut of Ashley Johnson. Van Damme plays a French Foreign Legionnaire stationed in Africa, who must desert to the United States and enter the underground fighting circuit to raise money for his murdered brother's family.
The film premiered in France on August 1, 1990, and opened in the United States on January 11, 1991. It received lackluster reviews, but marked Van Damme's breakthrough as a theatrical leading man in North America. It was released in the United Kingdom as A.W.O.L: Absent Without Leave, and in Oceania as Wrong Bet, two early titles considered by the producers.
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