Passenger 57 (1992)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Kevin Hooks

Writers (WGA):

Stewart Raffill (story) and
Dan Gordon (story) ...
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Release Date:

6 November 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

He's an ex-cop with a bad mouth, a bad attitude, and a bad seat. For the terrorists on flight 163 . . . he's very bad news.

Plot:

An airline security expert must take action when he finds himself trapped on a passenger jet when terrorists seize control of it.

Plot Keywords:

Terrorist | Hijack | Ferris Wheel | Police Brutality | Terrorism

Cast

Wesley Snipes	...	John Cutter
Bruce Payne	...	Charles Rane
Tom Sizemore	...	Sly Delvecchio
Alex Datcher	...	Marti Slayton
Bruce Greenwood	...	Stuart Ramsey
Robert Hooks	...	Dwight Henderson
Elizabeth Hurley	...	Sabrina Ritchie
Michael Horse	...	Forget
Marc Macaulay	...	Vincent
Ernie Lively	...	Chief Biggs
Duchess Tomasello	...	Mrs. Edwards
William Edward Roberts	...	Matthew (as Cameron Roberts)
James Short	...	Allen
Joel Fogel	...	Dr. Bauman
Jane McPherson	...	Nurse
Winston Bedford	...	Doctor
Lori Bedford	...	Surgical Receptionist
Kent Lindsey	...	Agent Chaplin
Rand MacPherson	...	SWAT Commander
Lou Bedford	...	Attorney Phillips
Elena Ayala	...	Lisa Cutter
Mike Speller	...	Headwaiter
Kareen Germain	...	Security Attendant
Michael H. Moss	...	Agent Manning (as Michael Moss)
Jim McDonald	...	Agent Duncan
Zachary McLemore	...	Norman
Lesa Thurman	...	Norman's Mother
Janet Elder	...	Screaming Woman
Alicia Allred	...	Flight Attendant
Frank Causey	...	Captain Whitehurst
Marty Connell	...	First Officer
Frank Hart	...	Flight Engineer
Tom Nowicki	...	Sly's Assistant
Linda Vick	...	Receptionist
Robert Midden	...	Pistol-Whipped Passenger
Dennis Letts	...	Frank Allen
Janis Benson	...	Nora Allen
Gary Rorman	...	Douglas
Lindsey Diamond	...	Hostage Woman
Dean Carlberg	...	Helicopter Pilot
Brett Rice	...	Cop #1 (as James Brett Rice)
James Stone	...	Cop #2
Henry J. McGauley	...	Store Hold-Up Man
Michael Conner	...	FBI Agent (as Michael D. Conner)
Carl Cole	...	Sharpshooter
Jack Gibson	...	Reporter #1
Lisa Capriani	...	Reporter #2
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ginger Stanley	...	Extra
Mike Agresta	...	Doctor 3 (uncredited)
Renee Behan	...	Passenger (uncredited)
Brock Burnett	...	SWAT Sharpshooter (uncredited)
Rocky Essex	...	Airport EMT (uncredited)
Damian Mcknight	...	Passenger #2 (uncredited)
Russell Sanderlin Sr.	...	The Cowboy (uncredited)

Directed by
Kevin Hooks

Writing credits (WGA)
Stewart Raffill		(story) and
Dan Gordon		(story)
David Loughery		(screenplay) and
Dan Gordon		(screenplay)

Produced by
Robert J. Anderson	....	co-producer
Dan Paulson	....	producer
Lee Rich	....	producer
Dylan Sellers	....	producer
Jonathan Sheinberg	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Stanley Clarke

Cinematography by
Mark Irwin		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Richard Nord

Casting by
Shari Rhodes

Production Design by
Jaymes Hinkle

Art Direction by
Alan E. Muraoka

Set Decoration by
Don K. Ivey

Costume Design by
Brad R. Loman		(as Brad Loman)

Makeup Department
Clifford Booker	....	key hair stylist (as Cliff Booker)
Leslie Christin	....	makeup artist
Selena Evans-Miller	....	key makeup artist
Julie Hill-Parker	....	makeup artist
Carol Rasheed	....	hair stylist
Lynda Kyle Walker	....	hair stylist (as Lynda Kyle-Walker)
Lee Grimes	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Robert J. Anderson	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Cyd Adams	....	second assistant director
Parnes Cartwright	....	second second assistant director
Michael Finn	....	additional second assistant director
John E. Gallagher	....	second assistant director
Evan Gilner	....	dga trainee
Gary Marcus	....	first assistant director
John Corso	....	second unit director (uncredited)

Art Department
William A. Cimino	....	lead (as Bill Cimino)
Ed Collins	....	set dresser
William Les Collins	....	construction coordinator (as William L. Collins)
Stitch Crisp	....	assistant property master
Charles S. Deaux	....	swing gang (as Charlie Deaux)
Wallace G. Emery	....	construction foreman (as Wallace Emery)
Jonathan Kovalcik	....	art department assistant
Paul Mallick	....	swing gang
Tom Miller	....	property master (as Tommy Miller)
Jayne-Ann Tenggren	....	assistant property master
Robert Welch	....	swing gang
Jim Williams	....	swing gang
Susan Inge Wood	....	stand-by painter (as Susan Wood)
Lewis Bowen	....	head scenic (uncredited)
Dean F. Janik	....	painter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Robert J. Anderson Jr.	....	production sound mixer (as Robert Anderson Jr.)
Wayne Artman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dwight Brown	....	cable person
William C. Carruth	....	adr editor
Virginia Cook-McGowan	....	sound effects editor
Samuel C. Crutcher	....	sound effects editor
Tom E. Dahl	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Tom Dahl)
Greg Dillon	....	sound effects editor
Christopher Flick	....	foley editor
Richard Friedman	....	adr editor (as Dick Friedman)
Eric Gotthelf	....	foley mixer (as Eric Gotthealf)
Robin Harlan	....	foley artist
Robert G. Henderson	....	supervising sound editor
David M. Horton	....	sound effects editor
James J. Isaacs	....	sound effects editor
Sarah Jacobs	....	foley artist
Frank Jones	....	sound re-recording mixer
Darrin Martin	....	assistant sound editor (as Darrin V. Martin)
David M. O'Dell	....	boom operator (as David O'Dell)
Lisa M. Risen	....	assistant adr editor
Solange S. Schwalbe	....	foley editor (as Solange Schwalbe-Boisseau)
Scott A. Tinsley	....	foley editor (as Scot Tinsley)
Brooke H. Ward	....	assistant sound editor (as Brooke Henderson-Ward)
Rob Hill	....	adr artist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Kevin Harris	....	special effects assistant
William Purcell	....	special effects
Scott Rushton	....	special effects assistant
Richard Scioli	....	special effects assistant (as Ric Scioli)

Stunts
Tom Akos	....	stunts (as Thomas E. Akos)
Jay Amor	....	stunt driver
Greg Anderson	....	stunts
Tom Bahr	....	utility stunts
Perry Barndt	....	stunts
Erich Barrett	....	stunts
Chick Bernhardt	....	stunts (as Chick Bernhart)
Nathalie B. Bollinger	....	stunts
Mindy Branston	....	stunts
Barry Brazell	....	stunts
Mark Chadwick	....	stunts
Mike Christopher	....	stunts
Scott Coyote	....	stunts (as Scotty Coyote)
Max Daniels	....	stunts
Sharie Doolittle	....	stunts
Kelly Erin	....	stunts (as Kelly Erin Welton)
John Evanko	....	stunts
Lex D. Geddings	....	stunts (as Lex Geddings)
Brandy Johnson	....	stunts
Kim Kahana	....	stunts
Artie Malesci	....	stunts
Kathy Marshall	....	stunts
Anderson Martin	....	stunts
Thomas J. McTague	....	stunts
Brady Michaels	....	stunts
Jeff Moldovan	....	stunts
Joe Murphy	....	stunts (as Joseph Murphy)
Joe Murphy	....	utility stunts
Ron Norris	....	stunts
Bill Orsini	....	stunts (as William Orsini)
Lisa Jean Renzetti	....	stunts
Steve Ritzi	....	stunts (as Steven T. Ritzi)
Cheyenne Rivera	....	stunts
Ronald C. Ross	....	stunts
Gar Stephen	....	stunts
Jeff Ward	....	stunt coordinator
Eric Whitmore	....	stunts
Glenn R. Wilder	....	stunt coordinator (as Glenn Wilder)
John Zimmerman	....	stunts
Kim Zimmerman	....	stunts
Andrew Scott Dixon	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Marcus Salgado	....	fight choreographer (uncredited)
Bill Scharpf	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jill Stokesberry	....	stunts (uncredited)
Shelby Swatek	....	stunts (uncredited)
Scott Workman	....	stunt driver (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Robert Beverlin	....	second assistant camera (as Bob Beverlin)
Jock Brandis	....	chief lighting technician
Stephen Campbell	....	first assistant camera
Richard Falk Jr.	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Jon Baronn Farmer	....	still photographer (as Jon Farmer)
Dawn Jones	....	second assistant camera (as Dawn Laurel)
David M. Lang	....	first assistant camera (as David Lang)
Joe Mast	....	dolly grip
Frank Miller	....	camera operator
Eugene Siegmund	....	best boy grip
George Skelly	....	key grip
Robert Ulland	....	Steadicam operator (as Bob Ulland)
Gary Ware	....	chief lighting technician
C.W. Fallin	....	additional camera operator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Joseph Middleton	....	casting assistant
Tanya Sullivan	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kathy Bird	....	costumer (as Kathryn Bird)
Shirley Bird	....	costumer
Mary Lou Byrd	....	costume supervisor
Molly Harris Campbell	....	assistant costume designer (as Molly Campbell)
Barnaby Smith	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Donah Bassett	....	negative cutter
Chris Chaplin	....	assistant editor
Timothy Colletti	....	assistant film editor
Joseph Gutowski	....	associate editor (as Joe Gutowski)
Gaston Santiso	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Stanley Clarke	....	orchestrator
Robert Fernandez	....	score recordist (as Bobby Fernandez)
Jamie Forester	....	music editor (as Jamie Gelb Forester)
Dan Humann	....	score mixer
William Kidd	....	orchestrator
Jeff Marsh	....	orchestrator
Lise Richardson	....	music editor
James D. Young	....	music editor
Paul Jackson Jr.	....	musician (uncredited)
William Kidd	....	conductor (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Kevin Craig	....	transportation captain
Ben Greenleaf	....	transportation captain
Lee Siler	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Brian Albertsman	....	location manager
Andrew Baird	....	location assistant
Dave Black	....	technical advisor
Wayne Bolin	....	production aide
Jeffrey Britt	....	production aide
Merrie Dudley	....	staff assistant
Marty Elfalan	....	assistant accountant
Gina Forlenza	....	assistant: Mr. Rich
Bruce Goldman	....	production aide
Eleanor Hemingway	....	production secretary
Jill Kantrowitz	....	assistant: Mr. Hooks
Chad Leeper	....	production aide
Darla 'Dee' Montgomery	....	animal wrangler
Liz Newman	....	assistant production secretary
John Overman	....	production aide
Kathy Petty	....	production accountant
Susana Preston	....	script supervisor
Catherine Quinn	....	assistant: Mr. Hooks
Candisse Reynolds	....	production aide
Stanley Robinson	....	production aide
Marcus Salgado	....	technical advisor
Chuck Smith	....	production aide
Anna C. Southall	....	unit publicist (as Anna Southall)
Jack E. Stiles	....	animal wrangler
Jeremy Tillman	....	craft service
Marilyn J. Tillman	....	craft service
Keith Leon Williams	....	assistant: Wesley Snipes (as Keith Hickles)
Bill Daly	....	post-production accountant manager (uncredited)
Christopher Sirmons Haviland	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Alison Parraco	....	assistant production accountant (uncredited)
Michael Riley	....	title designer (uncredited)
Kenny Rivenbark	....	remote head technician (uncredited)
Chip Swetnam	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Warner Bros. Pictures

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures (1992) (USA) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1995) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Warner Bros. (Germany)
• Warner Bros. (Spain)

Other Companies

• Epic Records  soundtrack
• Joe Dunton & Company  camera equipment provided by
• R/Greenberg Associates  titles

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Iceland:16 | Netherlands:12 | France:Unrated | South Korea:15 | Australia:M | Finland:K-18 | Germany:18 | Norway:15 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Orlando, Florida, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

The type of aircraft used in the hijacking is an L1011-500 "Tristar".

Goofs:

Factual errors: During the lunch with the airline executive, Cutter mentions that El Al, the Israeli airline, is the only airline that has never been hijacked. This is untrue, most certainly at the time the movie takes place. The one (and currently only) hijacking of an El Al flight took place in 1968, and was resolved through negotiations without casualties.

Quotes:

[on an airborne helicopter]
pilot: Mr. Delvecchio, I've got Mr. Ramsey on the line.
Sly Delvecchio: Oh. Well, I guess we can't tell him I stepped out, now can we?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Dirty Harry: The Original (2001) (V)

Soundtrack:

Too High

Just Pass It......

I wanna start by saying that I absolutely love "Die Hard", it's one of my favorite films of all time and its the film that changed the action genre forever. In the years following its release, many of the action flicks have borrowed the basic premise of "Die Hard", making it film about a cop or someone along those lines fighting the bad guys in a limited location, whether its on a bus (Speed), a battleship (Under Siege), a hockey stadium (Sudden Death). But now what we get here is "Die Hard on a plane" which goes by the name "Passenger 57".

It's not that good. I really didn't find myself caring about about the cop whose wife was killed in a holdup all because Snipes just doesn't give a lot of emotional depth in here. And its too bad that he wasn't given good material to work with since his lines seem so forced and awkward when he says them. In "Die Hard", it was totally different because Bruce Willis blended into the role of John McClane perfectly, he just soothed out his lines with heart, soul and personality. Snipes just does the opposite.

Also, the main villain Charles Rane didn't interest me that much, 'cause Bruce Payne's performance was somewhat wooden and dry. But I'll admit that the part when the little kid on the plane pretended to shoot him and Rane responded by pretending to shoot him back was somewhat amusing.

The martial arts action was another low-point for me, the sequences seemed to be very stilted and stiff. Every action flick has at least GOT to have good action, there's no denying that. But when I see the kind of action this film has to offer, it doesn't make me feel like I wanna do it in real life to someone I hate.

One thing that wasn't too shabby was the soundtrack and the composers skill to at least save the action scenes from falling apart completely.

I wouldn't call this "boring" to watch, but it's just a little bland and uninteresting, in fact its got a less than 90 minute runtime, so you could watch it if you REALLY, REALLY don't have anything to do.