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Gene Watson is a public accountant who arrives on a train at Union Station in Los Angeles, accompanied by his 6-year-old daughter Lynn. Because of his ordinary looks, he is approached by a pair of sinister people named Smith and Jones. Pretending to be cops, Smith and Jones kidnap Lynn and confront Gene with a simple choice -- kill California governor Eleanor Grant in 90 minutes or less, or Lynn will die. Watson is given a gun, six bullets, and a name tag, and he is told to go to the Westin Bonaventure Hotel and kill Eleanor, who is giving an afternoon speech. While Jones is watching Lynn in a van, Smith watches Watson in order to prevent Watson from alerting the authorities. Watson must quickly find some way to get himself and Lynn out of this seemingly impossible situation. Written by
Todd Baldridge
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Within 90 minutes, someone is going to die... And the clock is ticking.
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Trivia
One of the most remarkable film sequences involved one seamless take during which
Johnny Depp and
Christopher Walken board a glass-walled elevator and ride 35 floors to the top of L.A.'s Bonaventure hotel. Crammed into the confines of the elevator with the actors were, director
John Badham, cinematographer
Roy H. Wagner, focus-puller
Todd Slyapich, sound mixer
Willie D. Burton, boom operator
Marvin E. Lewis and script supervisor
Barbara Thaxton. Given the fact that the elevator was glass from top to bottom, was lit by 8 Kino Flo lamps, ensuring that camera and crew reflections were not captured on film was quite an exercise in and of itself.
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Goofs
The writing on the business card Watson attempts to hand the cab driver differs before and after the hand-off.
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Quotes
Gene Watson:
You're out of your mind.
Mr. Smith:
What's your point?
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Connections
Referenced in
Baadshah (1999)
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Soundtracks
"Bossa Antiqua"
Written and Performed by Michael Lang
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I went to see this movie in the theater and I have to say that it is one of the most underrated films I have ever seen. This movie received a lot of bad press when it was released but I don't see how it was justified. The story is great and it makes you nervous watching it unfold. You will know what I am talking about if you see it. Christopher Walken gives another great performance as the "policeman" as he calls himself. Walken's voice is one of the best in the business. I highly recommend this movie if you want to be entertained with a great suspenseful film.