Shadow Conspiracy (1997)

Bobby Bishop (Sheen) is a special assistant to the President of the United States. Accidentally, he meets his friend professor Pochenko on the street. Pochenko has time to tell Bishop about... See full summary »

Director:

George P. Cosmatos

Writers:

Adi Hasak, Ric Gibbs

Stars:

Charlie Sheen, Donald Sutherland, Linda Hamilton

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Charlie Sheen	...	Bobby Bishop
Donald Sutherland	...	Jacob Conrad
Linda Hamilton	...	Amanda Givens
Stephen Lang	...	The Agent
Ben Gazzara	...	Vice President Saxon
Nicholas Turturro	...	Grasso
Stanley Anderson	...	Atty. Gen. Toyanbee
Theodore Bikel	...	Prof. Yuri Pochenko
Charles Cioffi	...	Gen. Blackburn
Paul Gleason	...	Blythe
Terry O'Quinn	...	Frank Ridell
Sam Waterston	...	The President
Gore Vidal	...	Congressman Page
Henry Strozier	...	Murphy
Dey Young	...	Janet

Storyline

Bobby Bishop (Sheen) is a special assistant to the President of the United States. Accidentally, he meets his friend professor Pochenko on the street. Pochenko has time to tell Bishop about some conspiracy in the White House but then immediately gets killed by an assassin. Now bad guys are after Bobby as the only man who knows about a plot. Bishop must now not only survive, but to stop the conspirators from achieving their goal. And he doesn't know whom to trust.

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Plot Keywords:

conspiracy | white house | assassin | murder | remote controlled toy helicopter | 

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Taglines:

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of absolute power.

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Genres:

Action | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 January 1997 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Shadow Program

Filming Locations:

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$45,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$1,370,831 (USA) (31 January 1997)

Gross:

$2,154,540 (USA) (7 February 1997)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cinergi Pictures Entertainment, Hollywood Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In interviews for the film, Linda Hamilton took the unusual (and honest) step of saying what she really thought about the movie, calling it "mediocre as hell. Okay, it's really bad, really bad."

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Goofs

The satellite zoom-in near the beginning of the film first shows Albemarle Sound in North Carolina, then zooms in to the Baltimore, Maryland harbor, several hundred miles north of the first image.

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Quotes

Bobby Bishop: He who gets the first sound bite wins.

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Connections

References Touch of Evil (1958)

User Reviews

Predictable action thriller...

1st watched 2/25/2002 - 4 out of 10(Dir-George P. Cosmatos): Predictable action thriller where any frequent movie goer could guess what was coming next. Charlie Sheen is the good old boy to the President who just happens to be not liked by the rest of the presidential staff. Of course, he gets involved in a situation where he's framed over and over again and he has one friend in the White House, played by Sutherland, who naturally doesn't stay that way for very long. His other friend is a reporter played by Linda Hamilton(who has very little to do or say in this meaningless role), and of course his biggest and bestest friend is the President himself(Sam Waterston) who stays his pal till the end despite everyone else being killed around him. Brainless yet action-packed meaningless trife despite loads and loads of acting talent(all pretty much wasted.)