"JAG" Touchdown (2003)

Director:

Dennis Smith

Writers:

Donald P. Bellisario (creator) and
Matt Witten (writer)

TV Series:

"JAG" (1995)

Original Air Date:

24 October 2003 (Season 9, Episode 5)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

With foreign civilian passengers Harm and Beth land a damaged C-130 aboard USS Seahawk. A Navy seaman, having converted to the Islamic faith, stands accused of taking part in al-Qaeda activities; Sturgis and Bud prosecute, and Mac defends.

Plot Keywords:

Criminal Justice | Lawyer | Navy | Jag | Fighter Pilot

Cast

David James Elliott	...	Cmdr. Harmon 'Harm' Rabb, Jr.
Catherine Bell	...	Lt. Col. Sarah 'Mac' MacKenzie
Patrick Labyorteaux	...	Lt. Bud Roberts, Jr.
John M. Jackson	...	Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden
Scott Lawrence	...	Cmdr. Sturgis Turner
Dan Lauria	...	Allen Blaisdell
Mary Page Keller	...	Beth O'Neil
Scott Paulin	...	Captain Johnson
Khary Payton	...	Seaman James Westin
Faran Tahir	...	Said Labdouni
Richard McGonagle	...	Capt. Richard Carey
Nasser Faris	...	Fadil (as Al Faris)
Barry Wiggins	...	Air Boss
Vic Chao	...	Boats
Ammar Daraiseh	...	Inspector Kamal
Assaf Cohen	...	Musa Sabet
Tara Buck	...	P.O. Translater
Dean Cudworth	...	Paddles
Salar Ghotbzadeh	...	Libyan Soldier
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Elle Alexander	...	Waitress (uncredited)
Zuhair Haddad	...	(uncredited)
Mike McIntosh	...	Sgt. Mathews (uncredited)

Directed by
Dennis Smith

Writing credits
Donald P. Bellisario		(creator)
Matt Witten		writer

Produced by
David Bellisario	....	producer
Donald P. Bellisario	....	executive producer
Dana Coen	....	co-executive producer
Avery C. Drewe	....	producer
Peter Dunne	....	producer
Megan Mascena Gaspar	....	associate producer
Chas. Floyd Johnson	....	co-executive producer
Thomas L. Moran	....	producer
Chip Vucelich	....	co-producer
Julie B. Watson	....	supervising producer
Matt Witten	....	producer
Stephen Zito	....	co-executive producer

Original Music by
Steven Bramson		(as Steve Bramson)

Cinematography by
Frank Perl

Film Editing by
Bert Glatstein

Casting by
Susan Bluestein
Camille St. Cyr

Production Design by
Chas. Butcher

Art Direction by
Carl J. Stensel		(as Carl Stensel)

Set Decoration by
Sam Gross

Makeup Department
Myke Michaels	....	makeup artist
Tena Parker	....	hair stylist (as Tena Parker-Liddiard)
Phyllis Temple	....	makeup artist
Brandon Waggoner	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Barbara Hecht	....	pre-production supervisor
Michael Horowitz	....	post-production supervisor
Chip Vucelich	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Brian Faul	....	first assistant director
Kevin Koster	....	second assistant director
Alan Steinman	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Chris Kurumada	....	assistant property master
Krystal Pertsch	....	art department coordinator
Eric Rood	....	set dresser
Thom Schaefer	....	construction coordinator
George Tuers	....	property master
Bruce West	....	set designer

Sound Department
Larry Benjamin	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tim Chilton	....	foley artist
Sean Rush	....	sound mixer
Greg Schorer	....	sound supervisor

Special Effects by
Blair Foord	....	special effects technician
Larry L. Fuentes	....	special effects coordinator (as Larry Fuentes)
Michael A. Tice	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Jess Bryden	....	visual effects artist
Dan Carrington	....	Flame artist
Scott Milne	....	visual effects supervisor
Doug Spilatro	....	visual effects

Stunts
Diamond Farnsworth	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Tony Bendt	....	best boy grip
Matt Cohen	....	computer/video engineer
Seth Greenwald	....	key grip
Doug Houston	....	lighting technician
Frank Klepadlo	....	key grip/rigging
Darrell B. Sheldon	....	dolly grip
Chuck Whelan	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera

Casting Department
Nan Dutton	....	original casting
Sheila Guthrie	....	casting executive
Tyler Fahringer	....	extras casting (uncredited)
Tiffany Moon	....	extras casting director (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
L. Paul Dafelmair	....	costume supervisor (as Paul Dafelmair)

Editorial Department
George Delaney	....	final colorist
Chad W. Murray	....	post-production coordinator
Ralph A. Riccoboni	....	assistant editor (as Ralph Riccoboni)
Matthew Michael Weathers	....	post-production assistant

Music Department
Bruce Broughton	....	composer: theme music
Teri Wolf	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Greg Nutt	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Jon Barton	....	military advisor
Marvin J. Bernstein	....	location manager
Paul F. Brinkman Jr.	....	location manager (as Paul Brinkman)
Geoffrey Colo	....	script coordinator
Joe Fikes	....	project officer: department of defense
Derrick Goulet	....	second assistant production accountant
Austin Grady	....	assistant to producer (as K. Austin Grady)
Harriet Margulies	....	assistant to producer
Ted Martinez	....	production accountant
Billie L. Mayer	....	script supervisor
Debra Mayfield	....	assistant to executive producer
Erica McIntosh	....	production coordinator
Darcy Meyers	....	executive story editor
Catherine Pittman	....	animal coordinator
Rebecca Price	....	assistant to executive producer
Patty Sachs	....	assistant to executive producer
David Schiller	....	production accountant
Matt Sigloch	....	technical advisor
Jack E. Herman	....	extras set coordinator (uncredited)
Chris Kurumada	....	on-set prop person (uncredited)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Donald P. Bellisario		creator
Mark Saraceni		2000-2002 (as Mark Saracini)

Produced by
Jim Behnke	....	line producer (1995-1996, 1998)
R. Scott Gemmill	....	producer (1997-2000)
Charles Holland	....	co-executive producer (2002-2003)
Peter Lance	....	consulting producer (multiple episodes 1996)
Mark Saraceni	....	producer (2000-2002) (as Mark Saracini)
Steven Smith	....	consulting producer (2002-2003)
Michael Zinberg	....	co-executive producer (1995-1996, 1998)
Ed Zuckerman	....	co-executive producer (2000-2002)

Film Editing by
David Siegel

Casting by
Melissa Skoff		(1995-2003)

Production Design by
Robert J. Bacon		(1996-)
Bernard Hides		(1996-1997)

Costume Design by
L. Paul Dafelmair

Makeup Department
Julie Kristy	....	makeup artist
Dale Miller	....	assistant hair stylist
Raissa Patton	....	hair stylist
Michele Tyminski	....	makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Laurie Baron	....	dga trainee
Suzanne Bornstein-Saltz	....	second second assistant director (1999-2001) (as Suzanne Bornstein)
Kate Marie Boyle	....	dga trainee
Nick Candy	....	dga trainee
Vernon Davidson	....	dga trainee (2002)
Daniella Eisman	....	dga trainee
Ime Etuk	....	dga trainee (1999-2000)
Ime Etuk	....	second second assistant director (2002-2004)
Michelle Jaeger	....	dga trainee
Kevin Koster	....	second second assistant director (1996-1999)
Dan Lazarovits	....	dga trainee
Yuko Ogata	....	dga trainee day player
Matt Pexa	....	second second assistant director
Karen Reinhart	....	dga trainee
Cynthia Riddle	....	second assistant director (2003)
Melissa Rudman	....	dga trainee
Stacy Schrader	....	dga trainee (2002)
Cecilia Sweatman	....	dga trainee (2001)
Susan E. Walter	....	dga trainee

Art Department
Dick Anderson	....	carpenter
Steven T. Apperson	....	carpenter
William Apperson	....	general construction foreman
Robert Bernard	....	graphic designer (seasons 9 and 10)
Maike Both	....	buyer
Kenneth J. Creber	....	set designer
Aaron Dick	....	laborer
Kirk Essiambre	....	set dresser
Alex Hajdu	....	assistant art director
Jeffrey John Jenkins	....	painter
Hannah Lamonea	....	carpenter
Cathlyn Marshall	....	set designer (1996)
Scott Nifong	....	property master: second unit
Gregg Pallini	....	storyboard artist
Douglas S. Reilly	....	graphic designer
Steve Salazar	....	propmaker

Sound Department
Beau Biggart	....	adr mixer
Marty Church	....	adr mixer
Bob Costanza	....	sound effects editor
Stephen Fitzmaurice	....	adr mixer
Dennis Petersen	....	sound recordist
Peter Reale	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dean St. John	....	adr mixer (various episodes)
Richard S. Steele	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
Rich E. Cordobes	....	special effects technician
Daniel P. Murphy	....	special effects technician (2001)

Visual Effects by
Jake Aguas	....	visual effects producer: 3D Bob Productions (episode "Adrift")
Bob Arvin	....	CG supervisor: 3D Bob Productions (episode "Adrift")
R. Christopher Biggs	....	digital artist/tech. director
John F. Gross	....	visual effects supervisor: Eden FX
Jongwoo Heo	....	3D animator
Amy Hollywood Wixson	....	visual effects producer
Suzanne Jack	....	visual effects producer: TODD-AO DIGITAL
Michael G. Jackson	....	visual effects
Craig Kuehne	....	visual effects
Steve Kullback	....	visual effects producer: MFX
Kurt McKeever	....	digital effects artist
Eroc Moralls	....	digital compositor
Scott Simmons	....	digital effects artist
Matt von Brock	....	digital artist
Bryan Whitaker	....	CGI supervisor (episode 186)
Chris Y. Yang	....	3D animator

Stunts
Kevin Abercrombie	....	stunts
Lesley Aletter	....	stunt double
Elle Alexander	....	stunts
Matthew R. Anderson	....	stunts
Brian Avery	....	stunts (12 episodes)
Joey Box	....	utility stunts
Ben Bray	....	stunts
Charlie Brewer	....	stunts
Dino Dos Santos	....	utility stunts
Roel Failma	....	stunt performer
Michael Hilow	....	stunts
Michael Hilow	....	utility stunts
Nicola C. Hindshaw	....	stunt double: Kelly McNair
David Hugghins	....	stunt rigger
Diana Lee Inosanto	....	stunts
Steve Kelso	....	stunts
Marco Khan	....	stunts (as Marco Khanlian)
Kelsee King-Devoreaux	....	utility stunts
Gene LeBell	....	stunts
Jalil Jay Lynch	....	stunts: 1999
Brad Martin	....	stunts
Eric Matuschek	....	stunts
Tom McComas	....	stunts
Doug O'Dell II	....	stunts
Jeff Podgurski	....	stunts
Marc Schaffer	....	stunt double
Justin Sundquist	....	stunts
Mary Torres	....	stunt double: Vivian Wu
Jon Valera	....	stunts
Gary J. Wayton	....	stunt double
Gary J. Wayton	....	stunt performer
Alex Wen	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Aldo Antonelli	....	camera operator
Robert Baek	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera (2000)
Art Bartels	....	key grip (1995)
Dominic Bartolone	....	film loader (season 10)
Steve Belsky	....	gaffer (1996-1999)
Brian Bernstein	....	assistant camera
Brian Bernstein	....	camera operator
Brian Bernstein	....	director of photography: second unit
Don Bixby	....	gaffer
Joe Broderick	....	Steadicam operator
Joe Broderick	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Daryl Didier	....	set lighting technician (season 10)
Adam C. Eichhorst	....	grip
Eric Fletcher	....	Steadicam operator
Steve Gilbert	....	grip
Alan Gitlin	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Adam Glick	....	set lighting technician
Mitch Gulbin	....	key grip: second unit
Steve Hertler	....	assistant camera: aerial unit
Perez Hinton	....	film loader
Chris Hood	....	additional camera operator
Chris Hood	....	first assistant camera
Timothy Jipping	....	rigging grip
Brandon Margulies	....	assistant camera
Jamie Maxtone-Graham	....	director of photography: second unit (2004-2005)
Keith H. Moore	....	assistant camera
Bob Myers	....	grip
Tony Olivieri	....	first assistant camera
Cameron Thorburn	....	grip
Cameron Thorburn	....	key grip: second unit
Charles A. Vogeler	....	24 frame video operator
Michael J. Walker	....	additional camera operator (2003)
Mark Walpole	....	second assistant camera: Washington D.C.
Jason Young	....	electrician

Casting Department
Thom Klohn	....	casting associate (5 episodes)
Greg Orson	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Wingate Jones	....	costumer
April Krueger	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Scott Klein	....	master colorist

Music Department
Daniel J. Johnson	....	co-music editor
Ruth Oroshnik	....	orchestrator
Michael Patterson	....	orchestrator
John Rodd	....	orchestral scoring recordist
John Rotondi	....	scoring engineer: Y4
David Slonaker	....	orchestrator (50 episodes)

Transportation Department
Michael Dawes	....	driver
Kelsey Kimes	....	driver
Charlie Ping	....	driver
Larry Stelling	....	driver

Other crew
Robert Aguilar Jr.	....	assistant military consultant: second unit
Robert Aguilar Jr.	....	production assistant
John Arbuckle	....	marine coordinator
Barbara Bass	....	studio teacher
Bob Corff	....	voice teacher
Stefan Davis	....	production assistant
Katherine Dorrer	....	production coordinator: Washington D.C.
Kiegan Downs	....	office production assistant
Liz Graham	....	additional script supervisor: second unit
Harrison Held	....	photo double (2002)
Alex Knowles	....	production assistant
Chris Munday	....	key assistant location manager
Gregg Pallini	....	production assistant
Larry Potoker	....	computer/video playback operator (all seasons)
Reiko Schoenfeld	....	production assistant
John Siedenburg	....	caterer (seasons 3-4)
Carrie Specht	....	assistant coordinator
Paul Taglianetti	....	video coordinator
Troy Waters	....	marine coordinator
Lynnanne Zager	....	adr loop group

Distributors

• Paramount Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)

Runtime:

USA:60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Filming Locations:

Peter Strauss Ranch - 3000 Mulholland Highway, Agoura Hills, California, USA

Trivia:

The C-130 carrier landing pays tribute to the actual test flights conducted in 1963. The postscript is as follows: "On October 30, 1963, Navy pilot Lt. James H. Flatley and co-pilot LCDR. W.W. "Smokey" Stovall landed a C-130 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal. We salute these two brave pilots along with crew members Al Sieve and Ed Brenna for their incredible demonstration of carrier aviation skill."