Enemy of the State

19981998
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2h 12m

Will Smith and Gene Hackman in Enemy of the State (1998)

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Action Thriller

A lawyer becomes targeted by a corrupt politician and his N.S.A. goons when he accidentally receives key evidence to a politically motivated crime.A lawyer becomes targeted by a corrupt politician and his N.S.A. goons when he accidentally receives key evidence to a politically motivated crime.A lawyer becomes targeted by a corrupt politician and his N.S.A. goons when he accidentally receives key evidence to a politically motivated crime.

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Awards
- 5 wins & 16 nominations

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Will Smith in Enemy of the State (1998)

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Will Smith in Enemy of the State (1998)

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Robert Clayton Dean (Will Smith) is a mild-mannered lawyer who works in Washington, D.C. He is on the trail of a kingpin named Paulie Pintero (Tom Sizemore). Meanwhile, a politician named Thomas Brian Reynolds (Jon Voight) is negotiating with Representative Phillip Hammersley (Jason Robards, Jr.) about a new surveillance system with satellites. But, Hammersley declines; Reynolds has Hammersley killed, but the murder is caught on tape, and the taper is chased by Reynolds' team of N.S.A. Agents. The guy must ditch the tape, so he plants it on Dean (unbeknownst to Dean). Then, the N.S.A. decides to get into Dean's life. That is when Dean's life began to fall apart all around him, with his wife and job both gone. Dean wants to find out what is going on. Then, he meets a man named "Brill" (Gene Hackman), who tells him that Dean has something that the government wants. Dean and Brill formulate a plan to get Dean's life back and turn the tables on Reynolds. —John Wiggins

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Taglines
- Invasion of Privacy
Genres
- Action
- Thriller
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for language and violence
Parents guide

Trivia
The N.S.A. refused to cooperate with the production. Aerial footage of their headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland had to be shot from public air space.

Goofs
One of the operatives remarks that the global positioning satellites have an orbit of 155 miles. Such a low-earth orbit for a satellite would be entirely impossible, as it would not be stable at such a low altitude for very long (perhaps two weeks at most). Normal altitudes for GPS's and other earth-observing satellites are at least 600 to 900 Kilometers (372 to 562 miles), and more often these satellites orbit from altitudes of 1,000 miles or more.

Quotes
Robert Clayton Dean: What the hell is happening?
Brill: I blew up the building.
Robert Clayton Dean: Why?
Brill: Because you made a phone call.

Crazy credits
The CNN journalist is a fictitious character.

Alternate versions
Also available in an "Unrated Extended Edition" which features some new/extended footage (ca. 7 minutes) like some explicit shots of the senator with his secretary or Dean finding his dead ex-girlfriend covered in blood.

Connections
Edited into 24: 12:00 a.m.-1:00 a.m. (2001)

Soundtracks
O Come All Ye Faithful
(Also known as "Adeste Fidelis")
Music attributed to John Reading (uncredited)
Arranged by Margaret Dorn, Linda Lawley, Danny Pelfrey
Performed by The Accidentals
Courtesy of Amusicom Records

Top review

8/10

All rounder

This film has a lot of positives, a good storyline, good cast and a lot of cat and mouse chasing with twist and turns a long the way.

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Release date
- November 20, 1998 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Language
- English
Also known as
- Hết Đường Trốn Chạy
Filming locations
- 1633 Connecticut Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Production companies
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Budget
- $90,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $111,549,836
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $20,038,573
- Nov 22, 1998
Gross worldwide
- $250,849,789

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Runtime
2 hours 12 minutes
Color
- Color
Sound mix
Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1

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