Basic

Basic (2003)

Timing: 1:38 (98 min)

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Release date

2003-04-18

Country

Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Production

Columbia Pictures, Intermedia, Phoenix Pictures, Krane Entertainment, Senator International

Genre

Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime

Budget

$50 000 000

Revenue

$42 792 561

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Director

John McTiernan

Actors

John Travolta, Connie Nielsen, Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Daly, Giovanni Ribisi, Brian Van Holt, Taye Diggs, Dash Mihok, Cristián de la Fuente, Roselyn Sánchez
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Scenario

James Vanderbilt

Producer

Michael Tadross, James Vanderbilt, Mike Medavoy, Arnold Messer, Nigel Sinclair, Jonathan D. Krane, Moritz Borman, Basil Iwanyk

Operator

Steve Mason

Composer

Klaus Badelt

Artist

Paul D. Kelly, Deborah Palmer

Audition

Patricia McCorkle

Editing

George Folsey Jr., Sandy Watterson
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• Filming of the movie began on November 26, 2001, in the vicinity of Florida and Panama. Filming was completed on April 9, 2002.
• The working title of the movie was "Fort Clayton".
• Initially, Benicio Del Toro and Catherine Keener were considered for the leading roles, and Lee Tamahori for the director's position.
• Osborne's phone number is 334-5644. It does not include the area code.
• When Hardy and Osborne drive to the hospital to see Kendall, Hardy takes off his jacket and throws it in the car as they exit. However, Hardy is wearing the jacket again at the hospital.
• When Pike can't climb the rock and answers questions, it's raining. But when his bag falls down, it isn't.
• After Osborne kills Stile, she continues to walk around with her weapon, even though it should have been taken as evidence.
• In scenes where Osborne is driving, it can be noticed that she steers by moving her hands across the surface of the steering wheel, while the wheel itself doesn't rotate.
• The working title of the film was “Fort Clayton.”