Soldier

Soldier (1998)

Timing: 1:39 (99 min)

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Release date

1998-10-23

Country

United States, United Kingdom

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures, Impact Pictures, Morgan Creek, Jerry Weintraub Productions

Genre

Science Fiction, Action, Drama, Fantasy

Budget

$60 000 000

Revenue

$16 994 226

Website

http://www.wb-soldier.com/

Director

Paul W. S. Anderson

Actors

Kurt Russell, Jason Scott Lee, Jason Isaacs, Connie Nielsen, Sean Pertwee, Gary Busey, Michael Chiklis, Sara Paxton, K.K. Dodds, James Black
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Scenario

Producer

Jerry Weintraub, James G. Robinson, Susan Ekins, R.J. Louis

Operator

David Tattersall

Composer

Joel McNeely

Artist

Paul Sonski, Melanie J. Baker

Audition

Mindy Marin

Editing

Martin Hunter
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• Among the debris on the planet, one can notice the aircraft carrier “Franklin Delano Roosevelt”, the F-117X Remora from “Executive Decision” (1996), a spinner from “Blade Runner” (1982), a piece of the spaceship “Lewis & Clark” from “Event Horizon” (1997), and the Liberty Bell.
• Todd's service record includes: — battles for the Tannhäuser Gate and Orion's Shoulder (a reference to “Blade Runner” (1982)), — the Plissken Medal (a reference to “Escape from New York” (1981) and “Escape from L.A.” (1996)), — the O'Neil Ring Award (a reference to “Stargate” (1994)), — the Cash Courage Medal (a reference to “Tango & Cash” (1989)), — the MacReady Cross (a reference to “The Thing” (1982)), — Captain Ron's trophy (a reference to “Captain Ron” (1992)), — the McCaffrey Award (a reference to “Freejack” (1991)), — the Dexter Riley Award (a reference to “The Strongest Man in the World” (1975)), “Now You See Him, Now You Don't” (1972), “The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes” (1969)).
• In the scene where Cain 607 operates the combat vehicle, the navigational joystick for firing is a Saitek X36 PC joystick.
• According to David Webb Peoples, the film takes place in the same universe as 'Blade Runner' (1982), the screenplay for which David also wrote.
• The trailer features a large-scale space battle involving 20-30 ships. However, this scene is absent from the film.
• Todd is on screen 85% of the time, but speaks only 104 words.
• Among the weapons Todd is proficient with, one can find the “Illudium PU36 ES,M,” also known as the “Illudium PU36 Explosive Space Modulator.” This is the weapon Marvin the Martian threatens to use to blow up Earth in the Bugs Bunny cartoons. The list also includes the “USMC Smartgun” and “M41A pulse rifle” (a reference to 'Aliens' (1986)) and the “DOOM MKIV BFG” (a reference to the computer game 'Doom').
• Wyatt, Kurt Russell's son, played eleven-year-old Todd.
• The snakes we see in the film are Thai vipers, extremely poisonous.
• According to Paul W.S. Anderson, Kurt Russell worked out for three to four hours a day for 18 months to achieve the perfect physique. Filming was postponed for several months to allow Kurt to get into the physical shape needed to convincingly portray his character.