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This remains to date (as of February 2020), the last film directed by John McTiernan.	D
The main trailer uses music from the score of One Hour Photo (2002).	D
James Vanderbilt said of this film's screenplay: "I always loved mysteries when I was a kid. I knew [...]	D
Taye Diggs and Brian Van Holt played dual roles, with both actors portraying the characters of Jay P [...]	D
John Travolta improvised picking up the magazine, to add humor to one scene.	D
Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta appeared in Marvel-based movies. Jackson played Nick Fury in the [...]	D
Director John McTiernan didn't make another movie after Basic for more than thirteen years. This was [...]	D
The name of the large cyclonic storm, that is featured throughout the movie, was "Hurricane Beth".	D
In order to give Roselyn Sanchez the proper posture, director John McTiernan had her wear a fifty-po [...]	D
The first scene after the credits, and the film's closing shot, were both filmed in Panama during a [...]	D
James Vanderbilt made good on the promise of a story with lots of twists and turns, said Producer Mi [...]	D
Director John McTiernan really enjoyed working with John Travolta and Connie Nielsen on the fight sc [...]	D
Basic (2003), and Il sarto di Panama (2001) are movies of intrigue, and both predominantly set in Pa [...]	D
The film was influenced by Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon (1950).	D
Screenwriter James Vanderbilt wanted to fool a certain type of moviegoer. He said: " . . . those who [...]	D
John Travolta's character has the same name as actor Tom Hardy. Less known when Basic (2003) first d [...]	D
Giovanni Ribisi is a method actor, and stayed in character, and in bed, between every shot there.	D
According to John McTiernan, Samuel L. Jackson's look was inspired by Sergio Leone.	D
When John McTiernan was approached to direct, John Travolta had already been signed to portray the p [...]	D
John Travolta starred in another military suspense-thriller, La figlia del generale (1999).	D
Brian Van Holt and Samuel L. Jackson appeared in S.W.A.T. - Squadra speciale anticrimine (2003).	D
The events of this movie take place on November 1 and 2, 1999, as evidenced by the opening title car [...]	D
The main production company producing this film was Phoenix Pictures. Giovanni Ribisi, who plays Sec [...]	D
The lead character of Tom Hardy (John Travolta), was named after The Hardy Boys.	D
When John Travolta's character first comes onto the Army Base, he says in reference to his friend's [...]	D
Co-executive producer Bradley J. Fischer and Vice-President of Production for Phoenix Pictures, brou [...]	D
John McTiernan asked John Travolta and Connie Nielsen to tone down the sexual tension between their [...]	D
In an early scene Samual L. Jackson's character is wearing Specialist (E-4) rank on his lapel and la [...]	D
The note handed to Osbourne reads, "I'll talk to a ranger. Someone from off post. I do not trust any [...]	D
Samuel L. Jackson improvised a lot of his lines, of which, most of them weren't allowable for a PG-1 [...]	D
John Travolta visited the 1st Ranger Battalion in Savannah, Georgia, and observed live fire exercise [...]	D
John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson appeared in Pulp Fiction (1994).	D
It's raining almost the entire movie.	D
John Travolta teased Connie Nielsen a lot behind the scenes.	D
John Travolta's sister Margaret played a nurse.	D
The movie's opening title card reads: "Canal Zone: Panama".	D
Method actor Giovanni Ribisi didn't take a bath for a week, to get into his role as Second Lieutenan [...]	D
Bruce Willis shared the same character name with John Travolta, (Tom Hardy) in Striking Distance (19 [...]	D
The name of the U.S. Army base, situated near the Panama Canal, was Fort Clayton.	D
John McTiernan wanted to give the audience the sense of moving "deeper and deeper into the jungle".	D
When Hardy pulls Pike off the transport the only propeller working on the plane is the one he throws [...]	D
The title is taken from a line of dialogue, which states "murder is basic".	D
In the original script, Tom Hardy (John Travolta) was the main villain, and killed Master Sergeant N [...]	D
For director John McTiernan, the movie satisfied all the definitions of a true thriller. He said: "S [...]	D
About ninety percent of this movie was filmed in the dark.	D
The film is book-ended with the music of Maurice Ravel's "Bolero". The choice is not random. The pie [...]	D
James Vanderbilt had Taye Diggs in mind for Pike early on in the writing process.	D
Producer Mike Medavoy's choice of director was John McTiernan, which was based on McTiernan's adept [...]	D
Second collaboration of Samuel L. Jackson and director John McTiernan since Die Hard - Duri a morire [...]	D
Every time the story of the bunker is retold, each person has a different partner.	D
James Vanderbilt's goal was to make Captain Julia Osborne (Connie Nielsen) the hero, not a naÃ¯ve [...]	D
Intelligence, military agencies, and organizations referenced in this movie include the D.E.A., the [...]	D
Captain Julia Osborne (Connie Nielsen)'s telephone number is 334-5644, but no area code is given.	D
It can rain for five to six days straight in the tropics. John McTiernan used rain to give the feeli [...]	D
Debut producing credit of Bradley J. Fischer, who was a co-executive producer on this movie.	D

Connessioni

Basic Ingredients: A Writer's Perspective	D
Il coraggio della veritÃ	D
Rashomon	D
Basic: A Director's Design	D
Nome in codice: Broken Arrow	D
Basic Ingredients: A Writer's Perspective	D
Basic: A Director's Design	D
La figlia del generale	D
Aliens - Scontro finale	D

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Just before Hardy and Osborne get out of the car to go and see Kendall in Hospital, Hardy removes hi [...]	D
Just after the introduction of Hardy and Osborne, as Hardy is walking towards the door saying, "That [...]	D
West's rank devices change from Specialist during his welcome speech to the trainees, to Master Serg [...]	D
Why is Sergeant West wearing Specialist rank? West is walking in front his group making comments and [...]	D
At the movie's beginning, we're told that the training exercise happens on November 2nd, "The Day of [...]	D
After Obourne kills Col. Styles, she is interviewed and then proceeds to follow Hardy back to Sectio [...]	D
Dunbar's note during the opening sequence has "-body" misspelled twice as "-boy".	D
During the first platoon inspection scene, Sergeant West is wearing Specialist rank on his uniform c [...]	D
When the doctor is in the jail cell waiting for transport, his lips do not match the words he's sing [...]	D
In the scene where the soldiers are shooting at West on the roof of the shack, a squib can be seen g [...]	D
After interviewing Kendall, while Osbourne is driving the Humvee she motions as if she is turning th [...]	D
Strange hurricane. Hurricanes pack WIND, this was just dense tropical rain. And - a hurricane in Nov [...]	D
Osborne states that US Army records do not show race, which would make it very easy for Pike and Dun [...]	D
Ranger Training is conducted by the Ranger Training Brigade, who wear a scroll patch similar to the [...]	D
Osborne opens Dunbar's note to read it, and then misreads "somebody" as "someone" and "anybody" as " [...]	D
When Osborne is driving the Hummer during the rain, she moves her hands as though to take a bend, bu [...]	D
When West throws Pike's backpack off the cliff and down into the jungle, a hand is briefly seen on a [...]	D
Right before Kendall talks about being the victim of a hate-crime during his narration, strobes that [...]	D
Before following Hardy in her Hummer, Osborne is shown in the driver's seat wearing a jacket, which [...]	D
Although all the interrogations take place over the course of one night, the clock on the wall of th [...]	D
At the beginning of the movie they are flying in an American Eurocopter EC120. When they show a clos [...]	D
Right after Kendall's death, Osborne shows Hardy the eight on her palm. When her hand is in horizont [...]	D
The bullet holes in the roof of the hut are as big as quarters, and so are possibly too large for th [...]	D
In the scene where Pike is climbing the cliff and Sgt West is challenging him to use his brain, ther [...]	D

Frase

Hardy: Three things, first you don't have a choice [...]	D
Osbourne: [abruptly slugs Vilmer in the face with [...]	D
Sgt. Nathan West: Pike, surrender your sidearm for [...]	D
Sgt. Nathan West: Tom, why did this woman have a w [...]	D
Osbourne: I questioned him for two hours; he didn' [...]	D
Dunbar: You think you know everything? You haven't [...]	D
Hardy: Osbourne, you call me "sir" one more time I [...]	D
Vilmer: Guess I'm on the same transport as Pike. H [...]	D
Hardy: [looks at Kendall's record] Levi? Who names [...]	D
[repeated line] Pike: All we got to do is tell th [...]	D
Sgt. Nathan West: I just transferred to Arlington [...]	D
Sgt. Nathan West: As some of you may have heard, t [...]	D
Styles: [to Hardy] You never met a bribe you didn' [...]	D
Sgt. Nathan West: Now son, there are people in thi [...]	D
Sgt. Nathan West: So pretty. So dead.	D
Styles: This kid we have in interrogation requeste [...]	D
Hardy: [raining, questioning Styles about the case [...]	D
Mueller: I was freezing from the hurricane! Kenda [...]	D
[first lines] Osbourne: [narration] The French tr [...]	D
Sgt. Nathan West: I do not care that you are tripl [...]	D
[last lines] Hardy: So, what are you gonna do? O [...]	D
Sgt. Nathan West: Those of you I find lacking will [...]	D
Styles: Osbourne's the closest thing we have to an [...]	D
Styles: If you lose enough in life what you are is [...]	D
Hardy: And I wasn't looking at your ass. Osbourne [...]	D
Sgt. Nathan West: What is your weapon... your weap [...]	D

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