| The General's Daughter (1999)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
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| John Travolta |
Warrant Officer Paul Brenner, C.I.D./1st Sergeant Frank White
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| Madeleine Stowe |
Warrant Officer Sara Sunhill
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| James Cromwell |
Lieutenant General Joseph Campbell
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| Timothy Hutton |
Colonel William Kent
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| Leslie Stefanson |
Captain Elisabeth Campbell
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| Daniel von Bargen |
Chief Yardley
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| Clarence Williams III |
Colonel George Fowler
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| James Woods |
Colonel Robert Moore
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| Peter Weireter |
Belling
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| Mark Boone Junior |
Dalbert Elkins
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| Plot |
| When John Travolta first opens his mouth during the opening credits of The General's Daughter and speaks in a terrible Southern cracker drawl, one briefly hopes that the movie will turn out to be just as hilariously bad. Unfortunately, the accent is soon revealed to be part of a disguise, and the movie is just as quickly unveiled as a clumsy, run-of-the-mill potboiler. A female officer is discovered strangled and tied to the ground; she's the title character, and because of the general's political ambitions, the mystery of who did it and why has to be wrapped up in 36 hours by Travolta and fellow CID officer Madeleine Stowe (Last of the Mohicans, 12 Monkeys). Sexual violence and lurid S&M have been thrown in to shore up the incomprehensible plot, but that only adds to the queasy atmosphere. The supporting actors--an impressive collection including James Woods (Salvador), Timothy Hutton (Ordinary People), and James Cromwell (Babe, L.A. Confidential)--don't embarrass themselves, but even they can't make sense of their blustering, macho dialogue. It's amazing that screenwriter William Goldman (who wrote such great and genuinely thrilling films as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Marathon Man, All the President's Men, and Misery) left his name attached to this script; there's no sign of his usual skill and intelligence. Madeleine Stowe, a graceful presence in any film, is equally wasted. Directed with a lot of empty flash by Simon West (Con Air). --Bret Fetzer |
| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Drama; Thriller; Mystery |
| Director |
Simon West |
| Producer |
Mace Neufeld; Christopher Bertolini; Anson Downes; Linda Favila |
| Writer |
Nelson DeMille; Christopher Bertolini |
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| Studio |
Paramount Pictures |
| Country |
USA
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
R (Restricted) |
| Running Time |
117 mins |
| Movie Release Date |
6/18/1999 |
| Color |
Color |
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| Personal Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
622 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
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| Edition Details |
| Edition |
Special Edition |
| Region |
 Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
 1.85:1 |
| Layers |
Single Side, Single Layer |
| Barcode |
097363290377 |
| Release Date |
12/14/1999 |
| Subtitles |
English |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
 Dolby Digital 5.1 [English]
Dolby Digital Surround [English]
Dolby Digital Surround [French] |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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