The Fugitive — A Szökevény, Warner Bros. (DVD)

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Product Details

• UPC: 5997696370195
• Product Type: DVD Video
• Director: Andrew Davis
• Starring: Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones
• Release Year: 1993
• Genre: Action, Thriller
• Publisher / Distributor: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
• Country of Producing: Germany

Product Features

• Format: DVD Video, single disc
• Runtime: approx. 130 minutes
• Audio: English, German, French (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: Multiple European languages
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 widescreen
• Region: PAL Region 2
• Rating: 12 (Germany: FSK 12)
• Disc pressed: Germany

Overview

Dr. Richard Kimble (Harrison Ford) is convicted of murdering his wife. He didn't do it. After a dramatic train crash, he escapes — and immediately finds himself hunted by the relentless U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard (Tommy Lee Jones). The Fugitive is that rare action thriller where the cat-and-mouse tension is so well-constructed that you're rooting for both men simultaneously: Kimble to prove his innocence, Gerard to catch his man. Andrew Davis, working with a screenplay that never stops moving, produced one of the tightest studio thrillers of the decade.

The film made Tommy Lee Jones an Academy Award winner — his supporting performance as Gerard is a masterclass in controlled aggression that doesn't miss a beat. This German-pressed Warner Bros. PAL edition is the standard European release, with the English-language audio intact alongside German and French tracks. German FSK rating indicates a legitimate German pressing.

Interesting Facts

• Tommy Lee Jones won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Marshal Samuel Gerard — his acceptance speech, brief and characteristically laconic, became somewhat famous.
• The film is based on the 1960s American television series The Fugitive, starring David Janssen. Andrew Davis updated the premise without diluting its essentials.
• Harrison Ford was in the middle of his most commercially dominant period when this was made; the film grossed over $368 million worldwide.
• The train/bus crash sequence — practical stunts, not CGI — remains one of the most convincingly executed action set pieces of the era.
• Director Andrew Davis went on to direct Under Siege and A Perfect Murder; The Fugitive is widely considered the peak of his output.
• The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture, with Tommy Lee Jones' win as the sole recipient.

Publishers

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. European PAL edition, pressed in Germany. © 1993 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

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