Basic (2003)

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R | 1 hr 35 mins | Thriller, Crime | Released: 3/28/2003 |Box Office Total: $26.5M

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Tom Hardy, an ex-Army Ranger turned DEA agent, is drawn into an ever-widening mystery surrounding the disappearance of the feared and often hated Sgt. Nathan West, as well as several of his elite Special Forces trainees on what appears, at first, to have been a routine training exercise during a hurricane in the jungles of Panama. Only two survivors are found, Dunbar, and a badly wounded Kendall, the son of a high-profile Joint Chiefs of Staff official. Neither is willing to cooperate with Capt. Julia Osborne’s investigation. So base commander Col. Bill Styles calls in ex-Ranger Hardy, an old friend and a persuasive interrogator. Osborne disapproves of Hardy who is on leave from the D.E.A. after having come under suspicion of accepting bribes from local drug traffickers. She is also uneasy when she learns that Hardy once trained under West and hates him almost as passionately as his current recruits. With time running out, Hardy and Osborne call a temporary, if uneasy, truce. Hardy cajoles a confession out of Dunbar, who claims that Sgt. West and the missing Rangers have been murdered and their bodies blown away by the hurricane. When they later interview Kendall, he confirms that the other Rangers and West are dead. But, in almost every other way, his story contradicts Dunbar’s. What happened to West and his Ranger team? And what were they really doing out there in the jungle? As each layer reveals more lies and greater deceptions, Hardy and Osborne inch towards the horrible truth about the fate of the missing Rangers.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
3/28/2003

Studio	Credit
Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group	Studio
Intermedia Films (Munich)	Studio
Director	Credit
John McTiernan	Director
Cast	Credit
John Travolta	Agent Tom Hardy
Samuel L. Jackson	Sergeant Nathan West
Connie Nielsen	Lieutenant Julia Osborne
Brian van Holt	Raymond Dunbar
Giovanni Ribisi	Levi Kendall
Cristian De La Fuente	Castro
Taye Diggs	Pike
Roselyn Sanchez	Nunez
Harry Connick Jr	Pete Vilmer
Dash Mihok	Mueller
Tim Daly	Colonel Bill Styles
Georgia Hausserman	Pilot
Margaret Travolta	Nurse #1
Dena Johnston	Nurse #2
Nick Loren	Helicopter Pilot
Cliff Fleming	Helicopter Pilot
Steve Maye	CID Officer
Jonathan Rau	G.I. on the Tarmac
Tait Rupert	Jeep Driver
Timothy S Wester	Doctor
Chris Byrne	MP
Curtis Ricks	MP
Charles L Fails	MP
Production Credits	Credit
Nigel Sinclair	Executive Producer
Andrew Given	Co-Producer
Mike Medavoy	Producer
Bradley Fischer	Co-Executive Producer
Linda Favila	Associate Producer
Louis Phillips	Co-Producer
Michael Tadross	Producer
Moritz Borman	Executive Producer
Anson Downes	Associate Producer
James Vanderbilt	Producer
Basil Iwanyk	Executive Producer
Lee Nelson	Co-Producer
Dror Soref	Co-Producer
Arnold Messer	Producer
Jonathan D Krane	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Phoenix Entertainment Productions	Production Company
Orbit Entertainment Group	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Intermedia Films (Munich)	Worldwide Distribution Rights
Icon Film Distribution (IFD)	Theatrical Distributor
Sony Pictures Repertory	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Colombia TriStar Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Locations
Florida, USA
Costa Rica
Panama
Writer	Credit
James Vanderbilt	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Patricia Vengoechea	Assistant Accountant
Dixie D Walker	Production Accountant
Katrina Leigh	Accountant
Rebecca White	Assistant Accountant
Art Department	Credit
Julia Starr Sanford	Set Designer
Herman S McEachin	Scenic Artist - Scenic Charge
Paul D Kelly	Assistant Art Director
Guy Ramsden	Sculptor - Sculptor Department Head
Dennis Bradford	Production Designer
Bruce Bisbey	Art Department Coordinator
Norman Dulaney	Set Dresser - Lead Set Dresser
Gary Kosko	Art Director
Vera Mills	Set Decorator
Rex Christensen	Set Dresser
Debbie Palmer	Assistant Art Director
Darcy M Jones	Sculptor - Sculptor Foreman
Casting	Credit
Terry Vanderweir	Extras Casting
Pat McCorkle	Casting
Barbara Harris	Voice Casting - Loop Group
Brenda Egedy	Extras Casting
Craft Services	Credit
Bob Smith	Craft Service
Peter Evangelatos	Craft Service
Film Camera	Credit
Steve Mason	Director of Photography
Nils Johnson	Video - Video Assist
Gene Page	Photography - Still Photographer
Bob Raring	Color Timer
Scott Rathner	Assistant Camera - First Assistant Camera
Jim McConkey	Camera Operator
Michelle Mader	Video - Video Assist
Tony Nagy	Assistant Camera - First Assistant Camera
Eric Amundsen	Assistant Camera - Second Assistant Camera
Nick Shuster	Assistant Camera - Second Assistant Camera
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Intermedia Films (Munich)	Film Financier
Intermedia Films (Munich)	Foreign Distribution Sales
Management	Credit
Aaron Green	Manager - Manager Sound Services
Ray Scalice	Manager - General Manager
Music	Credit
Rob Williams	Music Engineer - Synthesizer Programmer
Adam Fischer	Music Conductor
Joel Sill	Music Producer - Executive Music Producer
John Travolta	Song Performer
Stephen Krause	Score Mixing
Moby	Song
Klaus Badelt	Music
Ramin Djawadi	Music Arranger
Marylou Eales	Music Coordinator
Christopher S Brooks	Music Editor
The Hungarian State Orchestra	Music Performer
Ramin Djawadi	Music - Additional Music
Moby	Song Performer
Play	Music Producer
Peter Beckett	Music Arranger
Jill Meyers	Music Coordinator - Music Clearance
Vera Hall	Song
Ian Honeywell	Music Engineer - Technical Score Assistant
Alan Lomax	Song
Maurice Ravel	Music
Peter Beckett	Music Producer
Bruno Coon	Song Performer
Bruno Coon	Song
The Africowboys	Song Performer
Peter Beckett	Song Performer
Physical Effects	Credit
Kevin Ball	Stunts
Gary Charles Davis	Stunt Coordinator
Henry Amos	Stunts
Dan Barringer	Stunts
Nick Brandon	Stunts
Chris Byrne	Stunts
Wally Crowder	Stunts
Kiante Elam	Stunts
Jason Gray	Stunts
Thirl Haston	Stunts
Mike Justus	Stunts
Robert Lennon	Stunts
Douglas Neithercut	Stunts
Jordan Perry	Stunts
Steven T Ritzi	Stunts
Dennis Scott	Stunts
Doug Snively	Stunts
Todd Rogers Terry	Stunts
Dirk Vahle	Stunts
Cheryl M Wheeler	Stunts
Production Management	Credit
Julian Wall	Assistant Director - First Assistant Director
Sandy Watterson	Production Supervisor
Mitch Harbeson	Location Manager
Terry Ladin	Production Coordinator
Justin Moritt	Unit Production Manager
Ilene Pickus	Script Supervisor
Terra Abroms	Post-Production Supervisor
Julian Valdes	Production Manager
Karen Bosma	Assistant Production Coordinator
Douglas Plasse	Assistant Director - Second Assistant Director
Tom Fallon	Location Manager
Mauri Freed	Production Manager
Allison Clark	Production Coordinator
Michael Tadross Jr	Assistant Director
Publicity	Credit
N Patricia Story	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Joe Dorn	ADR Editor - Supervising ADR Editor
Dan O'Connell	Foley Artist
Thomas J O'Connell	ADR Mixer
John T Reitz	Rerecording Mixer
Rick Canelli	ADR - ADR Recordist
Andrew DeCristofaro	Supervising Sound Editor
Patrick Cusack	Sound Editor
Michael Payne	Sound Effects - Sound Effects Supervisor
Tom Nelson	Sound Mixer
Daniel Rosenblum	Boom Operator
Ann Scibelli	Sound Design
James Ashwell	Foley Mixer
Ken Fisher	Sound Effects Editor
Mark Johnston	Sound Recordist
Gregg Rudloff	Rerecording Mixer
Becky Sullivan	ADR Editor - Supervising ADR Editor
Eric Thompson	ADR Mixer
Chris Navarro	ADR - ADR Recordist
John Cucci	Foley Artist
Rick Camara	Sound Recordist
Harry Cohen	Sound Effects Editor
David E Campbell	Rerecording Mixer
Denise Horta	ADR Editor
Kim Secrist	Sound Effects Editor
Nicholas Korda	ADR Editor
Michael C Casper	Rerecording Mixer - Additional Rerecording Mixer
Stephen P Robinson	Sound Effects Editor
Tim Walston	Sound Effects Editor
Daniel Leahy	Rerecording Mixer - Additional Rerecording Mixer
Eileen Horta	ADR Editor
Marc Deschaine	ADR Editor
David Esparza	Sound Effects Editor
Mike Chock	Sound Effects Editor
Visual Effects	Credit
Robert Vazquez	Special Effects Foreman
Raymond McIntyre Jr	Visual Effects Supervisor
Clay Dale	Animator - CG Animator
Conrad V Brink Jr	Special Effects Coordinator
David B Moulder	Visual Effects - Visaul Effects Coordinator
Bonnie L. Kanner	Visual Effects Producer - Visual Effects Executive Producer
John G Kirby	3-D Artist
Patrick Flanagan	Digital Effects Artist - Digital Compositor
Nate Haggard	Digital Effects Artist - Digital Compositor
George Macri	Visual Effects Producer
Robert R Rossello	Visual Effects Supervisor
Heather Heuberger	Visual Effects - Visual Effects Post Assistant
Jeremy Bloch	3-D Artist
Jonah Loop	Visual Effects Producer
James D Hattin	Digital Effects Artist - Digital Compositor
Marc Kolbe	Visual Effects Supervisor
Craig A Mumma	Visual Effects Supervisor
Gururaj M K	Visual Effects Producer
Devin Uzan	Digital Effects Artist - Digital Compositor
Tarn Fox	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Suzy Freeman	Assistant Costume Designer
Gary Gennerich	Wardrobe - Men's Wardrobe
Peggy Nicholson	Hair Stylist
Stephanie Polo	Set Costumer
Jimmy Cullen	Costumer
Michelle Buhler	Makeup
Lisa Miller	Makeup Artist
Kate Harrington	Costume Designer
Yolanda Toussien	Hair Stylist
Allan Apone	Makeup
Linda Gennerich	Wardrobe - Woman's Wardrobe
Askia Won-Ling Jacob	Costumer - Dresser
Emae Villalobos	Costumer
Robert L Stevenson	Hair Stylist

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