Written by James M. Tate / 12/15/2018 / No comments / action , adventure , crime , drama , harrison ford , joe pantoliano , nineties , remake , tommy lee jones
HARRISON FORD & TOMMY LEE JONES STAR IN 'THE FUGITIVE'
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Harrison Ford lays low in THE FUGITIVE Year: 1993 |
Tommy Lee Jones, practically a veteran actor who hadn't reached mainstream success, is downright fantastic: he deserved the A-list promotion but should not have won the award far more deserving of Ralph Fiennes, who turned in a more difficult and less natural performance as a loathsome Nazi's Nazi in SCHINDLER'S LIST, and his was actually a Supporting Role, and not one of two equal co-leads: Which is what Ford and Jones are... In fact, the latter has even more scenes, overall input, and, obviously, dialogue...
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The Fugitive Rates: ***1/2 |
Following the initial prison bus escape leading to perhaps the greatest train derailment scene in cinematic history, it might have been tough living up to this early a peak (of peaks) — after all, it takes more than machines to carry a 130-minute motion picture...
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Jones in a rare moment of surrounding silence |
You can thank director (and OVER THE EDGE cinematographer) Andrew Davis for that: making THE FUGITIVE — after a rushed and melodramatic interrogation-to-courtroom prologue — the kind of action movie that flows like a glorious epic adventure, updating a simple story with precision, style and substance, and, whether influenced or not, Peter Jackson's LORD OF THE RINGS borrowed similar above-ground/sky-high, slow-pan establishing shots. Proving very big things can have comparatively small, humble beginnings.
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Harrison Ford on the quick jog before shaving his Ewok beard and moving further along as THE FUGITIVE |
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