Navy SEALs (film)

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Navy SEALs
Directed by Lewis Teague
Produced by Brenda Feigen
Bernie Williams
Written by Chuck Pfarrer
Gary Goldman
Starring Charlie Sheen
Michael Biehn
Joanne Whalley-Kilmer
Rick Rossovich
Cyril O'Reilly
Music by Gowan (song "The Dragon")
Lisa Hartman (song "Tempt Me If You Want To")
Sylvester Levay
Cinematography John A. Alonzo
Norman Kent
Distributed by Orion Pictures
Release date(s) July 20, 1990
Running time 113 min.
Country US
Language English and Arabic
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Navy SEALs is a 1990 film, directed by Lewis Teague. The writers were Chuck Pfarrer and Gary Goldman. Produced by Brenda Feigen and Bernard Williams with consultant William Bradley.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

While rescuing an American air crew kidnapped by terrorists, Lieutenant Curran (Biehn) and his team of Navy SEALs discover evidence that the terrorists have come into possession of Stinger anti-aircraft missiles. They then proceed to track down the location of the missiles with the help of reporter Claire Varrens (Whalley). The final scenes, in Beirut, Lebanon, revolve around an ultimately successful mission to destroy the weapons before they can be used against any possible targets.

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[edit] Connection with The Terminator franchise

  • This film features four actors/actress that were in the first two Terminator films. Michael Biehn, Bill Paxton and Rick Rossovich all starred in The Terminator released in 1984. S. Epatha Merkerson starred in Terminator 2: Judgment Day released in 1991. Orion Pictures, which distributed Navy SEALs, also distributed the first Terminator film as well.

[edit] References in Pop Culture

In the film Clerks, Randall says, referring to customers in the video store, "They never rent quality flicks. They always pick the most intellectually devoid movie on the racks." In the next shot, a customer is seen holding a film exclaiming, "Ooh! Navy SEALs!"

In the machinima series Splinter Cell Co-Op theater,in the first episode, Bob keeps asking Steve if he "Want(s) to play Navy SEALs." and making comments like "C'mon, I'll be Charlie Sheen."

[edit] Details

  • DVD Release Date : 21 July 1998
  • Company : Image Entertainment
  • Movie Genre : Feature Film-action/Adventure
  • Music by Sylvester Levay
    • This DVD is out-of-print, and the film has been reissued by MGM which owns the Orion Pictures library.

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