Terminal Velocity (film)
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| Terminal Velocity | |
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| Directed by | Deran Sarafian |
| Produced by | David Twohy Ted Field Robert W. Cort |
| Written by | David Twohy |
| Starring | Charlie Sheen Nastassja Kinski James Gandolfini Christopher McDonald |
| Distributed by | Hollywood Pictures |
| Release date(s) | September 23, 1994 |
| Running time | 102 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $50,000,000 US (est.) |
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Terminal Velocity is a 1994 action movie starring Charlie Sheen as a daredevil skydiver who becomes mixed up with Russian spies. It was written by David Twohy and directed by Deran Sarafian. Originally, Sheen's role was written for Tom Cruise, although William Baldwin was also considered. The script itself sold for US $500,000.
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[edit] Synopsis
A Boeing 747 lands in the middle of a desert. A young Russian woman suffers waterboarding by getting dunked in the aquarium of her apartment until she drowns dreadfully. Skydiving instructor Richard 'Ditch' Brodie (Charlie Sheen) takes on a new client, Chris Morrow (Nastassja Kinski), who on her first jump doesn't open her parachute and apparently dies.
Brodie discovers that Morrow faked her death and that she is really a Russian spy trying to recover a shipment of gold. Brodie uses all of his skydiving skills to outwit the villains and to stay alive.
[edit] Cast
- Charlie Sheen- Richard "Ditch" Brodie
- Nastassja Kinski- Chris Morrow
- James Gandolfini- Ben Pinkwater
- Christopher McDonald- Kerr
- Melvin Van Peebles- Noble
[edit] Effects
The final stunt - with Sheen at the wheel of a sports car falling to earth - was a mixture of bluescreen and camera work, as a real car was suspended beneath a helicopter and then a reverse zoom made it seem as if it were in free-fall.
[edit] Trivia
Rapper Ditch (ditch420) has been rumored to have gotten his moniker from this movie and Charlie Sheen's character.
