Clear and Present Danger

19941994
PG-13PG-13
2h 21min

Harrison Ford in Clear and Present Danger (1994)

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Action Crime Drama

CIA Analyst Jack Ryan is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel.CIA Analyst Jack Ryan is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel.CIA Analyst Jack Ryan is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel.

Director
- Phillip Noyce
Writers
- Tom Clancy(novel)
- Donald E. Stewart(screenplay)
- Steven Zaillian(screenplay)
Stars

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Clear and Present Danger (1994)

Clear and Present Danger (1994)

Director
- Phillip Noyce
Writers
- Tom Clancy(novel)
- Donald E. Stewart(screenplay)
- Steven Zaillian(screenplay)
All cast & crew

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Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 3 wins & 11 nominations total

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Jack Ryan is back and this time the bad guys are in his own government. When Admiral James Greer becomes sick with cancer, Ryan is appointed acting CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence. Almost before he can draw a breath in his new position, one of the president's closest friends and his family are murdered in their sleep by what appears to by drug cartels. Ryan is called in to investigate, but unknown to him the CIA has already sent a secret field operative to lead an illegal paramilitary force in Colombia against cartels. Things get even more complicated when his team is set up and he loses an agent in the field and a friend of his wife's, who was the murdered agent's secretary, is murdered that same day. Ryan must then risk not only his career, but his life to expose the truth behind the mystery. —SindyMac

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Taglines
- Truth needs a soldier.
Genres
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated PG-13 for some intense action/violence and language
Parents guide

Trivia
The drug lord mansion destroyed by the missile was a real brick-and-mortar residence in Mexico purchased by the filmmakers from a divorcée who had unpleasant memories of the place. The filmmakers bought the mansion and destroyed it. The divorcée kept the land and presumably built a new house after clearing out the rubble.

Goofs
In the scene where Jack has access to Ritter's computer, Jack is seen viewing and printing files. Then Ritter discovers Jack's diversionary phone call, so Ritter begins to delete the same files from the disk, and eventually clears the screen of the file Jack was accessing. Disk operating systems of all kinds do not allow an open file, the file jack was printing, to be deleted; thus, Jack should have been able to keep the file open as long as he wanted to and print or copy to another disk to use as evidence against Ritter. Furthermore, Ritter would have received an error message on his computer like, "CANNOT DELETE FILE - FILE IN USE", or some similar message, and not a "Deleting files *.*" message for the duration. The fact that the printer Jack was using ran out of paper is irrelevant.

Quotes
[Jack needs a helicopter]
Jack Ryan: I'm here to rent the Huey.
Helicopter owner: We don't rent it anymore, but it is for sale.
Jack Ryan: How much?
Helicopter owner: Two million dollars.
Jack Ryan: Uh, my pilot and I will have to take it for a test drive.
Helicopter owner: Of course, you just have to leave a deposit.
Jack Ryan: How much is that?
Helicopter owner: Two million dollars.
Jack Ryan: Umm...
[Shows a CIA business card]
Jack Ryan: Would you take a company check?

Connections
Edited into The Pandora Project (1998)

Soundtracks
Happy Birthday To You
by Mildred J. Hill and Patty S. Hill

Top review

9/10

Harrison Ford on form in an excellent movie

I have read some quite negative reviews of this film, with many being upset by the lack of coherence with the book despite taking it's characterisations etc...I agree that the film does not follow the book particularly well but it is a film, for film watchers, not a book or a film for book readers so stop criticising it on that level. This film is entertaining from start to finish with a surprisingly clever plot considering the genre and credit must go to Ford for starring and excelling in yet another blockbuster. People may say he's not the most versatile actor in the world and I'm not going to disagree, but he does what he does brilliantly and those who don't enjoy this movie really do need a good talking to. Along with Patriot Games, this is part of an impressive set of movies which are far more entertaining than the books (perhaps thats because I'm not an avid reader) and shall keep all you viewers out there happy, if only for a short while.

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Release date
- August 3, 1994 (United States)
Countries of origin
- United States
- Mexico
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Also known as
- Açık Tehlike
Filming locations
- Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
Production companies
- Mace Neufeld Productions
- Paramount Pictures
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Budget
- $62,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $122,187,717
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $20,348,017
- Aug 7, 1994
Gross worldwide
- $215,887,717

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Runtime
- 2h 21min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
- 2.35 : 1

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