What movie is this? Missile plane

Screenwriter: David Veloz David Veloz

Zak Penn

Director: John Moore John Moore

Starring: owen wilson owen wilson

Gene Hackman Gina hackman

Grade: PG- 13

Type: Action/War

Question: 20th Century Fox Company

Release: 200 1 1 1 30 released in the United States.

Official website: www.behindenemylinesmovie.com

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■ plot

The capable and enterprising young captain Chris (owen wilson) sets out for the last mission before demobilization. He and his teammate and friend Mike were shot down while flying over Bosnia and took photos on the ground as usual. Just as Chris sent out the distress signal, Mike was killed by the Serbian secret military leader. Chris fled in a strange land, trying to get close to the rescue site. On the way, he came across a large cemetery of Mu people slaughtered by Serbs. He realized that he and Mike must have accidentally photographed the secret on the plane, which was the real reason why they were shot down and Mike was murdered.

General Regert (gene hackman), the commander of the US military, tries to save Chris by all means, but NATO commanders stop him for political reasons. As time went on, Chris's condition became more and more critical, and Rigit decided to put all his eggs in one basket.

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■ Behind the scenes

The film premiere was held in June 165438+ 10/7 at the North Island Naval Aviation Base. Owen wilson, the main character, attended the related activities in the Super Hornet carrier-based combat/attack aircraft. The inspiration for the screenplay "Going Behind Enemy Lines" comes from a real event: 1995, the plane piloted by US Air Force pilot Scott O'Grady was shot down in Bosnia, and Scott was successfully rescued.

Since the success of "Saving Private Ryan" (1998), movies with similar themes have emerged one after another. This winter alone, there are two movies, Going Behind Enemy Lines and Black Hawk Down. The latter tells the story of an American operation in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, from 65438 to 0993. In that operation, 18 American soldiers were killed, most of them died to protect the remains of their companions.

Both films were performed by real active US troops as extras, including the officers and men on the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson and the Black Hawk helicopter pilot (one of them crashed in Afghanistan and the pilot was rescued).

Different from showing off the heroism of the US military in the past, the producers and directors of these two films, while praising, also joined in thinking about the danger and uncertainty of resolving disputes by force, and realized that Americans sometimes have naive and biased attitudes towards world affairs. For example, in "Going Behind Enemy Lines", there is a plot: when General Regert asked for more soldiers to rescue Chris, a French NATO general worried that such an action would affect the delicate peace talks, so he blamed Regert: "You Americans care about American lives ... and never consider the possible consequences."

The release date of "Going Behind Enemy Lines" was originally scheduled for next spring. On the one hand, they are worried that American audiences don't want to watch war movies after the terrorist attacks. On the other hand, considering that the US military is fighting in Afghanistan, the film company is afraid that it is not appropriate to shoot war films at this time. However, the successful release of films such as the training day in early October of 65438 shows that American audiences still value a good plot and don't care whether it is comedy, tragedy or thriller. The news greatly encouraged Fox.

In addition, the high evaluation of the pre-screening also gave Fox a shot in the arm, and the company executives said that the audience feedback they received was the best in recent years. However, it was Sony that prompted Fox to finally make up his mind to launch "Going Behind Enemy Lines" in advance. Sony decided to release Black in Los Angeles and new york on February 28th, 65438 to build momentum for Black Hawk Down at the Oscars. Because the themes of the two films are similar, Fox is worried that the backward release will affect the box office revenue of Behind the Enemy, so it decided to release them first.

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■ Ambitious producer

John davis, the producer of Going Behind Enemy Lines, has made films such as Du Lide, Doctor Strange and Courage under Fire. He claimed that this time he would create a new style of war movies. "We should write articles about people's complex psychology in the face of war and discuss how this psychology affects soldiers who fight for their country."

Chris in the film is very contradictory. As an excellent pilot, he is eager to fight. But the political reality in Bosnia does not allow him to develop his talents. He felt lost, lost confidence in himself and was ready to give up. This attitude of Chris is beyond Regardt's comprehension, who regards the army as his life. He thinks Chris doesn't know the true meaning of "serving the country".

These contents are not in the original script. It was the screenwriter Zach Pan who turned a story of struggling for help into two main lines and added something about Bosnian politics.

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■ New and old cast.

Zach Pan also portrayed Chris as an ordinary person to distinguish him from the traditional Hollywood hero. He is not a flying hero, but an ordinary man in trouble-producer john davis called it a mature version of Top Gun. Knowing the director's intention, we can understand why they chose the second of Owen and Wilson. Owen seems to be better at comedies like Meet My Father-in-Law, but his natural performance style is very suitable for Chris' interpretation and won the appreciation of the producers. His improvisation skills and unique sense of humor also left a deep impression on the director. In order to get closer to people, Owen lived with the pilots, participated in survival training and learned to operate Bumblebee carrier-based combat/attack aircraft.

In contrast, gene hackman, a former navy signalman, was at home. The dignity, sincerity and solemnity he created for Regert were praised by the film's military advisers, who thought that he grasped Regert's psychological state of empathy for his subordinates' experiences and added human brilliance to this war film.

By the way, not long ago, gene hackman and owen wilson collaborated on a comedy "Mr. and Mrs. Trenbaum", directed by wes anderson, an old partner of the three Wilson brothers.

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■ A fledgling director

In order to create a new style of war movies, producer john davis vowed to find someone outside the circle as a director, hoping that new people who were not influenced by Hollywood stereotypes would bring new ideas. He finally chose john moore from Iceland, who has never directed a film.

John davis saw john moore's advertisement for SEGA at the MTV award ceremony of 1999. Advertising is like a concentrated thriller, adventure and chase film. The screen is full of helicopters, motorcycles and amazing stunts. Visual style and editing skills are very unique. Davis said: "From this 2-3 minute advertisement, we can see that Moore sees things differently from most filmmakers. He has his unique narrative method, which makes people feel fresh. The camera is like an extension of his arm. "

Moore is also a military enthusiast. He is familiar with the performance and function of various aircraft and weapons, and this knowledge has played a great role in the shooting process. Even military advisers affirmed his efforts: "Moore wants to embody the real barracks culture: the way of communication between soldiers, life at sea, weapons and so on." He did it. "