Two-Minute Warning (1976)

Note des utilisateurs:

5.8/10   

Réalisateur:

Larry Peerce

Writers:

Edward Hume (writer)
George La Fountaine Sr. (novel)

Release Date:

12 novembre 1976 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller

Accroche:

For some...too much time to wait. For the rest...too little time to run.

Plot:

A psychotic man, armed with a hunting rifle and acting alone, goes on a sniping spree and is hunted by the police and a SWAT team...

Plot Keywords:

Sniper | Football Game | SWAT Team | Police | Stadium

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar.

Avis des utilisateurs:

Flawed But Interesting

US TV Schedule:

Thur. July 9

9:15 AM

AMC

Ensemble

Charlton Heston	...	Capt. Peter Holly
John Cassavetes	...	Sgt. Chris Button
Martin Balsam	...	Sam McKeever
Beau Bridges	...	Mike Ramsay
Marilyn Hassett	...	Lucy
David Janssen	...	Steve
Jack Klugman	...	Stu Sandman
Gena Rowlands	...	Janet
Walter Pidgeon	...	The pickpocket
Brock Peters	...	Paul
David Groh	...	Al
Mitch Ryan	...	The priest (as Mitchell Ryan)
Joe Kapp	...	Charlie Tyler
Pamela Bellwood	...	Peggy Ramsay
Jon Korkes	...	Jeffrey
William Bryant	...	Lt. Calloway
Allan Miller	...	Mr. Green
Andy Sidaris	...	TV director
Ron Sheldon	...	Assistant TV director
Stanford Blum	...	Assistant TV director
Vincent Baggetta	...	Ted Shelley
Stewart Steinberg	...	Portman
Juli Bridges	...	Pickpocket's accomplice
Brooke Mills	...	Tyler's girlfriend
Brad Savage	...	Ramsay child
Reed Diamond	...	Ramsay child
Lina Raymond	...	Sandman's girlfriend
Ross Durfee	...	Network executive
Jenny Maybrook	...	Girl in TV truck
Gerry Okuneff	...	Los Angeles coach
Tom Fears	...	Baltimore coach
Buck Young	...	Baltimore Booster
Jess Nadelman	...	Baltimore Booster
Allan Eisenman	...	Baltimore Booster
Freddie Hice	...	Suspect in light tower (as Fred Hice)
Sandra Johnson	...	Sutton's wife
Richard Feldman	...	Sutton's child
Lisa Lyke	...	Sutton's child
Dick Winslow	...	Man with toupee
Jack Brodsky	...	Spectator
Arnold Carr	...	Spectator
Shelley Silverstein	...	Room clerk
J.A. Preston	...	Policeman
James R. Parkes	...	Policeman (as James Parkes)
Garry Walberg	...	Gov. Ogden
Kate Archer	...	Mrs. Ogden
Colin Hamilton	...	Gov. Diller
Gracia Lee	...	Mrs. Diller
Robert Ginty	...	Vendor
Richard Branda	...	Sergeant
Forrest Wood	...	Detective
Terry Hinz	...	Doctor
Boris Aplon	...	Maitre d'
Edward McNally	...	Newsman with governors
Ray Nadeau	...	Newsman in press box
John Ramsay	...	Stadium announcer
Tommy J. Huff	...	Cyclist victim (as Tom Huff)
Patty Elder	...	Cyclist
Christine Nelson	...	Woman at airport
Holly Irving	...	Woman at airport
Eugene Daniels	...	Federal agent
Henry Deas	...	President's driver
Sander Peerce	...	Manny
Glenn R. Wilder	...	Green's henchman (as Glen Wilder)
David S. Cass Sr.	...	Green's henchman (as David Cass)
Karl Lukas	...	Couple at SWAT call (man)
Hanna Hertelendy	...	Couple at SWAT call (woman)
John Stuart West	...	Ambulance attendant (as John West)
Sherri Zak	...	Lady with refreshments
Warren Miller	...	Carl Cook (The Sniper)
Tom Bower	...	Decker (SWAT Team)
Anthony A.D. Davis	...	Brooker (SWAT Team)
Asher Brauner	...	McCoy (SWAT Team)
Gino Ardito	...	Swanson (SWAT Team)
Carmen Argenziano	...	Jennings - S.W.A.T. Team
John Armond	...	Sutherland (SWAT Team)
Larry Manetti	...	Pratt (SWAT Team)
Tom Baker	...	Stakowski (SWAT Team)
Trent Dolan	...	Fuller (SWAT Team)
Michael Gregory	...	Angelo (SWAT Team)
Harry Northup	...	Lieber (SWAT Team)
Ari Sorko-Ram	...	Beck (SWAT Team) (as R.B. Sorko-Ram)
Charles A. Tamburro	...	Porter (SWAT Team) (as Chuck Tamburro)
'Wild' Bill Mock	...	Gilmore (SWAT Team)
Gary Combs	...	Downing (SWAT Team)
Howard Cosell	...	Himself
Frank Gifford	...	Himself
Dick Enberg	...	Himself
Merv Griffin	...	Himself (singing the National Anthem)
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Chuck Morrell	...	Security guard
Susan Backlinie	...	Pretty blonde woman in crowd (uncredited)
Harold 'Hal' Frizzell	...	Extra (uncredited)
Randee Lynne Jensen	...	Extra (uncredited)
Joanna Pettet	...	(TV version only) (uncredited)
Branscombe Richmond	...	Bystander with blood on his hands (uncredited)
USC Trojan Marching Band	...	Marching Band (uncredited)

Réalisé par
Larry Peerce

Scénaristes (in alphabetical order)
Edward Hume		writer
George La Fountaine Sr.		novel

Produit par
Edward S. Feldman	....	producer

Musique originale
Charles Fox

Image
Gerald Hirschfeld

Montage
Walter Hannemann
Eve Newman

Distribution des rôles
Lea Stalmaster

Direction artistique
Herman A. Blumenthal

Décorateur de plateau
John M. Dwyer

Création des costumes
Irwin Rose
Vicki Sánchez

Maquillage
Lon Bentley	....	makeup artist
Tony Lloyd	....	makeup artist
Connie Nichols	....	hair stylist

Directeur de production
Tom Joyner	....	unit production manager

Assistant réalisateur
David Sosna	....	second assistant director (as David O. Sosna)
L. Andrew Stone	....	second assistant director
Jerram A. Swartz	....	trainee assistant director
Ken Swor	....	first assistant director

Technicien du son
James R. Alexander	....	sound (as Jim Alexander)
Gordon Ecker	....	sound editor (as Gordon Ecker Jr.)
Roger Heman Jr.	....	sound
Robert L. Hoyt	....	sound
Earl Madery	....	sound
Roger Sword	....	sound editor
Marvin Walowitz	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)

Effets spéciaux
Albert Whitlock	....	special effects

Cascadeur
Jean Coulter	....	stunts
Glenn R. Wilder	....	stunt coordinator
Denny Arnold	....	stunts (uncredited)
May Boss	....	stunts (uncredited)
Steven Burnett	....	stunts (uncredited)
Mickey Caruso	....	stunts (uncredited)
David S. Cass Sr.	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bill Catching	....	stunts (uncredited)
Gary Combs	....	stunts (uncredited)
Patty Elder	....	stunts (uncredited)
James M. Halty	....	stunts (uncredited)
Freddie Hice	....	stunts (uncredited)
Leslie Hoffman	....	stunts (uncredited)
Tommy J. Huff	....	stunts (uncredited)
Debbie Kahana	....	stunts (uncredited)
Hubie Kerns Jr.	....	stunts (uncredited)
'Wild' Bill Mock	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bennie Moore	....	stunts (uncredited)
Kitty O'Neil	....	stunts (uncredited)
Sherry Peterson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Branscombe Richmond	....	stunts (uncredited)
Walter Robles	....	stunts (uncredited)
Thomas Rosales Jr.	....	stunts (uncredited)
Charles A. Tamburro	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jesse Wayne	....	stunts (uncredited)
Glenn R. Wilder	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Owen Marsh	....	camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Irwin Rose	....	wardrobe
Vicki Sánchez	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Steve Johnson	....	colorist

Divers
Arthur Brewer	....	special weapons effects
Tom Fears	....	football coordinator
Bob Forrest	....	script supervisor
Kenneth Milfred	....	production assistant
Phill Norman	....	title designer
Ron Sheldon	....	video sequence supervisor
Charles A. Tamburro	....	helicopter pilot

Production Companies

• Filmways Pictures
• Universal Pictures

Distributors

• Universal Pictures (1976) (USA) (theatrical)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1979) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Universal Studios Home Video (DVD)

Autre(s) titre(s):

Un tueur dans la foule (France) [fr]

Durée:

115 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Son:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Classification:

Finland:K-16 (cut) (1987) | Finland:K-18 (cut) (1977) | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (1977) | USA:R

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum - 3911 S. Figueroa Street, Exposition Park, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Filmways Pictures

Anecdotes:

Andy Sidaris, as "TV Director", is essentially playing himself. He was a frequent director of ABC Sports, including the Superbowl, and is referred to by other characters as "Andy".

Goofs:

Factual errors: While moving into their firing positions at the stadium, several SWAT members have their fingers on the triggers of their M16 rifles. This violates a basic rule of gun safety, which says that the finger must stay off the trigger until the sights are on the target. Until that time, the finger should be placed alongside the trigger guard.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)

Flawed But Interesting

The previous reviewer completely misses the point. The reason why the sniper in "Two Minute Warning" isn't given any lines or isn't shown to have humanity is because what this man is doing is a crazy, psychotic act with no rational purpose to it, and that is what makes him a more terrifying threat (I can't begin to imagine how watered down the threat would seem if I ever saw the alternate version that made him part of a rational plot) and makes the story suspenseful. Only those with a visceral hatred of Charlton Heston because of his off-camera politics would try to read anything else into that (it is amusing that Heston has to suffer this from so many liberal reviewers while Hollywood liberals like Paul Newman never have to worry about conservatives reading between the lines of every film they're in).

That said, "Two Minute Warning" ultimately is flawed because it does have a less than stellar script when it comes to the supporting characters, not very interesting performances from a largely TV cast (Jack Klugman, David Janssen) and also the sense of realism is hurt by the fact that the NFL didn't give permission to use the names of real football teams thus creating too much of a sense of artificialness with people just rooting for a generic "Baltimore" and "Los Angeles". "Black Sunday" works a lot better in that regard because it made sure to get permission from the NFL and do actual filming during the Super Bowl.