Mercury Rising (1998)

Réalisateur:

Harold Becker

Scénaristes (WGA):

Ryne Douglas Pearson (novel)
Lawrence Konner (screenplay) ...

Date de sortie:

3 avril 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drame | Thriller

Accroche:

Someone knows too much.

Intrigue:

Bruce Willis is an outcast FBI agent who is assigned to protect a 9 year old autistic boy who is the...

Plot Keywords:

Code | FBI | Puzzle | Assassin | NSA

Récompenses:

2 wins

Avis des utilisateurs:

Probably for true Willis fans only

Ensemble

Bruce Willis	...	Art Jeffries
Alec Baldwin	...	Nicholas Kudrow
Miko Hughes	...	Simon Lynch
Chi McBride	...	Tommy B. Jordan
Kim Dickens	...	Stacey
Robert Stanton	...	Dean Crandell
Bodhi Elfman	...	Leo Pedranski (as Bodhi Pine Elfman)
Carrie Preston	...	Emily Lang
Lindsey Ginter	...	Burrell (as L.L. Ginter)
Peter Stormare	...	Shayes
Kevin Conway	...	Lomax
John Carroll Lynch	...	Martin Lynch
Kelley Hazen	...	Jenny Lynch
John Doman	...	Supervisor Hartley
Richard Riehle	...	Edgar Halstrom

Autre(s) titre(s):

Mercury Falling (USA) (working title)
Simon (USA) (working title)
Simon Says (USA) (working title)
Simple Simon (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language.

Durée:

111 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur (Eastmancolor)

Rapport de forme:

2,35 : 1

Son:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS-Stereo

Classification:

Iceland:16 | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) | Denmark:15 | Canada:AA (Ontario) | South Korea:15 (original rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Belgium:KT | Chile:14 | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Germany:16 (w) | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R | South Korea:18 (DVD rating) | Ireland:15 | Italy:T | Spain:13 | Canada:13+ (Quebec)

Lieux de tournage:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Société:

Imagine Entertainment

Anecdotes:

Actor Miko Hughes spent time with many autistic children at a special school. He also worked with a Chicago child psychologist to understand how to portray an autistic child.

Goofs:

Continuité: Waste bin in Leo's flat is under the desk when Leo throws the carbon paper away. Yet when Emily finds bin, it is part way out from underneath desk.

Guillemet:

[first lines]
FBI Supervisor Hartley: Let's go down.

Connexions De Film:

figure dans Watch the Mercury Rising (1999) (V)

Bande son:

Woody Waltz

Probably for true Willis fans only

It was just a matter of time before Bruce hit a slump. 1998 was a bad year. The Fifth Element was good, but The Siege, Armageddon and Mercury Rising were stretching it for the star. Not that they are a complete waste, but they are for fans only.

I work with children who have autism, so I naturally like the fact that they are featured and hope that it helps people understand the disease a little more. So, it was a good story for me, and Willis' acting with the boy probably got him the role in The Sixth Sense.

Alec Baldwin plays the government official you love to hate as he is effective in displaying why we distrust the government so much. Hope that comment doesn't get me sent to Guantanamo.

Maybe not entirely realistic, but good job by Willis and a good thriller.