Medicine Man (1992)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

John McTiernan

Writers (WGA):

Tom Schulman (story)
Tom Schulman (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

7 February 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Romance

Tagline:

On the trail of an amazing discovery he finds an explosive adventure!

Plot:

An eccentric scientist working for a large drug company is working on a research project in the Amazon jungle...

Plot Keywords:

Cancer | Gas Chromatograph | Jungle | Rain Forest | Monkey

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Sean Connery	...	Dr. Robert Campbell
Lorraine Bracco	...	Dr. Rae Crane
José Wilker	...	Dr. Miguel Ornega
Rodolfo De Alexandre	...	Tanaki
Francisco Tsiren Tsere Rereme	...	Jahausa
Elias Monteiro Da Silva	...	Palala
Edinei Maria Serrio Dos Santos	...	Kalana
Bec-Kana-Re Dos Santos Kaiapo	...	Imana
Angelo Barra Moreira	...	Medicine Man
José Lavat	...	Government Man

Directed by
John McTiernan

Writing credits (WGA)
Tom Schulman		(story)
Tom Schulman		(screenplay) and
Sally Robinson		(screenplay)

Produced by
Sean Connery	....	executive producer
Donna Dubrow	....	producer
Beau Marks	....	line producer
Andrew G. Vajna	....	producer

Original Music by
Jerry Goldsmith

Cinematography by
Donald McAlpine		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Mary Jo Markey
Michael R. Miller

Casting by
Bonnie Timmermann

Production Design by
John Krenz Reinhart Jr.

Art Direction by
Jesus Buenrostro
Don Diers

Set Decoration by
Enrique Estévez		(as Enrique Estevez)

Costume Design by
Marilyn Vance		(as Marilyn Vance-Straker)

Makeup Department
Raúl Sarmiento	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Roberto Bakker	....	production manager
Joel Marx	....	production supervisor
Anna Roth	....	unit production manager
Tamara Smith	....	post-production supervisor
Jerry Sobul	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Guillermo 'Memo' Carreno	....	second assistant director
Caique Martins Ferreira	....	first assistant director: second unit
David Kelley	....	second assistant director
Thomas J. Mack	....	first assistant director
Sebastián Silva	....	first assistant director
Fred M. Waugh	....	second unit director

Art Department
René Marquéz	....	props
Tommy 'Tom' Tomlinson	....	property master
Ben Zeller	....	construction coordinator
Carl Zeller	....	general foreman

Sound Department
George H. Anderson	....	supervising sound editor
Douglas B. Arnold	....	sound mixer
Chris David	....	sound re-recording mixer
Christopher Flick	....	sound editor
Tommy Goodwin	....	foley mixer
Tim Song Jones	....	sound transferer
Maciek Malish	....	adr editor
Cindy Marty	....	dialogue editor
Thomas P. McNamara	....	assistant sound editor
Sergio Reyes	....	sound re-recording mixer
Norman B. Schwartz	....	post sync dialogue
Roy Seeger	....	first assistant sound editor
Tami Treadwell	....	foley recordist
Hugo Weng	....	dialogue editor

Special Effects by
Dean Lockwood	....	special effects assistant
J.J. Makaro	....	special effects assistant
Michael Weis	....	special effects assistant

Visual Effects by
Joel Hynek	....	special visual effects consultant

Stunts
Gustavo Campos	....	stunts
Jorge Luis Corzo	....	stunts
Júlio Martínez	....	stunts
John Saint Ryan	....	stunts (as John Ryan)
Gil Torres	....	stunts
Rafael Valdez	....	stunt coordinator
Jennifer Watson-Johnston	....	stunts
Fred M. Waugh	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Robert Agganis	....	assistant camera
Phil Bray	....	still photographer
Brett Laumann	....	electrical best boy
Steve Mathis	....	gaffer
Paul Sibley	....	rigger
Paulo Souza	....	gaffer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Hans Georg Struhar	....	dresser: actors

Editorial Department
Dale E. Grahn	....	color timer
Ann-Giselle Spiegler	....	assistant post-production coordinator
John W. Stuart	....	operator: editDROID (as John Stuart)
Ed Stabile	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Jerry Goldsmith	....	conductor
Kenneth Hall	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Arturo Curiel	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Flavio Chaves	....	location manager: second unit
Mary Lou Devlin	....	production coordinator
Emily Gamboa	....	production coordinator
Humberto Gurza	....	animal wrangler
Miguel Gurza	....	animal handler
Yvette Gurza	....	animal wrangler
Nicole Kolin	....	assistant location manager
Pat Loveall	....	unit projectionist
Ann-Giselle Spiegler	....	production assistant
Maria Fatima Toledo	....	choreographer
Andrew G. Vajna	....	presenter
Harry Kopoian	....	airport liaison: Mexico (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Cinergi Pictures Entertainment
• Hollywood Pictures

Distributors

• Buena Vista Pictures (1992) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films (1992) (France) (theatrical)
• Elliniki Kinimatografiki Enosi (ELKE) (1992) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Scotia International Filmverleih (1992) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Toho-Towa (1992) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Araba Films (Spain)
• Home Box Office (HBO)
• Home Video Hellas (HVH) (1993) (Greece) (VHS)
• Pony Canyon (1992) (Japan) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack

Also Known As:

The Last Days of Eden

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Korea:12 | Australia:PG | Finland:S | Germany:12 | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | UK:PG (cut) | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Catemaco, Veracruz, Mexico

Company:

Cinergi Pictures Entertainment

Trivia:

Sean Connery's salary for this film was $10 million.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Dr. Campbell is saying the things that Tommy Fallon won't notice about Dr. Crane, he says it is her left ear that hangs low, when it is actually her right ear that "hangs low."

Quotes:

Dr. Rae Crane: You must have thought you were really on to something.
Dr. Robert Campbell: I don't think, I know.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Animaniacs: Video Review/When Mice Ruled the Earth (#1.47)" (????)

Soundtrack:

That Old Black Magic

Medicine Man comments

In this day and age of too much reality, this movie shows reality on a grand scale. Toned down with a romantic story. Connery and Bracco are a matched team working in harness, plus the fact of the disappearing rain forests, allows this movie to work for me. I have seen it 9 times in the past 13 years and each time it is a pleasure to watch. Goldsmith's score is the icing on the cake. This is a believable plot. But then I was raised up on movies since 1935 and I wish there were more movies like this.

The scene in the trees is like a ballet. There is a real story here and I personally like the whole mix.