Fearless (1993)

Director:

Peter Weir

Writers (WGA):

Rafael Yglesias (novel)
Rafael Yglesias (screenplay)

Release Date:

15 October 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Some people are afraid of nothing.

Plot:

A man's personality is dramatically changed after surviving a major airline crash.

Plot Keywords:

Grief | Disaster | Guilt | Confession | Fear Of Flying

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Jeff Bridges	...	Max Klein
Isabella Rossellini	...	Laura Klein
Rosie Perez	...	Carla Rodrigo
Tom Hulce	...	Brillstein
John Turturro	...	Dr. Bill Perlman
Benicio Del Toro	...	Manny Rodrigo
Deirdre O'Connell	...	Nan Gordon
John de Lancie	...	Jeff Gordon (as John De Lancie)
Spencer Vrooman	...	Jonah Klein
Daniel Cerny	...	Byron Hummel
Eve Roberts	...	Gail Klein
Robin Pearson Rose	...	Sarah
Debra Monk	...	Alison
Cynthia Mace	...	Cindy Dickens
Randle Mell	...	Peter Hummel
Kathryn Rossetter	...	Jennifer Hummel
Craig Rovere	...	FBI Agent #1
Doug Ballard	...	FBI Agent #2
Molly Cleator	...	Faith - IHOP Waitress
Rance Howard	...	Bald Cabby
Schylar Gholson	...	Sam Gordon
Trevor Gholson	...	Benjamin Gordon
Anne Kerry Ford	...	Mother of Baby
Michael Mulholland	...	Red Cross Volunteer
Cliff Gober Jr.	...	Paramedic
Sally Murphy	...	Jackie O'Neil
Steven Culp	...	Emergency Doctor
John Towey	...	John Wilkenson
Stephanie Erb	...	Lisa
Cordis Heard	...	Flight Attendant
Paul Ghiringhelli	...	Reporter
Ryan Tomlinson	...	Jonah's Friend
Eric Menyuk	...	Sears Salesman
Don Amendolia	...	Male Survivor
Rondi Reed	...	Veronica Castane
Elsa Raven	...	Grey Haired Lady
William Newman	...	Elderly Man
Jeanine Jackson	...	Redhead
Don Boughton	...	Ted Matlin
David Carpenter	...	Chester Tucker
Rome Owens	...	Leonardo 'Bubble' Rodrigo
Kevin Brophy	...	TV Reporter
Joe Paulino	...	Reporter #2
Michael Ching	...	Doorman
Roger Hernandez	...	Priest
Antoinette Peragine	...	Laura's Sister
Ramoncita Hernández	...	Abuela (as Ramoncita Hernandez)
Isabel R. Martínez	...	Tia
I. Rodrigo Martinez	...	Tio
Mel Gabel	...	Reflecting Can Hobo
Jama Smith	...	Flight Attendant #2
Donna Keegan	...	Flight Attendant #3
Trisha Brittenham	...	Flight Attendant #4
Linda Lee	...	Flight Attendant #5
Daryl Hemmerich	...	Flight Attendant #6
Gerald L. Kersey	...	Pilot
Randy Danekas	...	Co-Pilot
Gene DeAngelis	...	Intercity Captain
Danielle Clegg	...	Young Survivor
Joan Murphy	...	Ice Cream Mom
Shannon Ratigan	...	Harassed Husband
Adelaide M. Wolf	...	Harassed Wife
Loyd Catlett	...	Texan
Rebecca Hardt	...	Ballet Student
Suzanne Q. Burdeau	...	Danielle's Mother
Maria J. Rockwell	...	Jackie's Sister (as Maria Bembenek)
Richard Blum	...	Passenger #1
Ashley Cemo	...	Passenger #2
Norman Fessler	...	Passenger #3
Lisbeth Rasmussen	...	Passenger #4
Ken Mofhitz	...	Passenger #5
James E. Flannigan	...	Passenger #6
Lavina Wilkerson	...	Passenger #7
Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc	...	Helicopter Pilot
Michael Tamburro	...	Helicopter Pilot (as Mike Tamburro)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rico E. Anderson	...	Pedestrian #1 (uncredited)
Brian Danker	...	S.F.P.D. officer (uncredited)
Ryal Haakenson	...	Mall's Customer (uncredited)
Marshal Hilton	...	Man in Car (uncredited)
Matthew Parrott	...	Angry Man (uncredited)
Ron Roggé	...	Reporter (uncredited)

Directed by
Peter Weir

Writing credits (WGA)
Rafael Yglesias		(novel)
Rafael Yglesias		(screenplay)

Produced by
William S. Beasley	....	co-producer (as William Beasley)
Alan B. Curtiss	....	associate producer
Robin Forman	....	co-producer
Christine A. Johnston	....	associate producer
Mark Rosenberg	....	producer
Paula Weinstein	....	producer

Original Music by
Maurice Jarre

Cinematography by
Allen Daviau		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
William M. Anderson		(as William Anderson)
Armen Minasian
Lee Smith

Casting by
Howard Feuer

Production Design by
John Stoddart

Art Direction by
Christopher Burian-Mohr		(as Chris Burian-Mohr)

Set Decoration by
John H. Anderson		(as John Anderson)

Costume Design by
Marilyn Matthews

Makeup Department
Edouard F. Henriques	....	makeup artist (as Ed Henriques)
Bette Iverson	....	hair stylist
Alicia M. Tripi	....	key hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management
William S. Beasley	....	production manager
Rosemary Dority	....	post-production supervisor: Australia

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
William S. Beasley	....	second unit director
Alan B. Curtiss	....	first assistant director
Robert Huberman	....	second second assistant director
John Rusk	....	first assistant director: second unit
John Rusk	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Frank Anderson	....	swing gang (as Frank J. Anderson)
Craig B. Ayers Sr.	....	greensman (as Craig Ayers)
Mark Boucher	....	swing gang
Nigel A. Boucher	....	lead man
Marco A. Campos	....	construction foreman (as Marco Campos)
Robert E. Denne	....	stand-by painter (as Robert Denne)
Roger G. Fortune	....	assistant art director (as Roger Fortune)
Michael R. Gannon	....	assistant property master (as Michael Gannon)
Miguel A. Garcia	....	swing gang (as Miguel Garcia)
Chris H. Kelly	....	construction foreman: San Francisco (as Chris Kelly)
Gary A. Krakoff	....	construction coordinator
Ric McElvin	....	lead: San Francisco
David J. Negron Jr.	....	illustrator (as David Negron Jr.)
Suzanne Lee Peck	....	art department coordinator (as Suzanne Peck)
William A. Petrotta	....	property master (as Bill Petrotta)
Christopher Windisch	....	construction foreman
Mychael Bates	....	assistant property master (uncredited)
Glenn Forbes	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Clyde Zimmerman	....	painter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Steve Burgess	....	foley recordist: Australia
Benita Carey	....	assistant dialogue editor: Australia
Jeanine Chiavlo	....	dialogue editor: Australia (as Jeanine Chialvo)
Phil Judd	....	sound re-recording mixer: Australia
Rick Lisle	....	assistant sound effects editor: Australia
Gerry Long	....	foley artist: Australia
Paula Lourie	....	assistant sound effects editor: Australia
Wayne Pashley	....	sound effects editor: Australia
Livia Ruzic	....	adr editor: Australia
Kenneth Schwarz	....	boom operator (as Kenny Schwarz)
Annabelle Sheehan	....	dialogue editor: Australia
Lee Smith	....	sound designer: Australia
Peter Townend	....	sound effects editor: Australia
Garry Van Scarboro	....	cable person
Libby Villa	....	assistant dialogue editor: Australia
Karin Whittington	....	dialogue editor: Australia
Charles M. Wilborn	....	sound mixer (as Charles Wilborn)

Special Effects by
Peter Albiez	....	special effects
Albert Delgado	....	special effects foreman (as Al Delgado)
Gary L. Karas	....	special effects
Kelly Kerby	....	special effects (as Kelly Kirby)
Robert L. Olmstead	....	special effects
Ken Pepiot	....	special effects coordinator
Gintar Repecka	....	special effects
Douglas Calli	....	special effects foreman (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Nick Davis	....	visual effects technical supervisor: Introvision
Abra Grupp	....	visual effects producer: Introvision
John P. Mesa	....	visual effects cameraman: Introvision (as John Mesa)
William Mesa	....	visual effects supervisor
Andrew Naud	....	visual effects producer: Introvision
Charles Wood	....	visual effects art department: Introvision
Chris Dawson	....	visual effects camera operator (uncredited)
David Fogg	....	visual effects assistant (uncredited)
Karl J. Martin	....	visual effects model maker (uncredited)

Stunts
Heather Burton	....	stunts
Gilbert B. Combs	....	stunts (as Gilbert Combs)
Joe Dunne	....	stunts
J.B. Getzwiller	....	stunts
Chris Howell	....	stunt coordinator
Jamie Jo Medearis	....	stunts
Joey Box	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Rocky Capella	....	stunts (uncredited)
Loyd Catlett	....	stunts (uncredited)
Ben Cooke	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Beau Holden	....	stunts precision driver (uncredited)
Terry Jackson	....	stunt double: Tom Hulce (uncredited)
Mark Le Mon	....	precision car driver (uncredited)
Kurt D. Lott	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Jeff Mosley	....	stunts (uncredited)
Randy Peters	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Kevin Arnold	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Paul C. Babin	....	camera operator
Tom Connole	....	director of photography: second unit (as Tom Cannole)
Elise Couvillion	....	second assistant camera
Michael Kenner	....	key grip
Stan McClain	....	aerial photographer (as R. Stanton McClain)
Larry McConkey	....	Steadicam operator
Merrick Morton	....	still photographer
Reggie Newkirk	....	first assistant camera
Russell Reilly	....	best boy grip
Jim Shelton	....	dolly grip (as James R. Shelton)
Michael J. Spehar	....	rigging gaffer (as Michael Spehar)
Larry Wallace	....	chief lighting technician
Sunny Johnson	....	grip (uncredited)
Louis Niemeyer	....	first assistant camera: second unit (uncredited)
Bill Pelkey	....	electrician: San Francisco (uncredited)
Jeffrey A. Sklar	....	camera loader (uncredited)

Casting Department
Nicole Arbusto	....	casting associate
Judith Bouley	....	extras casting: San Francisco/Bakerfield

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Rudolph Garcia	....	costumer (as Rudolph E. Garcia)
Mary C. Lane	....	costumer
Elaine Maser	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Nicholas Cole	....	assistant film editor: Australia
Bob Kaiser	....	color timer
John Lee	....	assistant film editor: Australia
Paula Lourie	....	assistant film editor: Australia
Simon Martin	....	assistant film editor: Australia
Tara McKinley	....	assistant film editor
Plummy Tucker	....	assistant film editor

Music Department
Daniel Allan Carlin	....	music editor (as Dan Carlin)
Dan Carlin Sr.	....	music editor (as Dan Carlin)
Hank Dutt	....	musician: viola, "Mai nozipo" (as Kronos Quartet)
David Harrington	....	musician: first violin, "Mai nozipo" (as Kronos Quartet)
Maurice Jarre	....	conductor
Joan Jeanrenaud	....	musician: cello, "Mai nozipo" (as Kronos Quartet)
Shawn Murphy	....	music mixer
Shawn Murphy	....	music recordist
John Sherba	....	musician: second violin, "Mai nozipo" (as Kronos Quartet)

Transportation Department
Randy Peters	....	transportation captain
Tom Rebber	....	transportation co-captain (as Thomas Rebber)
Candace Wells	....	transportation captain
Bryce Guy Williams	....	transportation coordinator (as Bryce Williams)
George Williams	....	transportation co-captain
Lee Willis	....	transportation co-captain
David Diaz	....	driver: Isabella Rossellini (uncredited)

Other crew
Kara Baker	....	assistant: Ms. Weinstein
David M. Bernstein	....	staff assistant (as David Bernstein)
Gordon Black	....	consultant: disaster/rescue
Bob Boyle	....	advisor
Bart Brown	....	assistant: Ms. Forman and Mr. Beasley
Loyd Catlett	....	assistant: Mr. Bridges
John P. Coale	....	legal advisor
Martha Corrigan	....	staff assistant
Robert C. Decker	....	location manager: Los Angeles (as Robert Decker)
Bernard Dethiers	....	staff assistant
Craig Dietrich	....	production associate
Rory Enke	....	location manager: San Francisco
Chandos Erwin	....	staff assistant (as John Chandos Erwin)
Matthew 'Flood' Ferguson	....	staff assistant (as Matthew Flood Ferguson)
Marshal Hilton	....	stand-in: male
David Lamb	....	assistant location manager
Lucille M. Michaels	....	first aid (as Lucille M. Michael)
Julie Pitkanen	....	script supervisor
Tom Power	....	staff assistant
Scott Robertson Price	....	staff assistant (as Scott Robertson)
Mayda Renizzi-Holt	....	assistant production accountant
Randolph R. Rhodes	....	staff assistant (as Randy Rhodes)
Ken Ryan	....	production accountant (as Kenneth J. Ryan)
Dennis Schardt	....	liaison: San Francisco police
Spooky Stevens	....	unit publicist
Wendy Stites	....	special design consultant
Ethan Stone	....	staff assistant
Mark Suveg	....	craft service (as Mark C. Suveg)
Samantha Vudgorovic	....	assistant: Ms. Weinstein
Lanny Waggoner	....	advisor
Rachel Watanabe-Batton	....	assistant: Mr. Weir
Richard Wicklund	....	teacher
Rebekah Williams	....	assistant location manager
Bill Daly	....	post-production accountant manager (uncredited)
Jeff Dash	....	payroll accountant (uncredited)
Curran G. Engel	....	set production assistant (uncredited)
Tom Lent	....	adr voice (uncredited)
Francesca Prada	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Susan Turner-Cray	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Lisa Wilhoit	....	additional voices (uncredited)
Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc	....	aerial coordinator (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Spring Creek Productions
• Warner Bros. Pictures

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures (1993) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Finland (1994) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Warner Home Video (1994) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (1994) (Finland) (VHS)
• Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (1997) (Finland) (TV) (1998) (2007)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (1999) (Finland) (TV) (2001) (TV2)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (VHS)
• Warner Bros. Pictures
• Warner Bros. (Argentina)
• Warner Bros. (Germany)
• Warner Bros. (Spain)

Special Effects

• Introvision International (special visual effects)

Other Companies

• California Film Commission  grateful acknowledgment
• Cinesite (Hollywood)  digital film services
• D. Bassett & Associates  negative cutting
• Elektra Records  soundtrack published by (as Elektra Nonesuch)
• Gala Catering  catering
• Galerie Lelong  courtesy of: works by Andy Goldsworthy
• Hansard  process compositing
• Nina Saxon Film Design  title design
• Nonesuch Records  soundtrack published by (as Elektra Nonesuch)
• Pacific Title  titles and opticals
• San Francisco Film Commission  grateful acknowledgment (as San Francisco Film & Video Arts Commission)
• Soundfirm  rerecording facilities
• Spectrum Films International  post-production facilities

Also Known As:

Joyride (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and airplane crash realism.

Runtime:

122 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:14 | Iceland:16 (video rating) | South Korea:18 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Belgium:KT | Chile:14 | Finland:K-14 | Germany:12 | Netherlands:12 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Arvin, California, USA

Company:

Spring Creek Productions

Trivia:

The plane crash of the movie was inspired by a real air crash event that took place in 1989. United Airlines flight 232, a DC-10, suffered a major hydraulic loss after an engine explosion. While attempting to land to Sioux City airport the plane failed came in too fast and in wrong angle, resulting a devastating crash onto the cornfields next to the runway.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: While driving after the crash, Max checks his map and points to Highway 99 between Bakersfield and Los Angeles. However, he is obviously out in the middle of the Mojave desert and nowhere near either city.

Quotes:

Dr. Bill Perlman: He and your wife are the only survivors I can't reach. She won't talk and he won't admit the crash was bad.
Manny Rodrigo: Is that right? He says it was good?
Dr. Bill Perlman: Says it was the best thing that ever happened to him.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Father Ted: Flight into Terror (#2.10)" (1996)

Soundtrack:

WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME

More intimate than sex is sharing the moment of death

Someone told me once that this film was supposed to be about post-traumatic stress syndrome. That's like saying that 2001 was about how to eat in space.

This is a movie about the most intimate moment a person can ever share with others: The moment of his death. The character Max (played by Bridges) is confronted with it, and his experience is ours.

This movie, for me, is best viewed alone, with no distractions whatsoever. One of the more powerful sublime moments in the film for me is when Max is merely sitting next to his rental car in the desert, making mud from his own spit. He sees it in a new way. And thus he sees the world. To a degree, so did I.