Shadow Conspiracy (1997)

User Rating:

4.6/10   

Director:

George P. Cosmatos

Writers (WGA):

Adi Hasak (written by) &
Ric Gibbs (written by)

Release Date:

31 January 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Thriller

Tagline:

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of absolute power.

Plot:

Bobby Bishop (Sheen) is a special assistant to the President of the United States. Accidentally, he meets his friend professor Pochenko on the street...

Plot Keywords:

White House | Conspiracy | Assassin | Murder | Computer

Cast

Charlie Sheen	...	Bobby Bishop
Donald Sutherland	...	Jacob Conrad
Linda Hamilton	...	Amanda Givens
Stephen Lang	...	The Agent
Ben Gazzara	...	Vice President Saxon
Nicholas Turturro	...	Grasso
Stanley Anderson	...	Atty. Gen. Toyanbee
Theodore Bikel	...	Prof. Yuri Pochenko
Charles Cioffi	...	Gen. Blackburn
Paul Gleason	...	Blythe
Terry O'Quinn	...	Frank Ridell
Sam Waterston	...	The President
Gore Vidal	...	Congressman Page
Henry Strozier	...	Murphy
Dey Young	...	Janet

Also Known As:

The Shadow Program (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language.

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Netherlands:12 (TV rating) | Netherlands:16 (original rating) | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Germany:12 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Company:

Cinergi Pictures Entertainment

Trivia:

When the US Secret Service wouldn't allow the filmmakers to land their UH-1 Huey they were using on the South Lawn, they used stock footage of the President's helicopter, Marine One, landing instead.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the beginning of the movie when Bishop gets dressed to meet Congressman Page and later to conduct the news conference he is wearing a dark brown two-piece suit but when he show up at dinner with Conrad, Bishop is wearing a three-piece dark blue suit.

Quotes:

Bobby Bishop: He who gets the first sound bite wins.

Movie Connections:

References Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

Too easy

They make everything too easy in this film. It sort of reminded me of Indiana Jones where he hides on the outside of a submarine during an ocean crossing. Everybody knows everything that's going on, it's just real easy to get anyplace you want in the White House. I don't even know why I watched half of it. Because I like Charlie Sheen and Donald Sutherland. I expect the usual ability to dodge bullets from every angle, and be able to run faster than a motorcycle (usually it's faster than a car in a garage or a allyway). It was silly, mostly, and I didn't even know then had a ten-story elevator in the White House. Anyway, anything conspiratorial is always interesting.