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Stephanie Austin
Has been Producer or Executive Producer on over 10 feature films, including breakout hits such as Terminator 2: Judgment Day and True Lies. Producer, Executive Producer or Production Executive on nearly 30 television movies, mini-series and series. Prior to 1986 was Vice President, Production for Robert Papazian Productions. Received the Lillian Gish Award as Best Producer, 1988, by the prestigious Women in Film organization. Currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Women in Film Foundation.
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Behind Enemy Lines
Starring Owen Wilson, Gene Hackman, and Gabriel Macht. Directed by John Moore for Twentieth Century Fox and John Davis Productions. A Navy fighter jet navigator, Lt. Chris Burnett (Wlson) and his pilot, Lt. Stackhouse (Macht) are shot down in war-ravaged Bosnia while shooting incriminating footage of the mass graves of slaughtered Bosnian civilians. Burnett leaves the crash site to search for a radio signal, and watches helplessly from a distance as the badly injured Stackhouse is shot and killed by a secret police enforcer. The enforcer and opposing troops relentlessly pursue Burnett, who must evade and survive long enough to be rescued by Admiral Lelsie Reigart (Hackman), who must flaunt the military chain-of-command and fight international politics in order to bring his airman home safely. Filmed in Slovakia and aboard US aircraft carriers in international waters.
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The Long Kiss Goodnight
Starring Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson. Written by Shane Black and directed by Renny Harlin for New Line Cinema. Samantha Caine (Davis), a suburban homemaker, teacher, and mother to 8-year old Caitlin (Yvonne Zima), gets a bad bump on the head, causing her to have flashbacks of a previous life as a top secret agent. When her former colleagues realize her amnesia is fading, they fear she will reveal some very uncomfortable secrets and plot to kill her. Samantha enlists the help of a down-on-his-luck detective, Mitch Henessey (Jackson) and starts to regain her skills as a deadly assassin. Together they track and kill the rogue agents, rescue her daughter and thwart a deadly terrorist attack. Filmed in Ontario, Canada.
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Sahara
Starring Matthew McConaughey, Steve Zahn, and Penelope Cruz. Directed by Breck Eisner, based on the book by Clive Cussler. Master explorer Dirk Pitt (McConaughey) and his buddy Al Giordino (Zahn) are following the trail of a secret treasure rumored to have been on board a lost Civil War Ironclad battleship, which Pitt believes may have made it all the way to the coast of West Africa. They encounter Eva Rojas M.D., a beautiful World Health Organization doctor who is tracking the source of a deadly toxin. When Pitt explains his quixotic search, Dr. Rojas comes to believe that if the treasure exists, it may be part of a larger threat. As they search for a ship that no one else believes exists, and try to find the solution to these entwined mysteries, Pitt, Giordino and Rojas are forced to confront a ruthless African dictator and an evil industrialist in the brutal and unforgiving Sahara desert. Filmed in the United Kingdom, Spain and Morocco.
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Shanghai Knights
Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson star in this rollicking sequel to “Shanghai Noon”. Directed by David Dobkin for Touchstone Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment. When Chon Wang (Chan) discovers a Chinese rebel has murdered his estranged father, Wang and Roy O’Bannon (Wilson) track the suspect to 1880’s London. Wang’s sister, Chon Lin (Fann Wong) has the same idea and discovers a plot to murder the royal family, but few will believe her. Convinced there is a serious threat, and despite sibling rivalry and a ill-timed love affair, Wang, O’Bannon and Lin band together to unveil the conspiracy, avenge the death of Wang’s father, and prevent the assassination of the Queen and her family. Filmed in the Czech Republic and Calgary, Canada.
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Terminator 2
Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick and Eddie Furlong. Directed by James Cameron for Carolco Pictures. Ten years after Sarah Connor (Hamilton), survived an assault by a cyborg from the future, her son John (Furlong), the future leader of the resistance, is targeted by a new and deadlier model, the T1000 (Patrick). As before, the resistance has managed to send back a protector, who looks alarmingly like The Terminator (Schwarzenegger). But this time, he’s a good guy who helps John break Sarah out of the mental institution where she has been held. The Terminator fights the T1000 to the death, saves John ‘s life, bands together with John and Sarah and sacrifices himself to the cause of the resistance. Filmed in California, USA.
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True Lies
Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold and Bill Paxton. Directed by James Cameron for Twentieth Century Fox. A secret agent, Harry Tasker (Schwarzenegger), living a double life discovers his neglected wife, Helen (Curtis) is having an extra-marital affair with a cheesy car salesman, Simon (Paxton). Harry enlists his partner from Omega Sector, Al Gibson (Arnold) in an elaborate plot to spy on her. Using intelligence resources from the job he kept secret from her and their daughter Dana (Eliza Dushku), he discovers the car salesman has ironically wooed his wife by pretending to be a spy. Meanwhile, Harry has been tracking a terrorist group, which is headed to the Florida Keys to detonate a nuclear bomb. The entire family becomes ensnared and Harry resorts to commandeering military helicopters and a Harrier jet in order to save his wife and daughter. Filmed in numerous locations across the United States.
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