Fortress - Die Festung (1992)
In den Vereinigten Staaten der Zukunft ist es verboten mehr als ein Baby zu bekommen. John und Karen Brennick versuchen aus diesem Grund über die Grenze nach Mexiko zu flüchten, denn: Karen ist mit ihrem zweiten Kind schwanger. Sie werden entdeckt und inhaftiert. Das Gefängnis ist eine, unter der Erde errichtete, hochmoderne Verwahrungsanstalt, in der die Gefangenen mit Lasern, Kameras, Gedankenscannern und anderen Methoden kontrolliert werden. Die Kinder, die in Gefangenschaft geboren werden, werden dem High-Tech-Unternehmen MenTel für die Erschaffung von Cyborgs zur Verfügung gestellt. John und Karen wollen diesem Schicksal entgehen und planen eine gewagte Flucht. Doch der sadistische Gefängnisdirektor Poe hat sein Auge auf die attraktive Karen geworfen, was die Flucht zusätzlich erschweren könnte.
Der Regisseur:
Stuart Gordon
Die Autor:
Troy Neighbors, David Venable, Steven Feinberg, Terry Curtis Fox.
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Christopher Lambert as John Henry Brennick |
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Kurtwood Smith as Prison Director Poe |
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Loryn Locklin as Karen B. Brennick |
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Clifton Collins Jr. as Niño Gomez |
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Jeffrey Combs as D-Day |
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Lincoln Kilpatrick as Abraham |
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Tom Towles as Stiggs |
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Vernon Wells as Maddox |
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Carolyn Purdy-Gordon as Zed-10 |
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Alan Zitner as Claustrophobic Prisoner |
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Deni Gordon as Karen's Cellmate |
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Eric Briant Wells as Border Guard |
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Dragicia Debert as Bio Scanner Guard |
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Harry Nurmi as Guard #1 |
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Peter Lamb as Guard #2 |
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Troy Hunter as Guard #3 |
| Writing | Troy Neighbors | Screenplay |
| Directing | Stuart Gordon | Director |
| Editing | Tim Wellburn | Editor |
| Production | John Davis | Producer |
| Sound | Frédéric Talgorn | Music |
| Production | Terence Ryan | Executive Producer |
| Production | Greg Coote | Executive Producer |
| Camera | David Eggby | Director of Photography |
| Production | Graham Burke | Executive Producer |
| Writing | David Venable | Screenplay |
| Writing | Steven Feinberg | Screenplay |
| Production | John Flock | Producer |
| Writing | Terry Curtis Fox | Screenplay |
| Crew | Phil Meacham | Stunts |
| Camera | Adrien Seffrin | Second Assistant "A" Camera |
| Crew | Bernadette Van Gyen | Stunts |
| Crew | Sam Elia | Stunts |
| Crew | Lou Horváth | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Marijke Rikki van Gyen | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Richard Boué | Stunts |
| Crew | Johnny Hallyday | Stunts |
| Crew | Mitch Deans | Stunts |
| Crew | Chris Anderson | Stunts |
| Camera | Derry Field | First Assistant "A" Camera |
| Crew | Ric Anderson | Stunts |
| Crew | Collin Dragsbaek | Stunts |
| Crew | Bob Hicks | Stunts |
| Crew | Don Vaughn | Stunts |
| Crew | Josef Schwaiger | Stunts |
| Production | Allison Cowitt | Casting |
| Production | Mike Fenton | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christine Miller | Hairstylist |
| Crew | David Duffin | Scenic Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Karla O'Keefe | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Rosslyn Abernethy | Art Department Coordinator |
| Sound | Lance Brown | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Virginia S. Ellsworth | Music Editor |
| Visual Effects | Paul Gentry | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Art | Andrew Gardiner | Construction Foreman |
| Costume & Make-Up | Peter Bevan | Costume Supervisor |
| Art | Diann Wajon | Art Direction |
| Visual Effects | Nancy Rushlow | Visual Effects Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Phil Eagles | Costume Supervisor |
| Directing | Sophie Fabbri-Jackson | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Paul Menichini | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Alan Howarth | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Camera | Phil Cross | Steadicam Operator |
| Art | Simon Murton | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Terry Ryan | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Karla O'Keefe | Hairstylist |
| Crew | Michael Chorney | Scenic Artist |
| Sound | Alicia Stevenson | Foley |
| Sound | Matthew Iadarola | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Camera | David Eggby | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Debra Stehlik | Hairstylist |
| Sound | James Beshears | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Crew | Derek Wyness | Scenic Artist |
| Editing | Karen Kory | First Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Jeanine Chiavlo | First Assistant Editor |
| Crew | Glenn Boswell | Stunt Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Margaret Archman | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Jason King | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Gary Gegan | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | David Copping | Production Design |
| Writing | Troy Neighbors | Story |
| Writing | Steven Feinberg | Story |
| Sound | Lewis Goldstein | Dialogue Editor |