Hard Target (1993)
Hard Target (1993)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Chance Boudreaux
Lance Henriksen
Emil Fouchon
Yancy Butler
Natasha 'Nat' Binder
Sven-Ole Thorsen
Stephan
Chuck Pfarrer
Douglas Binder
Wilford Brimley
Uncle Douvee
Robert Apisa
Mr. Lopacki
Ted Raimi
Man on the Street
Arnold Vosloo
Pik van Cleaf
Douglas Forsythe Rye
Frick
Kasi Lemmons
Det. Marie Mitchell
Mike Leinert
Frack
Eliott Keener
Randal Poe
Lenore Banks
Marie
Willie C. Carpenter
Elijah Roper
John Woo
Director
Sean Daniel
Producer
James Jacks
Producer
Graeme Revell
Composer
Barbara Tasker
Waitress
Randy Cheramie
Shop Steward
Tim Simonec
Composer
Russell Carpenter
Cinematographer
Robert Pavlovich
Detective
Marco St. John
Dr. Morton
Bob Murawski
Editor
Joe Warfield
Ismal Zenan
Valerie McCaffrey
CastingDirector
Nancy Nayor
CastingDirector
Jeanette Kontomitras
Madam
Phil Dagort
ProductionDesigner
Tom Lupo
Jerome
Jules Sylvester
Peterson
David Efron
Billy Bob
Codie Scott
Reporter
Klmberly Roper
Prostitute (uncredited)
Pete Antico
Thug in Bar (uncredited)
Stephen R. Alfred
Police Officer on Strike (uncredited)
Philip Messina
Art Direction
Karyn Wagner
Costume Design
Dick Bernstein
Music Editor
Sam Raimi
Executive Producer
Heather Burton
Stunt Double
Dale L. Martin
Special Effects Coordinator
Gilbert B. Combs
Stunts
Ellen Heuer
Foley / Foley Artist
Jophery C. Brown
Stunts
Robert Tapert
Executive Producer
Michele Poulik
Set Designer
Ron Bartlett
Sound Editor
Monroe Kelly
Assistant Art Director
Zoltan Elek
Makeup Artist
Robert Easton
Dialogue Coach
Daryl Kass
Unit Production Manager
Michael St. Hilaire
Camera Operator
Alan Holly
ADR Mixer
Doug Lefler
Storyboard Artist
Eugene Van Varenberg
Associate Producer
Jennifer Birchfield-Eick
Assistant Production Coordinator
Ric Roman Waugh
Stunts
Doreen A. Dixon
Post Production Supervisor
Roy A. Grace
Driver
George Simpson
Supervising Sound Editor
Gary Jones
Special Effects
John Dunn
Supervising Sound Editor
David A. Whittaker
Dialogue Editor
Vojislav Mikulic
Gaffer
Michael McDuffee
Transportation Coordinator
Glynn Rubin
Stunts
Kelly Curley
Art Department Coordinator
Alice Baker
Assistant Set Decoration
Kenny Delbert
Sound Mixer
Michelle Schluter-Ford
Production Coordinator
Melissa Moseley
Still Photographer
Peter Krause
Camera Operator
Philip Lee
Camera Operator
John Gallagher
Second Assistant Director
Michael C. Casper
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Marisa Aboitiz
Costume Supervisor
Donald Flick
Sound Editor
Kevin Bartnof
Foley / Foley Artist
Steven Melton
Property Master / Armorer
Tommy J. Huff
Stunts
Joe Quinlivan
Special Effects
Randy Nolen
Steadicam Operator
Faith Conroy
Script Supervisor
Dena Matranga
Wardrobe Assistant
Lloyd Moriarity
Key Grip
Frank M. Holgate
Helicopter Camera / Aerial Director of Photography
Donna Spahn
Hairstylist
Batou Chandler
Set Production Assistant
Curt Schulkey
Dialogue Editor / Supervising ADR Editor
Gerrit V. Folsom
Location Manager
Geoffrey G. Rubay
Sound Editor
Elliott Koretz
Sound Editor
William H. Burton Jr.
Stunt Coordinator
James Bolt
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Glenn E. Moran
Electrician
John Pospisil
Supervising Sound Effects Editor / Special Sound Effects
Cliff Latimer
ADR Editor
Paul Hart
Assistant Editor
Anne Hieronymus
Key Makeup Artist
Dave Kelsey
Scenic Artist
Billy Bragg
Second Unit Director of Photography
Steven Scaffidi
Camera Operator
Randy Walsh
Camera Operator
Jeff Mart
Steadicam Operator
Adam Santelli
Electrician
Henry Kingi Jr.
Stunts
Bill Ballou
Construction Coordinator
Michael Jonascu
Assistant Editor
Mary Ruth Smith
Foley Editor
Michael Gfelner
First Assistant Camera
Oscar Mitt
Sound Assistant
Blumes Tracy
Special Effects
Dane Farwell
Stunts
Kirk Bloomberg
Second Assistant Camera
Lou Kleinman
Sound Editor
Patricia Serafina Madiedo
Production Supervisor
Michael Faba
Boom Operator
Elston Howard
Set Production Assistant
Andrew Rawson
Electrician
Nancy Blewer
Second Second Assistant Director
William Pine
Color Timer
Todd Dos Reis
First Assistant Camera
Cougar Easley
Electrician
Doug Chartier
Dolly Grip
Don Orlando
Accountant
Marc Margulies
First Assistant Camera
Josephine Nericcio
Sound Assistant
Chris Milani
Electrician
Skip Godwin
Boom Operator
Linda Corbin
Foley Mixer
Mike 'Chewie' Pappas
Electrician
John Schluter
Security Coordinator
Leo Leoncio Solis
Special Effects
Chris McGuire
Electrician
Gus Medina
Assistant Editor
Sandy Brundage
Negative Cutter
Eugene B. Kerry
Best Boy Grip
Dean R. Brown
Special Effects
David Chute
Unit Publicist
Dennis Maguire
First Assistant Director
Carlo Papica
Best Boy Electrician
Christian Martinez
Electrician
Jordy Valenti
Electrician
Al Rizzo
Sound Mixer
John P. Scott
Boom Operator
Dale Jones
Special Effects
Randolph W. Andell
Assistant Property Master
Renee Dodson
Costumer
Christine Weckx
Dresser
Jerry Henry
Transportation Captain
Al Sens
Driver
Herbert Colar
Driver
Greg Collins
Driver
Rodney Theard
Driver
Nick Rippon
Construction Foreman
Philbert Olivier
Painter
Michelle Kelsey
Painter
Vincent J. Burns
Set Production Assistant
Christi Alexander
Set Production Assistant
Sal Maggiore
Set Production Assistant
Ashley Nolan
Set Production Assistant
Jody Cleveland
Assistant Editor
Kevin Henry
Negative Cutter
Lionel C. Johnson
Driver
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 27, 1993
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 37m
Content RatingR
Budget$18,000,000
Box Office$74,189,677
Genres
Wiki.
Hard Target is a 1993 action film directed by Hong Kong film director John Woo in his U.S. debut. The film stars Jean-Claude Van Damme as Chance Boudreaux, an out-of-work homeless Cajun merchant seaman and former United States Force Recon Marine who saves a young woman named Natasha Binder (Yancy Butler) from a gang of thugs in New Orleans. Chance learns that Binder is searching for her missing father (Chuck Pfarrer), and agrees to aid Binder in her search. They soon learn that Binder's father has died at the hands of hunt organisers Emil Fouchon (Lance Henriksen) and Pik van Cleef (Arnold Vosloo), a ruthless businessman and his right-hand mercenary, who arrange the hunting of homeless men as a form of recreational sport. The screenplay was written by Pfarrer and is based on the 1932 film adaptation of Richard Connell's 1924 short story "The Most Dangerous Game".
Hard Target was Woo's first U.S. film and was also the first major Hollywood film made by a Chinese director. Universal Pictures was nervous about having Woo direct a feature and sent in director Sam Raimi to look over the film's production and to take Woo's place as director if he were to fail. Woo went through several scripts finding mostly martial arts films with which he was not interested. After deciding on Pfarrer's script for Hard Target, Woo wanted to have actor Kurt Russell in the lead role, but found Russell too busy with other projects. Woo then went with Universal's initial choice of having Van Damme star. Woo got along with Van Damme during filming and raised the amount of action in the film as he knew that the actor was up for it.
After 65 days of filming in New Orleans, Woo had trouble with the Motion Picture Association of America to secure the R rating that Universal wanted. Woo made dozens of cuts to the film until the MPAA allowed it an R rating. On its initial release, Hard Target received mixed reviews from film critics but was a financial success. The film later gained a strong cult following especially for the action scenes establishing Hard Target as a cult classic. Some critics noting it as one of Woo’s best American films.A follow-up, Hard Target 2, was released 23 years later on September 6, 2016.