Written by James M. Tate / 12/15/2018 / No comments / action , adventure , crime , drama , harrison ford , joe pantoliano , nineties , remake , tommy lee jones
HARRISON FORD & TOMMY LEE JONES BOTH STAR IN 'THE FUGITIVE'
Title: THE FUGITIVE Year: 1993 Rating: **** |
Tommy Lee Jones, practically a veteran actor who hadn't reached mainstream success, is downright fantastic: he deserved the A-list promotion but should not have won the award far more deserving of Ralph Fiennes, who turned in a more difficult and less natural performance as a Nazi in SCHINDLER'S LIST, and his was actually a Supporting Role, and not one of two equal co-leads: Which is what Ford and Jones are... In fact, the latter has even more scenes, overall input, and, obviously, dialogue...
Tommy Lee Jones |
Following the initial prison bus escape leading to perhaps the greatest train derailment scene in cinematic history, it might have been tough living up to this early a peak (of peaks) — after all, it takes more than machines to carry a 130-minute motion picture...
Jones in a rare moment of surrounding silence |
You can thank director (and OVER THE EDGE cinematographer) Andrew Davis for that: making THE FUGITIVE — after a rushed and melodramatic interrogation-to-courtroom prologue — the kind of action movie that flows like a glorious epic adventure, updating a simple story with precision, style and substance, and, whether influenced or not, Peter Jackson's LORD OF THE RINGS borrowed similar above-ground/sky-high, slow-pan establishing shots. Proving very big things can have comparatively small, humble beginnings.
Harrison Ford on the quick jog before shaving his Ewok beard and moving further along as THE FUGITIVE |
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