Unlawful Entry (1992)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production:
Running Times: 117 mins
Format: colour     35mm
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: Dolby SR

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Twentieth Century Fox / JVC Entertainment / Largo Entertainment
Producer: Charles Gordon
Line Producer: Gene Levy
Associate Producer: Sulla Hamer
Unit Production Manager: Vince Heileson
Production Coordinator: Valerie Mickaelian Kucera

SCRIPT
Story: George D. Putnam, John Katchmer, Lewis Colick
Script: Lewis Colick

DIRECTION
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
1st Assistant Director: D. Scott Easton
2nd Assistant Director: Mark Cotone
2nd 2nd Assistant Director: Laura Nisbet

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Jamie Anderson
Camera Operator: Todd Henry
1st Assistant Camera: Michael S. Endler
2nd Assistant Camera: Keith Banks
Gaffer: Gary Tandrow
Rigging Gaffer: Steve Hastings
Electrician: Christopher J. Lama
Best Boy Electric: James M. Cox
Key Grip: Ben Haller
Dolly Grip: Danny Jimenez
Best Boy Grip: Michael Winterburn
Stills: Ron Batzdorff
Camera Equipment: Otto Nemenz International Inc
Colour: DeLuxe
Cameras: Arriflex

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Curtiss Clayton

MUSIC
Music: James Horner
Songs: Eddie Palmieri (Pa La Ocha Tambo); Ron Mael, Russell Mael (National Crime Awareness Week (Alfred Hitchcock Presents Mix)); Nigel Swanson, Tim Cox (Everybody's Free To Feel Good); J.J. Cale (Don't Go To Strangers); Eddie Palmieri (Just A Little Dream)
Songs Performed By: Eddie Palmieri (Pa La Ocha Tambo); Sparks (National Crime Awareness Week (Alfred Hitchcock Presents Mix)); Rozalla (Everybody's Free To Feel Good); J.J. Cale (Don't Go To Strangers); Eddie Palmieri (Just A Little Dream)
Scoring Mixer: Shawn Murphy
Music Editor: Alex Gibson

SOUND
Sound Designer: Sandy Berman
Sound Mixer: Glenn E. Anderson
Boom Operator: Todd Overton
Re-Recording Mixer: Kevin O'Connell
Supervising Sound Editor: Sandy Berman
Sound Editor: Marvin Walowitz
Assistant Sound Editors: Meredith Gold, Ron Meredith
ADR Mixer: Tommy Goodwin
Assistant ADR Editor: Roy Seeger
Foley Editor: Phillip Linson

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Kim Felix, Dennis Liddiard, Hallie D'Amore, Kathryn Miles Kelly
Hair: Carolyn Elias
Costume Designer: April Ferry
Costume Supervisor: Paul Lopez

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Coordinator: Chuck Dolan
Special Effects: John B. Hagey

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Lawrence G. Paull
Art Director: Bruce Crone
Set Designer: Dawn Snyder
Set Decorator: Rick Simpson
Property Master: Michael Milgrom
Construction Coordinator: Michael Diersing
Construction Foreman: Scott E. Handt
Art Department Coordinator: Ashley Burnham

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Julie Pitkanen
Production Accountant: January Garner
Assistant Accountant: Kristina Soderquist
Visual Consultant: Alan Hoffman
Transportation Coordinator: Dan Marrow
Aerial Coordinator / Gyrosphere / Helicopter Pilot: Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc
Firearms Advisor: Michael Grasso
Technical Advisor: Craig Mizutari

LOCATIONS
Locations: Los Angeles, California, USA
Location Manager: Ira S. Rosenstein

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Bob Minor
Stunts: Eddie Braun, Kathryn Brock, John Casino, Phil Chong, Roydon Clark, Eugene Collier, Jay De Plano, Nick Dimitri, Greg Wayne Elam, Gary Epper, George Fisher, Larry Holt, Joy Hooper, Terry Jackson, Julius LeFlore, Denver Mattson, Dwayne McGee, Rita Minor, John Moio, Conrad E. Palmisano, Wally Rose, William Upton, Victoria Vanderkloot, Jack Verbois, Dick Warlock, George P. Wilbur
Stunt Double For Kurt Russell: John Casino

CASTING
Casting: Jackie Burch
Extras Casting: Jimmy Jue

CAST
Kurt Russell (Michael Carr)
Ray Liotta (Officer Pete Davis)
Madeleine Stowe (Karen Carr)
Roger E. Mosley (Officer Roy Cole)
Ken Lerner (Roger Graham)
Deborah Offner (Penny)
Carmen Argenziano (Jerome Lurie)
Andy Romano (Captain Russell Hayes)
Johnny Ray McGhee (Ernie Pike)
Dino Anello (Leon)
Sonny Carl Davis (neighbour Jack)
Harry Northup (McMurtry)
Sherrie Rose (girl in jeep)
Alicia Ramirez (taco stand worker)
Ruby Salazar (Rosa)
Spider Madison (goatee)
Myim Rose (Layla)
T.J. McInturff (Layla's kid)
Tony Longo (Big Anglo)
Oscar Abadia (radio announcer)
Lynn Eastman (Candace Lurie)
David Taylor Moran, Leslie James (party guests)
Chris Coombs (Valet)
Matthew Levy, Dorian Daneau, Marisa Durboraw, Royce L. Minor (kids in classroom)
Judy Hoy (waitress)
Dick Miller (impound clerk)
Bob Minor (Detective Murray)
Curt Boulware (tall detective)
Craig Mizutari (narcotics detective)
Paul Bollen, Ed DeFusco (plainclothes cops)
Djimon, Jeffrey Beale (prisoners on bench)
Richard Narita (Detective Nobu)
Eduardo Migre (transfer guard)
Peter DuPont (deputy)
Nora Heflin (woman lawyer)
Charles David Richards (bailiff)
Chuck Bennett (Judge Darabont)
Robert M. Steinberg (Deputy DA)
Victor Brandt (Attorney Sam Gershon)
Michael Milgrom (prisoner)
Jim Selzer, Bill E. Rogers (prison guards)
Bobby Costanzo (bail bondsman)
Skip O. Carwell (prisoner on phone)
Catherine Paolone (operator)
Ed Beechner (motorcycle cop)

Stand-Ins: Billy Wallace, Calvin Vaughn, Rob Garrett, Sonja Roberts

PLOT SUMMARY

A young couple are given extra help by one of the cops that investigates a break-in at the their home. But his behaviour becomes increasingly erratic and disturbing as his obsession wit the couple grows.

AVAILABILITY

Germany
Laserdisc Distributors: CBS Fox (1977-05)
DVD Distributors: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Spain
Theatrical Distributors: Manuel Salvador

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Laserdisc Distributors: Fox Video (1977-85)
DVD Distributors: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2001441)

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Australia
Rating: M

Finland
Rating: K-16

Germany
Rating: 16

Norway
Rating: 15

Spain
Rating: 18

Sweden
Rating: 15

USA
Rating: R

UK
Rating: 18

AWARDS

1993
MTV Movie Awards, USA
Best Villain (Ray Liotta) - nominated

TIMELINE

1992
June
26: USA – theatrical release

September
23: France – theatrical release

October
8: Germany – theatrical release
9: Sweden – theatrical release
30: Spain – theatrical release

November
5: Australia – theatrical release
6: Finland – theatrical release

1993
January
15: Hungary – theatrical release

2000
February
17: Germany - DVD release (Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment)

2001
May
22: USA - DVD release (Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2001441))

POSTER TAGS

Desire, passion, lust... It's a deadly game of obsession.

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Abuso di potere - Italian title
Falsa seducción - Spanish title
Fatale Begierde – Austrian / German title
Förbjudet begär - Swedish title
Kielletty intohimo - Finnish title
Obsessão Selvagem - Portugese title
Obsession fatale - French Canadian / French title

LINKS

REMAKE
Fareb (1996)

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Première October 1992 p.23 (France)
review (by Monique Neubourg)

Studio October 1992 p.17 (France)
review (by Laurent Tirard)

KEYWORDS

police, psychopaths

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009