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A skydiving instructor tries to clear himself of responsibility for the death of a woman whose parachute failed to open. However, he later learns she is a Russian spy who faked her own demise, and now needs his help to foil an international criminal conspiracy out to steal a fortune in bullion. Action thriller, starring Charlie Sheen, Nastassja Kinski and James Gandolfini
1994
Adventure
Espionage
Movie/Drama
Police/Crime Drama
Thriller
Cast & Crew
Charlie Sheen
(Actor)
.. Ditch Brodie
Nastassja Kinski
(Actor)
.. Chris Morrow
James Gandolfini
(Actor)
.. Ben Pinkwater
Christopher McDonald
(Actor)
.. Kerr
Gary Bullock
(Actor)
.. Lex
Hans Howes
(Actor)
.. Sam
Melvin Van Peebles
(Actor)
.. Noble
Suli McCullough
(Actor)
.. Robocam
Deran Sarafian
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Charlie Sheen
(Actor)
.. Ditch Brodie
Born:
September 03, 1965
in
New York
Best Known For:
His meltdown following his axing from Two and a Half Men.
Early-life:
Born Carlos Irwin Estévez on September 3, 1965, in New York. He almost died due to birth complications - his middle name is that of the doctor who saved him. He's one of Martin Sheen and his artist wife Janet Templeton's four children - all of whom have become actors. As a child, Charlie fought constantly with his older sibling Emilio, and was a gifted student until he began skipping school to play baseball.
Career:
Sheen's screen debut came in 1974's The Execution of Private Slovik. Despite dreaming of a baseball career, he began acting professionally in the mid-1980s. He appeared in Red Dawn, Lucas and Ferris Bueller's Day Off before Platoon made him a star in 1986. He followed it up with Wall Street, Young Guns, Eight Men Out, Major League and two Hot Shots! movies. Sheen's career suffered as a result of his drug abuse during the 1990s, but he returned to form with appearances in Being John Malkovich, Spin City, Two and a Half Men and Anger Management.
Quote:
'If I've learned anything at all, it's that I know nothing about women. They remain a mystery.'
Trivia:
Sheen promotes a line of electronic cigarettes known as NicoSheen.
Nastassja Kinski
(Actor)
.. Chris Morrow
James Gandolfini
(Actor)
.. Ben Pinkwater
Born:
September 18, 1961
in
New Jersey
Best Known For:
Playing Tony Soprano.
Early-life:
James Joseph Gandolfini Jr was born in Westwood, New Jersey, on September 18, 1961. His family are of Italian descent - his parents spoke their native language at home and his grandparents couldn't speak English. He attended Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, before moving to New York, where he managed nightclubs and worked as a landscape gardener. He first became hooked on acting when a friend invited him to attend a drama class, and went on to study for two years at the Gately Poole Conservatory.
Career:
Gandolfini's early film outings included roles in True Romance (1993), Get Shorty (1995) and She's So Lovely (1997), but his breakthrough came on the small screen in 1999 when he began playing gangster boss Tony in HBO's acclaimed TV series The Sopranos. He won three Emmys, two Screen Actors Guild awards, and a Golden Globe for the role. High-profile movie offers followed and he went on to star in The Mexican (2001), The Man Who Wasn't There (2001), The Last Castle (2001), In the Loop (2009), The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), Enough Said (2013) and The Drop (2014). He died on June 19, 2013, during a holiday in Italy.
Quote:
'I'm a neurotic mess. I'm really basically just like a 260-pound Woody Allen.'
Trivia:
In December 2013, a borough in New Jersey renamed its main thoroughfare James Gandolfini Way.
Christopher McDonald
(Actor)
.. Kerr
Gary Bullock
(Actor)
.. Lex
Hans Howes
(Actor)
.. Sam
Melvin Van Peebles
(Actor)
.. Noble
Suli McCullough
(Actor)
.. Robocam
Deran Sarafian
(Director)
