ERASER
Genre:
Action, Motion Picture
Cast:
Vanessa Williams as Lee Cullen,
Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Caan
Produced by:
Arnold Kopelson
Directed by:
Charles Russell
Timeline:
March 22, 1996, The last scene was shot
June 11, 1996, World premiere in Hollywood
A week later, premiere in New York City
June 21, 1996, nationwide release in the US
August 2, 1996, special opening at the Olymipics in Atlanta
August 15, 1996, nationwide release in Germany
Vanessaīs appearance:
This is Vanessa first BIG movie, I canīt even tell
ya how BIG it is, itīs a must-see for every Vanessa fan. Go to
the video rental or somewhere else and watch this movie, I have
seen this one I think about 40 times and it is still one of my
favorites.
Whatīs special about this one:
First this movie did cost about 90 million dollars to make, Arnold got his normal 20 million dollars and even Vanessa earned in her first BIG Hollywood movie 1 million dollars.
Second the production underwent several problems, in my opinion the biggest one was the scipt writting. It was so often rewitten by so many people that the result is just a great popcorn action flick. They could have made out of this one a really special movie but they did not. But we Vanessa fans still can be happy with this one.
And the last problem was the previous name of the weapon company in the movie,"Cyrex", that sounds not only for my ears a little bit like "Cyrix" the chip manufacturer. The result was that they changed it to "Cyrez" with use of digital post production (by the way there are 2 scenes where you can still see the old name), something that made the movie even more expensive.
Worldwide gross - $235 million
Awards:
Academy Awards Nomination: Best Sound Effects Editing
Blockbuster Award Nomination: Best Music Video in a Motion
Picture (Where do we go from here)
Vanessaīs Music:
Vanessa recorded 3 new songs for this movie, they were released as a cdsingle:
1. Where do we go from here (new song)
2. Erase (new song)
3. If I had wings (new song, in Japan released as a single)
4. Constantly
"ERASER"
Links:
Official ERASER Website
Internet Movie DataBase
Vanessa Interview
on the set of ERASER in Febuary ī96
Story:
John Kruger (Arnold Schwarzenegger), a US Marshal who
"erases" the lives and identities of people entering
the Witness Protection Program. Kruger must protect Lee Cullen
(Vanessa Williams) an executive whoīs uncovered a deal to put a
new superweapon in the wrong hands. Itīs a do-or-die assignment.
So Kruger makes sure he does in a nonstop action spree that
includes plunging from an airplane after his parachute, turning
ravenous alligators into instant luggage, outbraining ultratech
security and outbrawning killers with hypervelocity weapons.
