Rules of Engagement (2000)
| Release Date | 31 March 2000 |
| Budget | $60,000,000 |
| US Box Office | $61,000,000 |
| Tagline | A hero should never have to stand alone. |
| Genre | Action, Drama, Thriller, War |
| Country | USACanadaUKGermany |
| Filming Locations | Alexandria, Virginia, USA |
| Language | English, Arabic |
| Sound Mix | DTS, Dolby Digital |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Courtroom Drama, War Drama |
| Mood | Spellbinders |
| Themes | Courts Martial, Faltering Friendships, Political Corruption, Military Life |
| Tones | Forceful, Earnest, Confrontational |
| Tags | Courtmartial, Embassy, Injury, Lawyer, Marines, Military, Revenge, Veteran [military] |
Rules of Engagement is a 2000 American film directed by William Friedkin and starring Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L. Jackson. Jackson plays Marine Colonel Terry Childers, who is brought to court-martial on charges of disobeying the rules of engagement in a military incident at an American embassy in Sana'a, Yemen, resulting in the slaughter of many civilians by Childers' men.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Amidou
Dr. Ahmar
Baoan Coleman
Col. Binh Le Cao
Hayden Tank
Justin Mourain
Ahmed Abounouom
Jimi
William Gibson
Hodges' Radioman
Tuan Tran
Translator
Scott Alan Smith
Another Lawyer
Jihane Kortobi
Little Girl
David Lewis Hays
NCO Bailiff
Peter Tran
Col. Cao's Radioman
Bonnie Johnson
Mary Hodges
Jason C. West
Childers' Radioman
Mohamed Attifi
Tariq
Zouheir Mohamed
Aziz
Chris Ufland
Ambassador Aide
Kevin Cooney
Gen. Laurie
Helen Manning
Sarah Hodges
Conrad Bachmann
Secretary of Defense Wyatt
Aziz Assimi
Little Boy
Robert Pentz Jr.
Courtroom Spectator
Laird Macintosh
Radio Operator, Gen. Perry's Cadre
Baouyen C. Bruyere
Col. Cao's Granddaughter
Steven M. Gagnon
Juror #1
Richard Whiten
Juror #2
Thomas Knickerbocker
Juror #3
Terry Bozeman
Juror #4
Mary Wickliffe
Juror #5
Jody Wood
Juror #6
Elayn J. Taylor
Juror #7
Todd Kimsey
Officer #1
Stephen Ramsey
Officer #3
Mike Stokey
Gen. Perry's Cadre
Jack Galle
Gen. Perry's Cadre
John Barnett
Gen. Perry's Cadre
Mike Bedmiston
Gen. Perry's Cadre
Michael Gerald
Gen. Perry's Cadre
Freddie Joe Farnsworth
Gen. Perry's Cadre
Dennis Fitzgerald
Gen. Perry's Cadre
Jim Boensch
Gen. Perry's Cadre
Brian Maynard
Gen. Perry's Cadre
Joseph Aguilar
Naval Officer
Johnny Alonso
Spitting Protestor
Benjamin Busch
Marine
Dani Englander
Reporter
Lawrence Larsen
Officer #2
Nate Panning
Corpsman
Director
Writer
James Webb
Producer
Arne Schmidt
co-producer
Adam Schroeder
executive producer
James Webb
executive producer
Original Music
Cinematographer
William A. Fraker
Editor
Augie Hess
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Casting Director
Denise Chamian
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Production Designer
Robert W. Laing
Art Director
William Cruse
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Costume Designer
Gloria Gresham
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Makeup Department
Allan A. Apone
makeup artist: Mr. Jackson
John Blake
makeup artist: Mr. Jones
Cydney Cornell
hair stylist: Mr. Jones
Zoltan Elek
makeup artist
Gail Rowell-Ryan
key hair stylist
Robert Ryan
key makeup artist
Robert L. Stevenson
hair stylist: Mr. Jackson
Brian Penikas
prosthetic makeup artist
Production Manager
Roberto Malerba
unit production manager
Richard H. Prince
unit production manager
Carlos H. Sánchez
production supervisor
Arne Schmidt
unit production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Newt Arnold
first assistant director
J. Michael Haynie
first assistant director
Martin Jedlicka
second assistant director
Michael Salven
second second assistant director
Ali Cherkaoui
second assistant director: Morocco
Art Department
Scott M. Anderson
assistant property master
Barry Bedig
property master
Rick Simpson
supervising set decorator
Youssef Abagourram
assistant construction manager
Kirsten Anderson
construction accountant
Tony Capasso
carpenter
Carl Catanese
set dresser: Virginia
Alan Day
art department assistant
Eric Hunsaker
set dresser
William S. Maxwell III
lead man
Luigi Mugavero
set dresser
Dennis Murray
head plasterer
Andy Nicholson
assistant art director
Amin Rharda
assistant production buyer
John A. Scott III
lead man
Christopher Woodworth
lead painter, scenic supervisor
Sound Department
Steve Boeddeker
supervising sound editor, sound designer
Beau Borders
assistant sound editor
Scott Curtis
foley editor
Dean Drabin
adr mixer
Thom 'Coach' Ehle
stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Ronald Eng
sound editor
Roger Fearing
assistant sound editor
Tammy Fearing
foley editor
Dana LeBlanc Frankley
assistant sound editor
Robin Harlan
foley artist
Courtenay Marvin
assistant sound editor
Sarah Monat
foley artist
Kevin O'Connell
sound re-recording mixer
Michael A. Patillo
boom operator
Carin Rogers
dialogue editor
Greg P. Russell
sound re-recording mixer
Gary Rydstrom
sound design consultant
Christopher Scarabosio
sound editor
Randy Singer
foley mixer
Thomas W. Small
supervising foley editor
Mike Szakmeister
supervising sound editor
Robert Ulrich
supervising adr editor
Russell Williams II
sound mixer
Kerry Dean Williams
supervising adr editor
Ronald L. Wright
utility sound
Petra Bach
adr editor
Tom Caton
boom operator
Hanson Hsu
sound engineer
Fred Peck III
sound re-recordist
Karym Ronda
sound assistant
Special Effects
Terry Erickson
special effects technician
Paul J. Lombardi
special effects supervisor
Scott Roark
special effects
Parry Willard
special effects technician
Dick Wood
special effects coordinator
Michael J. Hudson
special effects technician
Scott D. Mattson
special effects office coordinator
Visual Effects
Denise Ballantyne
visual effects producer: Digital Domain
Eric Barba
digital artist: Digital Domain
Jay Barton
digital artist: Digital Domain
Nancy Bernstein
visual effects producer: Digital Domain
Robert Feng
visual effects production assistant: Digital Domain
Claas Henke
digital compositing supervisor: Digital Domain
Jon Jacobsen
visual effects production assistant: Digital Domain
Jeffrey Kalmus
digital imaging supervisor: Digital Domain
Michael Kanfer
creative imaging supervisor: Digital Domain
Kelly L'Estrange
digital production manager: Digital Domain
Christine Lo
digital artist: Digital Domain
Martha Snow Mack
digital artist: Digital Domain
Joel Román Mendías
visual effects coordinator: Digital Domain
Rebecca Misiorowski
visual effects accountant: Digital Domain
Howie Muzika
digital artist: Digital Domain
Erik Nash
visual effects supervisor: Digital Domain
Lou Pecora
digital artist: Digital Domain
Dennis 'wiz' Price
digital artist: Digital Domain
Carey Villegas
digital artist: Digital Domain
Byron Werner
digital artist: Digital Domain
Debra Wolff
visual effects editor: Digital Domain
Christopher Grandel
visual effects coordinator
Derek Ledbetter
digital artist
Ralph Maiers
composite supervisor: Cinema Research Corp./D-rez
Eric Pham
visual effects artist: Cinema Research Corp./D-rez
Jason Shea
systems administrator: Digital Domain
Kieran Woo
production controller: pre-production, Digital Domain
Stunts
Jeffrey J. Dashnaw
stunts
Kiante Elam
stunts
Lance Gilbert
stunts
Clifford Happy
stunts, stunt double: Tommy Lee Jones
Buddy Joe Hooker
stunt coordinator
Chad Randall
stunts
Jon Drew
stunts
Dennis Fitzgerald
stunts
Camera and Electrical Department
Pete Cavaciuti
Steadicam operator, camera operator
Ray De La Motte
camera operator
Stacy De La Motte
film loader
Sam Emerson
still photographer
Robert Heine
first assistant camera
Christopher Lyons
chief rigging electrician
William T. McKane
chief rigging technician
Mark Meyers
dolly grip
Matthew Moriarty
second assistant camera
Doug Pentek
chief lighting technician
J. Michael Popovich
first company grip
Don Steinberg
second assistant camera
Wayne Tidwell
video assist operator
Mark Van Loon
camera operator, Steadicam operator
Zoran Veselic
first assistant camera
Steve Wolfe
film loader
Don Yamasaki
assistant chief lighting technician
Sam Barnes
clapper loader
Bryan Booth
electrician
Martin Bosworth
rigging gaffer
Alessio Bramucci
best boy electric
Patrick Bramucci
gaffer
Claudio Del Gobbo
grip
Daniel Dietrich
rigging grip
Ron Goodman
camera operator: SpaceCam
Ben D. Griffith Jr.
grip
Casey Hall
grip
Gene Hara
dimmer operator
Matt Hedt
rigging electrician
Steve Itano
first assistant camera
Charles Laughon
video playback operator
Greg Lopez
rigging electrician
Patriq Luo
electrician
Derek Paulin
electrician
Art Schultz
rigging electrician
Monte Swann
24 frame video operator
Jonathan Sykes
focus puller
Stephen Thorp
lighting technician
Tammo Van Hoorn
clapper loader: Morocco
Dale White
second assistant camera: "b" camera
Casting Department
Mark Fincannon
location casting
Stacie Goodman
casting assistant
Barbara Harris
voice casting
Jim Choate
local extras casting
Yann Mari Faget
casting assistant
Deborah German
extras casting
Vivienne Williamson
extras casting
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Mitchell Ray Kenney
costume supervisor
Nina Risolio
costumer: Mr. Jones
Deb Dalton
costumer
Deborah Pollard Matthews
costumer
Editorial Department
Terry Haggar
color timer
Tracy Carl Joy
apprentice film editor
Dana L. Marker
negative cutter
Bryan McMahan
color timer: digital high definition digital video, Cinema Research Corporation
Darrin Navarro
first assistant film editor
Fred C. Vitale
assistant film editor
John M. Vitale
assistant editor
Music Department
Thomas A. Carlson
music editor
Stephen Krause
music mixer, music recordist
Andy Brown
music contractor
Transportation Department
Redouane Fihi
transportation
Vicki Lybrand
transportation dispatcher
Dusty Saunders
transportation coordinator
Austin Thompson
transportation captain
Hank Van Apeldoorn
transportation: South Carolina
Susan Van Apeldoorn
transportation: South Carolina
Mohammed Chaoui
transportation
Hicham Regragui
transportation coordinator
Other Crew
Amidou
assistant: Mr. Friedkin
Bruce Benson
helicopter ground coordinator
Brenda Berrisford
assistant: Mr. Zanuck
Jennifer Blair
assistant production coordinator
John A. Cohen
assistant: Scott Rudin
Eben Davidson
executive assistant: Scott Rudin
Margo Day
assistant: Mr. Friedkin
Ben Famiglietti
assistant: Scott Rudin
Cliff Fleming
helicopter pilot
Cory Fleming
helicopter safety
Peter Hansen
caterer: pastry chef
Craig Hosking
helicopter pilot
David Israel
location manager
Nicki McCain
first assistant accountant
Angelique Palozzi
assistant: Scott Rudin
David Paris
helicopter pilot
Nina Saxon
title designer: New Wave Entertainment
John T. Scanlon
helicopter pilot
Melissa Schuermann
production consultant: USN
Jeremy Selman
assistant: Scott Rudin
Rick Shuster
helicopter pilot
Nanette Siegert
production coordinator
Norma Smith
production accountant
Philip M. Strub
production consultant
Leonard L. Thomas
assistant: Samuel L. Jackson
P.R. Tooke
script supervisor
Andrea Alunni
production assistant
Cecilia Alvarenga
production coordinator: Morocco
Kelley Baker
assistant accountant: Morocco
Giorgio Catalano
production accountant assistant
Vito Colazzo
location manager
David Fencl
armorer
Alessandro Fiorito
assistant accountant
Marco Giacalone
location manager
Thomas Taylor Goodman
voice-over
Emmanuelle-Claude Heroux
assistant shipping coordinator
Vien Hong
adr voice
Tim Monich
dialect coach
Enzo Sisti
production accountant: Morocco
Tony Swatton
knife maker
Christopher Winsor
adr loop group
Thanks
King Mohamed VI
thanks
Production Company
Paramount Pictures
Seven Arts Productions
Munich Film Partners & Company (MFP) ROE Production
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Roe Productions KG
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Distributor
Paramount Pictures
New Films International
United International Pictures (UIP)
GAGA Communications
New World Films Internacional S.A.
Vitória Filmes
United International Pictures (UIP)
Pinema
Helkon Filmverleih GmbH
Independent Films
United International Pictures (UIP)
Argentina Video Home
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Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Paramount Home Entertainment
Paramount Home Entertainment
Yorin
Dutch FilmWorks (DFW)
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Fox Crime
Paramount Home Video
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Special Effects
Cinema Research
Digital Domain
Miscellaneous
Christopher Gray Casting
extras casting
Cinema Research
titles and opticals
Consolidated Film Industries (CFI)
color
DeLuxe Laboratories
prints
Dune Films
production services: Morocco
Elizabeth Bardsley & Associates
research
Flying Pictures
Gyrosphere aerial camera system provided by
Global Music Service
music copyist
In Motion Catering
catering
London Metropolitan Orchestra, The
score performed by
Milan Records
soundtrack
Movie Movers
star trailers, transportation
New Wave Entertainment
title design
Panavision
cameras and lenses
Paramount Pictures
digital sound editing
Spacecam Systems
aerial camera system
Sunset Digital
high-definition digital color timing
Technicolor
dailies
Technovision USA
additional photographic equipment
Warriors
military advice
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Deal of the Century (1983)
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The Birthday Party (1968)
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