Films Directed by Andrew Davis (Study Guide) - Above the Law, Under Siege, the Fugitive, Holes, Chain Reaction, Batman Onstar Commercials (Paperback)

This is nonfiction commentary. Chapters: Above the Law, Under Siege, the Fugitive, Holes, Chain Reaction, Batman Onstar Commercials, Collateral Damage, a Perfect Murder, the Package. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 52. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Fugitive is a 1993 American film based on the television series of the same name. The film was directed by Andrew Davis and stars Harrison Ford as Dr. Richard Kimble, and Tommy Lee Jones as Deputy United States Marshal Samuel Gerard. Jones won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance. The supporting cast includes Andreas Katsulas as a one-armed man, Sela Ward as Kimble's wife, Jeroen Krabbe, Julianne Moore, and Joe Pantoliano. The film was one of the few movies associated with a television series to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Dr. Richard Kimble, a successful surgeon in Chicago, comes home one night to find his wife Helen fatally wounded by a one-armed man, and though he attempts to subdue the killer, the man escapes. The lack of evidence of a break-in, being the beneficiary of Helen's lucrative life insurance and a misunderstood 9-1-1 call lead to Kimble being convicted of first-degree murder, for which he is sentenced to death. On his way to death row via bus, the other prisoners attempt an escape that wounds the guards and kills the driver, causing the bus to fall into the path of an oncoming train. Kimble barely escapes the bus' destruction and flees into the night. The United States Marshals arrive, led by Samuel Gerard, to locate and round up the escaped convicts while the injured are taken to a nearby hospital. Kimble sneaks into the same hospital to dispose of his prison uniform, shave his beard, and treat his wounds. While leaving the hospital, he is recognized by one of the inju...http: //booksllc.net/?id=1822067