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Fortress

Year:

1993

Duration:

95 min

Genres:

Action | Crime | Sci-Fi | Thriller

IMDB rate:

5.8

Director:

Stuart Gordon

Awards:

2 nominations

Details

Country: Australia

Release Date: 1993-09-03

Filming Locations: Queensland, Australia

Earnings

Budget: $8,000,000

Gross: $6,739,141 (USA)$40,000,000 (Worldwide)

Cast

Actor

Character

Clifton Collins Jr.

Fortress

Christopher Lambert

John Henry Brennick

Kurtwood Smith

Prison Director Poe

Loryn Locklin

Karen B. Brennick

Lincoln Kilpatrick

Abraham

Jeffrey Combs

D-Day

Tom Towles

Stiggs

Vernon Wells

Maddox

Carolyn Purdy-Gordon

Zed-10

Alan Zitner

Claustrophobic Prisoner

Deni Gordon

Karen's Cellmate

Eric Briant Wells

Border Guard

Dragicia Debert

Bio Scanner Guard

Heidi Stein

Pregnant Woman

Harry Nurmi

Guard #1

Peter Lamb

Guard #2

Troy Hunter

Guard #3

Peter Marshall

Travel Authorization Guard

Michael Simpson

Medical Trustee

Tracy Martin

Woman Prisoner

Annika Thomas

Brennick Baby

Sam Copping

Brennick, Age 3

Kiralee

Dream Girl

Warwick Capper

Braindead Prisoner (uncredited)

Graham K. Furness

Prisoner (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Filmed at Warner Brothers Movie World in Queensland, Australia.

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Richard E. Grant was considered for the role of Prison Director Poe, which ultimately went to Kurtwood Smith.

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A futuristic remake of the 1989 prison flick "Lock Up" starring Sylvester Stallone.

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Goofs

When the movie starts, John has short hair. When he wakes up after being "brain dead" for 4 months, his hair has grown way too much; about a year's worth.

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When Brennick uses the shovel to sever a drone's arm, the part of the shovel's blade that has been cut out to fit the stunt person's arm is visible.

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While passing the supposed US/Mexican border, there are signs in English and Spanish saying that it is a crime to cross the border. However, the English sign has the word "offence" (as it would be spelled in Australia, where the film was made).

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Quotes

D-Day, the Computer Geek: [Explaining the volatile nature of the Intestinator device] It's like TNT on PMS.

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Prison Director Poe: Crime does not pay.

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Prison Director Poe: This is an unauthorized thought process.

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Faq

How many different versions exist of this movie?

Here the situation is a bit complicated. In the States, only an R-Rated version was released, that, in the first place, cuts out two additional violent scenes. In Europe a slightly longer cut was released that still misses out these two violent scenes but features four slightly longer story scenes. Only in the UK, released on VHS and LD, the complete version of Fortress: the four story pieces + the two violent scenes, is available. A detailed comparison of this uncut "Unrated" cut and the US R-Rated version with pictures can be found here.

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