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The Negotiator

Year:
Duration:
140 min
Genres:
Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
IMDB rate:
7.3
Director:
F. Gary Gray
Awards:
2 wins & 6 nominations
Details
Country: Germany
Release Date: 1998-07-29
Filming Locations: 635 South Mateo Street, Los Angeles, California, USA
Earnings
Budget: $50,000,000
Opening Weekend: $10,218,831 (USA) (2 August 1998)
Gross: $44,484,065 (USA) (1 November 1998)
Cast
Actor
Character
Samuel L. Jackson
Danny Roman
Kevin Spacey
Chris Sabian
David Morse
Adam Beck
Ron Rifkin
Grant Frost
John Spencer
Chief Al Travis
J.T. Walsh
Terence Niebaum
Siobhan Fallon
Maggie
Paul Giamatti
Rudy
Regina Taylor
Karen Roman
Bruce Beatty
Markus
Michael Cudlitz
Palermo
Carlos Gómez
Eagle
Tim Kelleher
Argento
Dean Norris
Scott
Nestor Serrano
Hellman
Doug Spinuzza
Tonray
Leonard L. Thomas
Allen (as Leonard Thomas)
Stephen Lee
Farley
Lily Nicksay
Omar's Daughter
Lauri Johnson
Chief's Wife
Sabi Dorr
Bartender
Gene Wolande
Morewitz
Rhonda Dotson
Linda Roenick
Donald Korte
Officer at Funeral
Anthony T. Petrusonis
Officer at Funeral
John McDonald
Pipes and Dreams Leader
Jack McLaughlin-Gray
Priest (as Jack McLaughlin Gray)
John Lordan
Linda's Attorney (as John Lordon)
Jack Shearer
D.A. Young
Donna Ponterotto
Secretary
Michael Shamus Wiles
Taylor
Mik Scriba
Bell
Joey Perillo
Tech #1
Mary Page Keller
Lisa Sabian
Kelsey Mulrooney
Stacy Sabian
Brad Blaisdell
FBI Agent Grey
Bruce Wright
FBI Agent Moran
Robert David Hall
Cale Wangro
Guy Van Swearingen
Officer
Bernard Hocke
Sniper
Tony Mockus Jr.
Agent
Carol-Anne Touchberry
Reporter
Robert Jordan
Reporter
Geoff Morrell
Reporter
Janna Tetzlaff
Reporter
Millie Santiago
Reporter
Mike Leiderman
Reporter
Jay Levine
Reporter
Mark Giangreco
Reporter
Rick Scarry
Reporter
Mary Ingersoll
Reporter
McNally Sagal
Reporter (as Mcnally Sagal)
Mary Major
Reporter
Lynn Rondell
Reporter
Edwina Moore
Reporter
Lynn Forslund
Reporter
Muriel Clair
News Anchor
Mary Ann Childers
News Anchor
Diann Burns
News Anchor
Carla Sanchez
News Anchor
Charles Valentino
FBI Agent
Robert Baier
Officer at HBT
Ted Montue
Officer at IAB
John Buckley
Detective
Darius Aubry
Detective
Steven Maines
TAC Officer (as Steven Mainz)
Caine
Raoul the Dog
Max
Raoul the Dog
Andy-John
SWAT Team (uncredited)
James Blackburn
Camera Man (uncredited)
Tom Bower
Omar (uncredited)
Spitfire Brown
Cop (uncredited)
Wayne Eric
Swat Officer (uncredited)
David Michael Fordham
FBI SWAT Officer (uncredited)
Paul Guilfoyle
Nathan Roenick (uncredited)
Maureen Mendoza
FBI Agent (uncredited)
Julie O'Malley
FBI SWAT Officer (uncredited)
Todd Rheingold
SWAT Officer (uncredited)
Jack Rooney
Fire Department Lieutenant (uncredited)
Rick Touhy
Cop (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
For the lengthy phone conversations between the two leads, Kevin Spacey made a point of being on set to help Samuel L. Jackson with his performance. A lot of actors don't feel the need to be present when it's just their voice on the other end of a phone.
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Chris Sabian uses a shard of mirror - made partially of silver - to flummox the corrupt cop Argento, whose name is based on the Latin word for silver.
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The original ending involved a Mexican standoff with 150 cops pointing guns at the protagonists in a railway station. Kevin Spacey objected to this ending as he felt it had been done many times before, so it was rewritten.
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Goofs
Police negotiators and entry teams conduct their activities independent of one another so that the negotiator doesn't inadvertently let the hostage taker know what the entry team is doing.
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When Danny is lifted into the ambulance while on the stretcher, his feet are towards the back. Once inside the ambulance, his head is towards the back.
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The taped segment of the conversation between Danny and Nate before being interrupted is different from the actual scene at the beginning of the film.
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Quotes
Lieutenant Chris Sabian: You okay?
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Lieutenant Danny Roman: [Frost walks in to find Roman holding a gun to Nebaum's head] You see what they're making me do?
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Rudy Timmons: Because once you familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage you prepare your own limbs to wear them. Fuckin' Abraham Lincoln said it, and I fuckin' believe it, so you have got to get me the fuck out! Now!
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