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The Presidio

Year:

1988

Duration:

97 min

Genres:

Action | Crime | Mystery | Thriller

IMDB rate:

5.9

Director:

Peter Hyams

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1988-06-10

Filming Locations: San Francisco, California, USA

Earnings

Gross: $20,036,242 (USA)SEK 3,136,453 (Sweden)

Cast

Actor

Character

Peter Kwong

Sean Connery

Lt. Col. Alan Caldwell

Mark Harmon

Jay Austin

Meg Ryan

Donna Caldwell

Jack Warden

Sgt. Maj. Ross Maclure

Mark Blum

Arthur Peale

Dana Gladstone

Col. Paul Lawrence

Jenette Goldstein

Patti Jean Lynch

Marvin J. McIntyre

MP Zeke

Don Calfa

Howard Buckely

John DiSanti

Det. Marvin Powell

Robert Lesser

Sgt. Mueller

James Hooks Reynolds

George Spota

Curtis W. Sims

Sgt. Garfield

Rick Zumwalt

Bully in Bar

Rosalyn Marshall

Lawrence's Secretary

Jessie Lawrence Ferguson

Pilot at Travis AFB

Larry Flash Jenkins

MP Dutton

Jesse D. Goins

MP Bygrave

Kim Robillard

MP Mitchell

Michael Strasser

MP Stillwell

Chuckie Davis

Julius

Ron Cummins

Maintenance Man

Patrick Kilpatrick

Mark

John Allen Vick

Post Commander

Michael Fosberg

Capt. Gordon

Joe Hart

Bully's Bar Pal ('Arrowhead')

Clay Wilcox

Bully's Bar Pal ('Arrowhead')

Bob Rochelle

Bully's Bar Pal ('Arrowhead')

Susan Saiger

Gloria

Ruth de Sosa

Teacher (as Ruth DeSosa)

Tracy Tanen

Peale's Receptionist

Peter Fitzsimmons

Patrolman Schmidt

Pete Antico

Patrolman Dotson

Dean R. Miller

Leroy (as Dean Miller)

Jophery C. Brown

Workman (as Jophery Brown)

Justin De Rosa

Workman (as Justin DeRosa)

Allan Graf

Workman

Frank Orsatti

Workman

Bob Delegall

Squad Room Lieutenant

Richard Kwong

Chinese Kitchen Chef

Theodore Carl Soderberg

Pedestrian (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

"The Presidio", which features predominantly at the start of the picture, hardly appears at all in the rest of the movie.

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The film's "Presidio" title is a term which refers to a garrison base, military post or fortified settlement.

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The shot of the aircraft carrier coming into San Francisco Bay at the beginning of the movie was completely unplanned. The entire crew were at the time on the Presidio's parade field, along with hundreds of off duty soldier, filming a staged parade. When director Hyams saw the fleet coming in, he stopped filming of the parade to get a shot of the ships going past. In the final cut of the movie only a few seconds of the parade are shown at the beginning, and the rest of the day's shoot was left on the proverbial cutting room floor.

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Goofs

Meg Ryan's character goes out on a date wearing a very short black mini-dress. At the end of the date as she leaves to go home, her dress reaches almost to her knees.

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In the title sequence you see a Nimitz classes aircraft carrier putting to sea going under the Golden Gate Bridge, this shot being taken from the north side of the bridge. In the next cut you see a Nimitz classes aircraft carrier putting into San Fransisco, this can be deduced as the shot has the Presidio in the foreground, which is at the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge, and the ship is moving left to right

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A water delivery truck driving past taxiing airplanes would not be possible on any U.S. Air Force base. Commercial deliveries are not permitted to be made on the flight-line side of buildings.

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Quotes

Sgt. Major Ross Maclure: I've known buildings that were easier to talk to than you.

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Lt. Col. Alan Caldwell: You're not going out dressed like that, are you?

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Jay Austin: The reason why I'm here is because I'm interested in you, not your father.

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Faq

What are the differences between the R-Rated and Unrated Version?

The sex scene between Jay and Donna is longer in the Unrated Version. The latter hasn't been released in the States yet but can be found on the German DVD. A detailed comparison between both versions with pictures can be seen here.

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