Movie Type: Detective Film, Psychological Thriller
Themes: Murder Investigations, Fighting the System, Military Life
Main Cast: John Travolta, Madeleine Stowe, James Cromwell, Timothy Hutton, Leslie Stefanson, Daniel Von Bargen, Clarence Williams III, James Woods
Release Year: 1999
Country: US
Run Time: 118 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
A murder on a military base unearths a netherworld of corruption in this thriller based on the novel by Nelson DeMille. General Joe Campbell (James Cromwell) is a respected military leader with a flawless reputation; he's due to retire from the Army soon and is headed for a Vice-Presidential nomination. However, Campbell finds himself in both a personal and political crisis when his daughter is brutally murdered. Captain Elizabeth Campbell (Leslie Stefanson) was beautiful, intelligent, disciplined, and well-regarded, the very model of an ideal female officer; she was also stationed at the same base as her father. Paul Brenner (John Travolta), a warrant officer of the Army's Criminal Investigation Division, is assigned to look into the case alongside CID officer Sara Sunhill (Madeleine Stowe). Brenner and Sunhill were once romantically involved, complicating an assignment that soon offers more than enough complications of its own. Brenner and Sunhill come to realize that, for all her accomplishments, Elizabeth carried a lifetime of emotional scars from emotional abuse and sexual harassment, and that, despite the General's reputation, his relationship with his daughter was not always a happy or healthy one. It also seems possible that the General's second-in-command, General George Fowler (Clarence Williams III), a likely candidate for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, may also be implicated in the crime. The General's Daughter was the second feature film for director Simon West; his full-length debut was Con Air (1997), after a long string of successful television commercials and music videos. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Peter Weireter - Belling; Mark Boone, Jr. - Elkins; John Beasley - Col. Slesinger; Boyd Kestner - Captain Elby; Brad Beyer - Bransford; John Benjamin Hickey - Capt. Goodson; Rick Dial - Cal Seiver; Ariyan Johnson - PFC Robbins; John Frankenheimer - Gen. Sonnenberg
Credit
Ann Harris - Art Director, Tom Taylor - Art Director, Anson Downes - Associate Producer, Linda Rae Favila - Associate Producer, Mindy Marin - Casting, Stratton Leopold - Co-producer, Erica Phillips - Costume Designer, Steve Danton - First Assistant Director, Simon West - Director, Glen Scantlebury - Editor, Jonathan D. Krane - Executive Producer, Carter Burwell - Composer (Music Score), Dennis Washington - Production Designer, Peter Menzies, Jr. - Cinematographer, Mace Neufeld - Producer, Lynn Christopher - Set Designer, Marvin March - Set Designer, Beverly Eagen - Set Designer, Lorrie Campbell - Set Designer, Thomas D. Causey - Sound/Sound Designer, Stephen Flick - Sound/Sound Designer, Stephen Flick - Sound Editor, William Goldman - Screenwriter, Christopher Bertolini - Screenwriter, Ray Colcord - Additional Music, Nelson DeMille - Book Author
