Chris Stuckmann reviews The Fugitive, starring Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward, Julianne Moore, Joe Pantoliano, Andreas Katsulas, Jeroen Krabbé, Daniel Roebuck, L. Scott Caldwell, Tom Wood. Directed by Andrew Davis.
Crazy to think that this film went in to production without a finished script and was completed in record time and turned out to be a classic. Shows the talent on top form.
It's even funnier after you watch the behind the scenes of all the time and money that went into the new experimental technology to make it the most articulate and realistic dummy in the industry. Then you just watch it drop like a piece of plywood. 😂😂😂
A gold standard in movie making. This movie did one of my favorite things perfectly. All the supporting characters look, talk and act like they would be real people doing those jobs. It always feels authentic. Ford and Jones are masterful in their chemistry, the movie doesnt work without it. Like The Shawshank Redemption, and LA Confidential this movie just got everything right.
Totally agree! They never explain it all all at once. You just have to make up your mind thorughout the movie. And at the outset you sometimes doubt the evidence, just like a law enforcer would!
Paused the review at the beginning, watched the movie for the first time, now watching the review. What a great thriller. Perfect grounded execution. Brilliant
One of my favorite films. Miniature work definitely is underrated. Fun note: 90 percent of the dialogue between Tommy Lee Jones and the other Marshals was totally improvised. That's why it feels so natural and hilarious
@@kompanjonac yeah the actors would ad lib on the spot because the dialogue between the Marshal characters didn’t feel like people who worked together. You can even watch some alternate takes on RU-vid with different dialogue because they came up with it on the fly
1:23 That Best Supporting Actor category in the 66th Academy Awards was incredibly stacked: Tommy Lee Jones as Samuel Gerard in "The Fugitive" Ralph Fiennes as Amon Göth in "Schindler's List" John Malkovich as Mitch Leary in "In the Line of Fire" Leonardo DiCaprio as Arnie Grape in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" Pete Postlethwaite as Giuseppe Conlon in "In the Name of the Father" The snubs include Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday in "Tombstone", Ben Kingsley as Itzhak Stern in "Schindler's List", Sean Penn as David Kleinfeld in "Carlito's Way", certain actors in "True Romance", etc... Also, a person who has seen this film multiple times should never be jealous of people who've never seen it.
I did see this in the theatres - I was in college at the time, and the moment that had us howling was "I don't care". It was perfection because you're sort of rooting for both at that point - not hero or villain - mutual antagonists.
I’m not even ashamed to admit the amount of time Chris has talked about an “old” movie that I’ve missed and I’ve gone and watched it straight away cos of his videos. I’ve found so many gems cos of him. Thanks Chris for bringing all this to everyone. Love your videos and can’t wait for your movie to come out. So excited for that.
I also had this on a blank VHS that was recorded off of TV at my grandma's house. I also watch this movie every few years and it never gets old. This is definitely one of the best movies ever made.
Chris, it was ABSOLUTELY the right decision to go back and revisit these films. This was a masterful look back. Roger Ebert's review is similarly masterful: "Jones has become one of the great craggy presences of the screen, often cast as a villain, but with a half-masked amusement that borders on contempt for lesser beings: He has the charm of a hangman promising to make things as comfortable as possible. In "The Fugitive," his role is more complex than at first it seems. As the chase continues, he gradually becomes convinced of the innocence of his prey, but this conviction is wisely never spelled out in dialogue, and remains ambivalent, expressed in the look in his eyes, or his pauses between words."
Hang on, this is such a coincidence. I bought ‘The Fugitive’ on 4K yesterday and watched it last night, a childhood favourite and loved it all over again. Came on to RU-vid just and saw your review!!!
His post Fugitive work [like Arnie's 'Collateral Damage'] were rather forgettable. He was originally intended to direct 'The Running Man' but was replaced early on.
This is probably my favorite film starring Ford or Jones ever. As a huge train fanatic, that big train wreck scene is still one of the best choreographed scenes in an action film ever.
Another one of my all-time favorite Harrison Ford movies is “Presumed Innocent”. If you’ve never seen it, you’re going to love it. There are so many incredible performances in that film, not just Harrison Ford’s. It’s perhaps my favorite one of his films because it was so well executed. It’s a much darker film than The Fugitive, but it’s definitely a must see for any Harrison Ford fan.
I just happened to watch this movie for the first time last week. I just put it on cuz it was free on RU-vid with abs. And it shocked me how good and immersing this movie was
Absolutely love rewatching The Fugitive annually with my step-dad, it's been our tradition for at least 28 years! Each viewing still sends my heart racing during those intensely crafted scenes - they're nothing short of sublime. Couldn't agree more about the film's impeccable editing and pacing; it's like every frame is meticulously calculated, yet they still find time to linger on the expressions of secondary characters, deepening the narrative without missing a beat. Harrison Ford truly gets to showcase his range here, but Tommy Lee Jones, in a stroke of cinematic fortune, matches (if not surpasses) him at every turn. The '90s blessed us with some stellar cinema, but in my book, "The Fugitive" stands unrivalled. It's astonishing to think this gem was inspired by a TV series - just goes to show the magic of a brilliant adaptation!
Classic movie with great replay value! In my top50 movies ever for sure! I was in 5th or 6th grade when this came out and saw it in theaters with my dad. An all time classic!
The fact that The Fugitive came out in 1993 alongside Schindler's List and people are still talking about and rewatching it really shows how much care these writers and directors put into each minute of runtime.
Excellent movie, I've watched it ten times and it's great every time. There is a great scene when Kimble saves a boy in the hospital by reading his chart and sending him to another place to be examined.
It’s also better than seeing new reviews sometimes when that always gets comments about him losing his groove weirdly because they say he’s just too afraid to do things anymore.
Yes. Thanks for shining the light on that gem. I'm baffled sometimes to be the one to show The Fugitive to friends who've never even heard of it. So much fun, every time!
Loving the new feature presentations, the fugitive is one of my all time favourites I grew up with my grandad and vividly remember watching it with him whenever it was on TV as a kid, it was one of his favourites and we always shared that, it’s a very nostalgic watch for me now
The Fugitive has been overlooked for so long. I'm so glad it's making a comeback. The Fugitive is one of the few examples of a movie adapted from a TV series that is actually better than the source material. It is also more proof that the 1990s is one of the greatest decades in film history. Tommy Lee Jones totally deserved that Oscar win. It's just a shame that Harrison didnt get nominated.
1993, Groundhog Day and The Fugitive = Best movies of that year. I liked The Fugitive so much I saw it a few times at the theater, my friend bought me the VHS for my birthday and I also got the soundtrack because I just couldn't get enough of it.
@@thedarkknight9153 Oh, yeah. With all the other recent Jurassic Park/world ho-hum, I had forgotten about the very first one. That's right. I was wide-eyed-whoa! after seeing that. Okay, that one too is added for Best movies of 93.
The use of miniatures, especially in the '60s-'80s, was so great because they provided a level of texture and tangibility that even the best CGI can't match. Miniatures along with puppets, animatronics, prosthetics, and matte paintings helped to immerse the viewer in the dimensionality of a film in a way that is difficult to articulate, but you absolutely feel it in films like the original "Star Wars", the original Indiana Jones trilogy, and LotR. The loss of those kinds of practical elements is one of the reasons why most genre films today kind of feel generic visually.
I haven't seen The Fugitive in so long, but I loved it...the pacing, performances, tension, sound design, everything was so well executed. Vety underrated film that no one talks about today.
Superb film, absolutely one of my many faves. This film turned me onto The Fugitive TV series. And yes - the audience was indeed cheering Harrison when he beats down the guy who killed his wife.
The amazing thing to realize is that this movie was released the first week of August, 1993…AND ONLY STARTED filming in February! It was still being filmed 9 weeks before the movie was released…this COULD easily have been a trainwreck! And it is just Wonderful!
Joe Pantoliano was recently in Season 2 of Chucky in one of the single most meta episodes of television I have ever seen. He deserves more work, the guy can handle whatever you give him.
His best role is without a doubt, Ralph Cifaretto in The Sopranos. He won an Emmy for it and he’s one of the most memorable, charismatic and terrifying characters of any TV show. Funnily enough, there’s a scene where Tony Soprano is watching The Fugitive lol
I was born 2000, I had no idea how popular this movie was! Maybe it wasn´t as big in Germany cause everyone here I talked to about it didn´t seem to know it. My mum would iron the laundry on the weekends and put on the same movies such as this, The Mask of Zorro and Americas Sweethearts (:D) All of her favs. And all of these eventually became my favorites, too and sitting down in front of the TV for these 5 hours or so is one of my most precious memories... The Fugitive´s gotta be one of the first movies I watched as a kid and I love it still to this day!! Truly a great one
I saw this movie opening night when I was 13 years old. The part that the whole crowd exploded in applause is when Ford is trying to get away from Jones and he tells security guards there’s a crazy man yelling and waving a gun.
I was 13 when i walked over to my grandmas house because she was going to watch me that night with my parents and sisters out. She said, get in the car we're going to the movies. On the way she told me that she was a fan of the original TV show, but the movie blew her away and she wanted to see it again with me. That ended up being the Fugitive and i, like Chris, have watched this movie legit 50+ times. The new 4k blu ray is INCREDIBLE, and very just, considering i'd put this in my top 20 movies ever made.
I saw The Fugitive at the cinema back in ‘93 and yes Chris my audience cheered everytime Richard hit the killer. I swear I’ve seen this movie so many times on VHS tape (I still own it) & on cable this movie still on has me on the edge of my seat. Fantastic review Chris! Thanks so much for starting this new segment. I love it!
I’m 28 and have been on a 70s 80s 90s and early 2000s tangent I saw the fugitive just a couple months ago it’s so good ford and jones are no nonsense actors and treated the characters as themselves
I only watched it the first time ever a couple of months ago because I got the 4K remaster. This movie blew me away. I couldn’t find a flaw in it for a 90s movie. I’m so happy that I got to see it as an adult and film lover.
One of my favorite movies. Two details I love: 1. The film Andrew Davis directed before this is Under Siege. The two films share many actors beyond just Tommy Lee Jones. It's always fun picking out the shared background actors between the two. 2. Several of my friends could not believe this movie was based on a TV show. Just totally amazed when I told them. It was just too good.
I probably watched this 100 times as a kid, and I recently rewatched it just last year (after like a 15 year absence) and it was almost like seeing it for the first time... I had forgot just how sharp the writing was for this movie and how great it built suspense... 100% spot on with all your points
My Mom was Agoraphobic (meaning she had an extreme fear of leaving her house) after getting out of an abusive marriage. She saw a trailer for this movie and said "I'm gonna see that movie" and that was the first time in around a year she left her house, and she still has the ticket stub to this day. She met my father a few years later and the film has remained a family favorite ever since. I happened to bump into Daniel Roebuck a couple years and it was so special to be able to meet someone who worked on this film that we love so dearly.
i love how your analysis and how you bring up fun facts from behind the scene and pop culture like the parodies or the miniatures or how they improvised scenes
I remember watching this in the cinema when it was released. I seem to recall that a scar inexplicably suddenly appears on Ford's forehead because he injured himself in real life.
