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Barb Wire (Original title)
Date: 1995 (Copyright)

Country: USA

Directed by: David Hogan

Production company billing: ©1995. PolyGram Film Productions B.V. PolyGram Filmed Entertainment presents a Propaganda Films/Dark Horse Entertainment production [end] Dolby Digital Colour by Technicolor MPAA: 34430 [1.85:1]
Synopsis: In the year 2017 in middle America's second civil war, Steel Harbor is the only city not under the control of federal troops or resistance fighters. This no-man's land is home to a club owned by Barb Wire, who also moonlights as a bounty hunter. In capturing a fugitive she comes in possession of valuable contact lenses that enable the wearer to escape the government's ubiquitous retinal scanners. Should she sell them to the highest bidder or hand them over to the rebel cause?

Genre:
Science Fiction
Releases
Date: 03 May 1996Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - Dolby DigitalRuntime: 98 mins Length: 8833 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 03 May 1996Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - Dolby DigitalRuntime: 98 mins Language: English

Credits (193)
©: PolyGram Film Productions B.V., Production Company: Propaganda Films, Production Company: Dark Horse Entertainment, Presents: PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Executive Producer: Peter Heller, Produced by: Mike Richardson, Produced by: Todd Moyer, Brad Wyman, Line Producer: Robert Del Valle, Associate Producer: Ray Manzella, Associate Producer: Dennis Brody, Executive in Charge of Production: Tim Clawson, Unit Production Manager: Robert S. Mendelsohn, Unit Production Manager: Gregory Goodman, Production Supervisor: Joel Hatch, Production Supervisor: Mary Courtney, Production Supervisor: Michelle R. Erby, Production Co-ordinator: Pam Jackson, Production Co-ordinator: George Patterson, Production Co-ordinator: Marciann Shapiro, Production Accountant: Cynthia Wise, Location Manager: Gary De Galla, Location Manager: Kristin Dewey, Post Supervision for Propaganda Films: Scott Carleton, Post-production Supervisor: Glenn Kiser, Post-production Supervisor: Linda Rae Shamest, Post-production Supervisor: Mark S. Hoerr, Post Production Co-ordinator: Mike Mccusker, Anthony Gore, 2nd Unit Director: M. James Arnett, 1st Assistant Director: Douglas E. Wise, 1st Assistant Director: Mark Cotone, 1st Assistant Director: Alan Brent Connell, 2nd Assistant Director: Kent Genzlinger, 2nd Assistant Director: Laura Nisbet, 2nd Assistant Director: Judy Moore, 2nd 2nd Assistant Director: Carlos Piñero, Script Supervisor: Esther Vivante, Script Supervisor: Linda Hegland, Script Supervisor: Ray Quiroz, Casting: Rick Montgomery, Casting: Dan Parada, Casting Associate: J.P. Shields, Casting Assistant: Lauris Freeman, Los Angeles Extras Casting: Central Casting, Rodney Epps, Screenplay by: Chuck Pfarrer, Ilene Chaiken, Story by: Ilene Chaiken, Based upon the Dark Horse Comic character created by: Chris Warner, Director of Photography: Rick Bota, 2nd Unit Director of Photography: Guy Skinner, Mike Ferris, Camera Operator: Guy Skinner, Camera Operator: Peter Gulla, Camera Operator: Peter B. Kowalski, Camera Operator: Robert Reed Altman, Camera Operator: Johnny Karls, Camera Operator: Buddy Fries, Camera Operator: Josh Bleibtreu, Camera Operator: Dennis Hall, Camera Operator: Bill Waldman, Camera Operator: Mike Jones, Steadicam Operator: Rick Tiedemann, 1st Assistant Camera: Johnny Karls, 1st Assistant Camera: Steve Holgate, 1st Assistant Camera: Stephen Wong, 1st Assistant Camera: Wendy Thackery, 1st Assistant Camera: W.M. Hankins, 1st Assistant Camera: Greg Irwin, 1st Assistant Camera: Jennifer Lehr, 1st Assistant Camera: Mike Thomas, Julian Whatley, 2nd Assistant Camera: Tony Villalobos, 2nd Assistant Camera: Christopher Cooper, 2nd Assistant Camera: Forrest Thurman, 2nd Assistant Camera: Joy Stone, 2nd Assistant Camera: David Garden, J. Steven Matzinger, Camera Loader: John C. Flinn Iv, Chief Lighting Technician: Rafael Sanchez, Key Grip: Scott F. Floren, Video Assist: Kevin Anderson, 24 Frame Video Playback: Intervideo, Steve Austin, Still Photographer: Wren Maloney, Visual Effects Supervisor: CB, Digital Effects Creator: Scott Billups, Additional Digital Optical Effects: Howard A. Anderson Company, Special Effects Co-ordinator: John E. Gray, Special Effects: Don Gray, Special Effects: Eric Roberts, Special Effects: Roland Loew, Rotoscope: Minky Billups, Digital Animator: Shawn Esposito, Edited by: Peter Schink, Additional Editor: Poppy Das, David Handman, Main Title Editor: Chris Lovett, Production Designer: Jean-Philippe Carp, Visual Consultant: Geofrey Darrow, Art Director: Dins Danielsen, Assistant Art Director: Easton Michael Smith, Art Department Co-ordinator: Patti McNulty, Set Designer: Patricia Klawonn, Set Decorator: Lisa Robyn Deutsch, On-set Dresser: Scott Getzinger, Lead Scenic Artist: Laurel Pickering, Scenic Artist: Beth Norton, Scenic Artist: Lisa Gamel, Scenic Artist: Cynthia Gould, Scenic Artist: Mito Hernandez, Scenic Artist: Jesus Lomeli, Scenic Artist: Julie Pyken, Scenic Artist: Kevin Radonavich, Scenic Artist: Karen Torrel, Storyboard Artist: Rick Newsome, Property Master: Doug Lewis, Mark Gantt Iv, Construction Co-ordinator: Philip F. Stone Iii, Costumes Designed by: Rosanna Norton, Assistant Costume Designer: Salvador Perez Jr., Wardrobe Supervisor: Yana Syrkin, Key Make-up Artist: Donna L. Henderson, Pamela Anderson Lee's Make-up and Hair: Alexis Vogel, Make-up Artist: Justin B. Henderson, Ashlee Petersen, Tattoo Artist: Porfirio, Key Hair Stylist: Steven R. Soussanna, Hair Stylist: Daphne Lawson, Main Title Design: Charles Mcdonald, Titles and Opticals: Howard A. Anderson Company, Colour Timer: David Orr, Negative Cutter: Theresa Repola Mohammed, Produced on: Kodak Motion Picture Film, Colour by: Technicolor, Music by: Michel Colombier, Musician: Michel Colombier, Musician: Jon Crosse, Musician: Bruce Dukov, Musician: Michael Fisher, David Shamban, Music Orchestration: Michel Colombier, Music Supervisor: Barklie K. Griggs, Music Editor: Jeff Charbonneau, Music Editor: Tom Kramer, Scoring Mixer: Frank Wolf, Sound Designer: Tim Gedemer, Sound Mixer: Vince Garcia, Boom Operator: Larry Liddell, Re-recording Mixer: Ken Teaney, William Freesh, Supervising Sound Editor: Larry Mann, Sound Editor: Ann Scibelli, Sound Editor: Harry Cohen, Sound Editor: Paul Menichini, Sound Editor: Jeff Whitcher, Sound Editor: David F. Vanslyke, Sound Editor: Jonathan Karp, Sound Editor: Greg Meader, Sound Editor: Chris Smith, Dialogue Editor: Robert Troy, Dialogue Editor: Jason King, Bill Dotson, ADR Group Co-ordinator: Burton Sharp, ADR Recordist: Jeff Vaughn, ADR Mixer: Eric J. Thompson, ADR Editor: Catherine Speakman, ADR Editor: Marty Vites, Foley Artist: Jim Moriana, Foley Artist: Gregg Barbanell, Foley Artist: Katie Rowe, Foley Mixer: Eric J. Thompson, Foley Editor: Stuv, Foley Editor: Piero Murg, Foley Editor: Ben Wilkins, Foley Editor: Charles Ritter, Aerial Co-ordinator: Corkey Fornof, Marine Co-ordinator: Charter Connection, Bertram McCann, Stunt Co-ordinator: M. James Arnett, Consultant: Jesse Alexander, Dolby Consultant: James Wright, Armourer: Lance Larson, Animal Trainer: Brian McMillan, Helicopter Pilot: Mike Tamburro, Helicopter Pilot: John Santini, Publicist: Baker Winokur Ryder, Henry Eshelman, Unit Publicist: David Pollick, Carol McConnaughey, Filmed with: Panavision Cameras & Lenses
Cast (52)
Pamela Anderson Lee (Barb Wire), Temuera Morrison (Axel), Victoria Rowell (Cora D), Jack Noseworthy (Charlie), Xander Berkeley (Alexander Willis), Udo Kier (Curly), André Rosey Brown (Big Fatso), Nicholas Worth (Reuben), Clint Howard (Schmitz), Jennifer Banko (Spike), Steve Railsback (Colonel Pryzer), Amir Aboulela (patron), Adriana Alexander (redhead), David Andriole (goon #2), Vanessa Lee Asher (Emily), Ron Balicki (customs agent #1), Candace Camille Bender (dancer), Tony Bill (Foster), Alex Bookston (man in white suit), Gil Borgos (old man), Mark Collver (Manny), Tina Coté (woman in bar #1), Vinnie Curto (aide to Pryzer), Shelly Desai (Sharif), Miles Dougal (goon #1), Ken Forsgren (greaseball), Darrel Heath (soldier (flashback)), Neil Hunt (Weasel), Diana Lee Insanto (customs agent #2), Henry Kingi (Moe), Tiffany Lawrence (security guard), Tom 'Zeus' Lister (bouncer), Marshal Manesh (sheik), John Paxton (Smooth), Pee Wee Piemonte (Frick), Mary Anna Reyes (woman in torture room), Jeffrey Dean Rosenthal (bald man), Loren Rubin (Krebs), Michael Russo (Santo), Joe Sagal (Fred the bartender), Diane Shay (stripper in dressing room), Harvey Shield (dad), Lou Simon (passenger), Rene Stahl (woman in bar #2), Nils Allen Stewart (Jack), Teo (disc jockey), Patti Tippo (mom), Dominique Vandenberg (Frack), Al Wan (China), Diane Warshay (Maria), Jack Wright (package check guy), Salvator Xuereb (young soldier)