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Clear and Present Danger
1994
· Movie
· 141 min
B
MEANRANK
70/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2254
- IMDb #2402
- Google retired #2260
- Rotten Tomatoes #1838
- Metacritic #1549
- Letterboxd #2774
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1986
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2230
- Metacritic Critics #1330
- Metacritic Audience #2176
- Criticker #1638
- Douban #1606
- Kinopoisk #3140
- AlloCiné #2952
- Trakt #1805
Every rating
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A rising CIA analyst is appointed as the acting Deputy Director of Intelligence. He is tasked with investigating the murder of a friend of the U.S. President. He uncovers a secret and illegal war being waged by the government against a Colombian drug cartel, a operation he was never briefed on. He finds himself caught between his duty to the agency and his own moral compass.
Details
- Director
- Phillip Noyce
- Writers
- Donald E. Stewart, John Milius, Steven Zaillian
- Based on
- Clear and Present Danger by Tom Clancy
- Released
- 3 August 1994
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Runtime
- 141 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $62.0M
- Box office
- $215.9M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 6 nominations
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| 67th Academy Awards 1995 | Best Sound Editing | John Leveque | Nominee |
| 67th Academy Awards 1995 | Best Sound Editing | Bruce Stambler | Nominee |
| 67th Academy Awards 1995 | Best Sound | Art Rochester | Nominee |
| 67th Academy Awards 1995 | Best Sound | Donald O. Mitchell | Nominee |
| 67th Academy Awards 1995 | Best Sound | Frank A. Montaño | Nominee |
| 67th Academy Awards 1995 | Best Sound | Michael Herbick | Nominee |
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67th Academy Awards
6 nominations
| Best Sound | Art Rochester | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Donald O. Mitchell | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Frank A. Montaño | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Michael Herbick | Nominee |
| Best Sound Editing | John Leveque | Nominee |
| Best Sound Editing | Bruce Stambler | Nominee |