Eraser (1996)

Director:

Chuck Russell

Writers (WGA):

Tony Puryear (story) and
Walon Green (story) ...
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Release Date:

21 June 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

He will erase your past to protect your future.

Plot:

A Witness Protection specialist becomes suspicious of his co-workers when dealing with a case involving high-tech weapons.

Plot Keywords:

Weapon | Witness | U.S. Marshal | FBI | Identity

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Arnold Schwarzenegger	...	U.S. Marshal John 'The Eraser' Kruger
James Caan	...	U.S. Marshal Robert Deguerin
Vanessa Williams	...	Lee Cullen
James Coburn	...	WitSec Chief Beller
Robert Pastorelli	...	Johnny Casteleone
James Cromwell	...	William Donohue
Danny Nucci	...	WitSec Deputy Monroe
Andy Romano	...	Undersecretary of Defense Daniel Harper
Nick Chinlund	...	WitSec Agent Calderon
Michael Papajohn	...	WitSec Agent Schiffer
Joe Viterelli	...	Tony Two-Toes
Mark Rolston	...	J. Scar
John Slattery	...	FBI Agent Corman
Robert Miranda	...	Frediano
Roma Maffia	...	Claire Isaacs
Tony Longo	...	Little Mike
Gerry Becker	...	Morehart
John Snyder	...	Sal
Melora Walters	...	Darleen
Olek Krupa	...	Sergei Ivanovich Petrofsky
Cylk Cozart	...	Darryl
K. Todd Freeman	...	Duton
Rocco Sisto	...	Pauley
Gerald Berns	...	Young Agent
Steven Ford	...	Knoland (as Steve Ford)
Ismael 'East' Carlo	...	Father Rodriguez
Tommy J. Huff	...	Somes (as Thomas J. Huff)
Rick Batalla	...	Kevin, the Bartender
Michael Gregory	...	Leiman
Patrick Kilpatrick	...	James Haggerty
James Short	...	Crane Sniper
A.J. Nay	...	Sniper #2
Camryn Manheim	...	Nurse at Cyrez Infirmary
Skipp Sudduth	...	Watch Commander
Anthony Fusco	...	WitSec Ops
Gregory McKinney	...	WitSec Ops
Craig Barnett	...	Clerk
Corey Joshua Taylor	...	Officer
Rick Marzan	...	Crawford
Brian Libby	...	Perimeter Guy
Danny Wynands	...	Perimeter Guy (as Dan Wynands)
David Wolos-Fonteno	...	Security Official
Sonny King	...	Security Guard (as Sonny H. King)
Edward Rote	...	Security Guard
Mike Cameron	...	Gate Guard (as Michael Cameron)
Tim Colceri	...	Lobby Guard
Dieter R. Trippel	...	Lobby Guard
Matthew Mahaney	...	Vault Guard
Denis Forest	...	Technician
Christopher Mankiewicz	...	Zoo Guard
Mike Stone	...	Zoo Killer #1 (as Michael Stone)
Kevin Fry	...	Dock Guard
Sam Scarber	...	Dock Guard
Richie Varga	...	Undersecretary of Defense Daniel Harper
Diana Morgan	...	Female Reporter
Ben Shenkman	...	Reporter
Dominic Marcus	...	Reporter
Pat Collins	...	Anchorman
Dorin Seymour	...	Attorney
Clayton Landey	...	WitSec Agent
Terry Beeman	...	Dancer
Michael Gregory Gong	...	Dancer
Sebastian La Cause	...	Dancer
Frank Minitello	...	Paramedic
Charles Chiquette	...	Office Worker #1 (as Charles Chiquete)
Glenndon Chatman	...	Glenndon
Camille Winbush	...	Camille
Vic Polizos	...	Hannon
James Frank Clark	...	Locomotive Engineer (as James Clark)
David Bilson	...	Pilot
Al Cerullo	...	Pilot
Rick Shuster	...	Pilot
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Frank Arcuri	...	Lawyer (uncredited)
Matt Gulbranson	...	Russian Sailor (uncredited)
Mischa Hausserman	...	Airplane Captain (uncredited)
Patricia Holihan	...	Pedestrian (uncredited)
Tom Lupo	...	Hostage Taker (uncredited)
Dave Mallow	...	Newscaster (uncredited)
David Novak	...	Co-Pilot (uncredited)
James Rosin	...	Washington D.C. Cop (uncredited)
Sven-Ole Thorsen	...	Russian Gunman (uncredited)

Directed by
Chuck Russell		(as Charles Russell)

Writing credits (WGA)
Tony Puryear		(story) and
Walon Green		(story) &
Michael S. Chernuchin		(story)
Tony Puryear		(screenplay) and
Walon Green		(screenplay)

Produced by
Stephen Brown	....	co-producer
Frank Capra III	....	associate producer
Anne Kopelson	....	producer
Arnold Kopelson	....	producer
Caroline Pham	....	co-producer
Chuck Russell	....	executive producer (as Charles Russell)
Michael Tadross	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Alan Silvestri

Cinematography by
Adam Greenberg

Film Editing by
Michael Tronick

Casting by
Bonnie Timmermann

Production Design by
Bill Kenney

Art Direction by
William Ladd Skinner		(as Bill Skinner)

Set Decoration by
Garrett Lewis

Costume Design by
Richard Bruno

Makeup Department
Jeff Dawn	....	makeup supervisor
Beatrice De Alba	....	hair stylist (as Beatrice DeAlba)
Dayne Johnson	....	makeup artist
Jim Kail	....	key makeup artist: second unit
Louis Lazzara	....	makeup artist (as Lou Lazzara)
Dale Miller	....	hair stylist
Peter Tothpal	....	hair stylist supervisor
Mary Guerrero	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
Steve Johnson	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Michael Key	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Mike McCarty	....	painter: K.N.B. effects group (uncredited)
Peter Montagna	....	assistant makeup artist (uncredited)
Michael Shelton	....	makeup effects crew (uncredited)
Alan Tuskes	....	special makeup effects and creature crew (uncredited)

Production Management
Erica L. Hiller	....	post-production supervisor
Dennis E. Jones	....	unit production manager
George Manasse	....	unit production manager
Justin Moritt	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Andrew Bernstein	....	second assistant director
Frank Capra III	....	first assistant director
Christopher T. Gerrity	....	first assistant director: second unit (as Chris Garrity)
Norman Kent	....	assistant director: second unit
Terry Leonard	....	second unit director
Douglas S. Ornstein	....	second assistant director
Kristina M. Peterson	....	dga trainee (as Kristina Peterson)
Sharon Swab	....	dga trainee
David Ticotin	....	first assistant director: second unit
Nicholas Wolfert	....	second assistant director: second unit (uncredited)

Art Department
David Gabrielli	....	general foreman
Bill 'Kauhane' Hoyt	....	stand-by painter
Gary F. Kieldrup	....	assistant property master (as Gary Kieldrup)
Robert Misetich	....	paint foreman
Dave Newhouse	....	greensman (as David Newhouse)
Joe Olsen	....	property master: second unit
Dennis J. Parrish	....	property master (as Dennis Parrish)
Hope M. Parrish	....	assistant property master (as Hope Parrish)
William D. Parrish	....	assistant property master (as Billy Parrish)
Marvin Salsberg	....	construction coordinator
Amy Skjonsby-Winslow	....	art department researcher
Dawn Snyder	....	assistant art director
Mark Woods	....	lead man
Fred Apolito	....	propmaker (uncredited)
William Apperson	....	propmaker foreman (uncredited)
Steven Braund	....	propmaker foreman (uncredited)
Chris Buchinsky	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)
Teresa Carriker-Thayer	....	assistant art director (uncredited)
Oscar Delgadillo	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Gerald DeTitta	....	leadman: New York (uncredited)
Dragon Dronet	....	props (uncredited)
Scott C. Garrett	....	draper (uncredited)
Scott C. Garrett	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Travis Huffman	....	propmaker (uncredited)
Gary Isbell	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Stuart John	....	construction foreman (uncredited)
Kent Jones	....	paint foreman (uncredited)
Sean Langdon	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Thomas Lauifi	....	carpenter (uncredited)
Masako Masuda	....	set designer (uncredited)
Silvija L. Moess	....	scenic charge (uncredited)
Raymond Prado	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)
Michael Saccio	....	property master (uncredited)
Ahmed Saker	....	construction medic (uncredited)
Richard Salinas	....	painter (uncredited)
Tom Southwell	....	production illustrator (uncredited)
Cheryl Stewart	....	set designer (uncredited)
Wendy Weaver	....	buyer (uncredited)
Gaylene West	....	set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department
Bub Asman	....	supervising sound editor
Christopher S. Aud	....	sound effects editor (as Chris Aud)
Patrick Bietz	....	sound effects editor
John Voss Bonds Jr.	....	sound effects editor (as John Bonds)
Steve Bowerman	....	boom operator
Christopher Boyes	....	sound designer
Neil Burrow	....	sound effects editor
Kevin E. Carpenter	....	sound re-recording mixer
Damon Cohoon	....	assistant dialogue editor
Lucy Coldsnow-Smith	....	supervising dialogue editor
Samuel C. Crutcher	....	sound effects editor
Mike Dobie	....	sound effects editor
Robert Eber	....	sound mixer
Christopher Flick	....	supervising foley editor
Catherine Flynn	....	adr editor (as Cathy Flynn)
Patrick J. Foley	....	dialogue editor (as Pat Foley)
Jessica Gallavan	....	adr editor (as Jessica Galavan)
Jeffrey J. Haboush	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jerelyn J. Harding	....	adr editor (as Jerelyn Harding)
Todd Harris	....	assistant sound editor
David L. Horton Jr.	....	foley editor
Doug Jackson	....	sound effects editor
Scott D. Jackson	....	foley editor
Constance A. Kazmer	....	foley editor
Clark King	....	sound mixer: second unit
James J. Klinger	....	sound effects editor
Gary Krivacek	....	sound effects editor
Dean G. Manly	....	assistant adr editor (as Dean Manley)
Darrin Martin	....	assistant sound editor
Martin Maryska	....	digital sound editor
Alan Robert Murray	....	supervising sound editor (as Alan Murray)
Walter Newman	....	sound effects editor
Kim Nolan	....	first assistant sound editor (as Kim Nolan-Morrell)
Jayme S. Parker	....	sound effects editor (as Jayme Parker)
Troy Porter	....	adr mixer
John F. Reynolds	....	dialogue editor (as John Reynolds)
Michael Ruiz	....	assistant sound editor
Robert Schaper	....	sound re-recording mixer
James Simcik	....	supervising adr editor
Corinne Villa	....	adr editor
Paul C. Warschilka	....	assistant sound editor (as Paul Warschilka)
Robb Wilson	....	assistant dialogue editor (as Rob Wilson)
Butch Wolf	....	foley editor
Donna Barrett	....	cable person (uncredited)
Bradford Cox	....	sound assistant (uncredited)
Eric Gotthelf	....	foley mixer (uncredited)
Matthew Wood	....	assistant sound designer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Howard Berger	....	animatronic crocodiles supervisor: Kurtzman, Nicotero & Berger EFX Group
Eugene Crum	....	special effects assistant
Donald Frazee	....	special effects assistant
Terry D. Frazee	....	special effects coordinator (as Terry Frazee)
Jay M. Hirsch	....	special effects assistant (as Jay Hirsch)
Gregory Nicotero	....	animatronic crocodiles supervisor: Kurtzman, Nicotero & Berger EFX Group (as Greg Nicotero)
Timothy Ralston	....	animatronic crocodiles supervisor: Kurtzman, Nicotero & Berger EFX Group (as Tim Ralston)
Evan Campbell	....	special effects crew (uncredited)
Bruce Y. Kuroyama	....	mechanical special effects technician (uncredited)
Vincent Montefusco	....	special effects: trailor-pyro & mech (uncredited)
Laurie Morgenthal	....	hot head technician (uncredited)
Beecher Tomlinson	....	special effects (uncredited)
Wayne Toth	....	special effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Philip Edward Alexy	....	computer graphics animator: ILM
Alexandra Altrocchi	....	visual effects coordinator: ILM
Michael Bauer	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Jean Bolte	....	digital texture painter: ILM
Nicholas Brooks	....	digital effects supervisor: Mass. Illusion
Lanny Cermak	....	computer graphics camera matchmover: ILM
Eric Chamberlain	....	physical effects supervisor: Mass. Illusion
Shanna Chung Lim	....	CGI artist: Warner Digital Studios
Byars Cole	....	stage producer: Mass. Illusion
Kate Crossley	....	visual effects editor
Patrice Dinhut	....	visual effects supervisor: Warner Digital Studios
Peter Doyle	....	senior digital visual effects compositor: Mass. Illusion
Kevin Elam	....	production manager: Mass. Illusion
Matt Farell	....	CGI lead artist: Warner Digital Studios
Michael L. Fink	....	visual effects supervisor: Warner Digital Studios (as Michael Fink)
Lisa Fisher	....	visual effects producer: Mass. Illusion
Brenton Fletcher	....	CG animator
Jenny Fulle	....	visual effects producer: Warner Digital Studios
John Gaeta	....	second visual effects supervisor: Mass. Illusion
Joe Gareri	....	executive producer: Pacific Title Digital
Michael Gleason	....	visual effects editor: ILM
Colin Green	....	previsualization supervisor: Mass. Illusion
Jason Hanel	....	visual effects staff assistant
Tim Harrington	....	computer graphics animator: ILM
Christophe Hery	....	computer graphics supervisor: ILM
John Hewitt	....	CGI artist: Warner Digital Studios
Roger Huynh	....	CGI artist: Warner Digital Studios
Joel Hynek	....	visual effects supervisor: Mass. Illusion
Jay Ignaszewski	....	post-production supervisor: Mass. Illusion
Carolyn Ippisch	....	CGI artist: Warner Digital Studios
Bill Konersman	....	CGI artist: Warner Digital Studios
Scott Leberecht	....	visual effects art director: ILM
Janice Lew	....	CGI lead artist: Warner Digital Studios
Stewart Lew	....	computer graphics modeler: ILM
Susan MacLeod	....	visual effects production supervisor
Karey Maltzahn	....	visual effects assistant editor
Steven McCure	....	CGI artist: Warner Digital Studios
Amy McNamara	....	CGI artist: Warner Digital Studios
Terry Molatore	....	computer graphics rotoscope artist: ILM
Steve Molin	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Eileen O'Neill	....	computer graphics supervisor: Mass. Illusion
Diane Pearlman	....	visual effects executive producer: Mass. Illusion
Tony Plett	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Denise Ream	....	visual effects producer: ILM
Timothy Rowell	....	associate producer: Mass. Illusion
Robin Saxen	....	digital effects coordinator: Pacific Title Digital
David Sosalla	....	digital effects supervisor: Pacific Title Digital
Evelyn Spencer	....	CGI artist: Warner Digital Studios
Casey Steele	....	visual effects staff assistant
David K. Stewart	....	director of photography: Mass. Illusion
John E. Sullivan	....	visual effects supervisor
Rpin Suwannath	....	CGI artist: Warner Digital Studios
David Taritero	....	visual effects production manager: Warner Digital Studios
Robert U. Taylor	....	visual effects production designer: Mass. Illusion
Christopher Townsend	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Ken Wallace	....	additional visual effects coordinator
Steve 'Spaz' Williams	....	crocodile and animation visual effects supervisor: ILM (as Steve Williams)
Genevieve Yee	....	CGI artist: Warner Digital Studios
Joe Alter	....	digital effects artist (uncredited)
Glenn Arnold	....	assistant visual effects editor: Massive Illusion (uncredited)
Travis Baumann	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Jeffrey Benoit	....	digital effects artist (uncredited)
Anthony Braun	....	assistant camera: Mass. Illusion (uncredited)
Fredrick R. Bresky	....	visual effects production assistant (uncredited)
D. Walt Cameron	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Francesco Chiarini	....	visual effects (uncredited)
Richard Chuang	....	visual effects supervisor: PDI (uncredited)
Michael Corcoran	....	computer graphics resource assistant (uncredited)
Vince De Quattro	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Adam Dotson	....	CGI artist (uncredited)
Christina Drahos	....	digital production assistant: main title sequence (uncredited)
Leighton Edmondson	....	visual effects gaffer: Mass Illusion (uncredited)
Tyler Foell	....	digital artist (uncredited)
David Fogg	....	motion control (uncredited)
John Follmer	....	visual effects producer: MetroLight Studios (uncredited)
Frank Gallego	....	model maker (uncredited)
Sally Goldberg	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Gordon Grinberg	....	visual effects assistant editor (uncredited)
Christian Hatfield	....	CG artist (uncredited)
Beth Howe	....	visual effects office coordinator (uncredited)
Les Hunter	....	visual effects producer: PDI (uncredited)
Zack Judson	....	digital effects artist (uncredited)
Alice V. Kaiserian	....	digital compositor: Warner Digital (uncredited)
Daniel Klem	....	model maker (uncredited)
James W. Kristoff	....	executive in charge of production: MetroLight Studios (uncredited)
David C. Lawson	....	digital artist: Warner Digital (uncredited)
Jennifer Law-Stump	....	digital effects artist: Pacific Title Digital (uncredited)
Don Lee	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
James Madigan	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
John R. McConnell	....	compositor: Pixelmagic (uncredited)
Ray McCort	....	aerial coordinator: visual effects (uncredited)
Will McCoy	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Mimi Medel	....	visual effects coordinator (uncredited)
David Merritt	....	key modelmaker: Mass Illusion (uncredited)
Juniko Moody	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Luc G. Nicknair	....	first assistant camera: Vistavision (uncredited)
John P. Nugent	....	compositor (uncredited)
Reid Paul	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Janet Quen	....	digital effects artist (uncredited)
Thomas Quinn	....	mechanical effects lead (uncredited)
Olivier Sarda	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Christopher Savides	....	imaging camera operator (uncredited)
Dobbie Schiff	....	visual effects executive producer: MetroLight Studios (uncredited)
Doyle Smith	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Kevin Andrew Smith	....	systems administrator: Warner Brothers Imaging Technology (uncredited)
Stephen Sobisky	....	project manager: Viewpoint Datalabs (uncredited)
Jeff Sturgill	....	visual effects assistant cameraman (uncredited)
Kenji Sweeney	....	CGI artist (uncredited)
Marc Toscano	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Chris Waegner	....	digital effects artist (uncredited)
Jeff Wells	....	digital effects artist: Pacific Title Digital (uncredited)
Ken Wilder	....	digital artist: Pixel Magic (uncredited)
Guy Williams	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Kevin Willmering	....	digital composite supervisor: Warner Digital (uncredited)
Jennifer Wollan	....	visual effects editor (uncredited)

Stunts
Pete Antico	....	stunts
Perry Barndt	....	stunts
Bobby Bass	....	stunts
Janet Brady	....	stunts
Jake Brake	....	stunts
Bob Brown	....	stunts (as Bobby Brown)
Troy Brown	....	stunts
Ericka Bryce	....	stunts
Joe Bucaro III	....	stunts (as Joey Bucaro)
William H. Burton	....	stunts
John Cenatiempo	....	stunts
Steven Chambers	....	stunts (as Steve Chambers)
Franco Columbu	....	stunts
Erik Cord	....	stunts
Kimberly Cossette	....	stunts
Chic Daniel	....	stunts
Max Daniels	....	stunts
Tim A. Davison	....	stunts
Danial Donai	....	stunts (as Danial M. Donai)
Tom Elliott	....	stunts
Danny Epper	....	stunts
Gary Epper	....	stunts
Teri Garland	....	stunts
Greg Gault	....	stunts (as Gregory J. Gault)
Billy Hank Hooker	....	stunts
Norman Howell	....	stunts
Matt Johnston	....	stunts
Peter Kent	....	stunts (as Peter H. Kent)
Joel Kramer	....	stunt coordinator
Sharon Kramer	....	stunts
Lane Leavitt	....	stunts
Barbara Lee-Belmonte	....	stunts
Mark Lonsdale	....	stunts
Billy D. Lucas	....	stunts
Tom Lupo	....	stunts
John Meier	....	stunts (as John C. Meier)
Bennie Moore	....	stunts (as Bennie E. Moore Jr.)
Alan Oliney	....	stunts
Michael Owen	....	stunts
Jim Palmer	....	stunts
Anthony T. Pennello	....	stunts (as Tony Pennello)
Manny Perry	....	stunts
Chuck Picerni Jr.	....	stunts (as Charles Picerni Jr.)
Steve Picerni	....	stunts
Jeff Podgurski	....	stunts
Darrin Prescott	....	stunts
Dieter Rauter	....	stunts
Jimmy N. Roberts	....	stunts
Danny Rogers	....	stunts
Scott Rogers	....	stunts
Michael Runyard	....	stunts
Monty L. Simons	....	stunts (as Monty Simons)
Mike Smith	....	stunts
Sven-Ole Thorsen	....	stunts
Tim Trella	....	stunts
David Walling	....	stunts (as David Charles Walling)
April Weeden-Washington	....	stunt double: Vanessa Williams (as April Weeden)
Tim Werner	....	stunts
Scott Wilder	....	stunts
Scott Workman	....	stunts
Keith Woulard	....	stunts
Alan Wurtzel	....	stunts
Dick Ziker	....	stunts
Chuck Zito	....	stunts
Chuck Borden	....	stunts (uncredited)
Danial Donai	....	additional stunt double: Arnold Schwarzenegger (uncredited)
Frank Ferrara	....	stunts (uncredited)
Charles Grisham	....	stunt rigger (uncredited)
Tom Harper	....	stunts (uncredited)
Peter Kent	....	stunt double: Arnold Schwarzenegger (uncredited)
Henry Kingi Jr.	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jalil Jay Lynch	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bob McGovern	....	stunt performer (uncredited)
Pee Wee Piemonte	....	stunts (uncredited)
Dieter Rauter	....	additional stunt double: Arnold Schwarzenegger (uncredited)
Eliot Sash	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
Gunter Simon	....	stunts (uncredited)
Gary J. Wayton	....	stunt performer (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Steve Aredas	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Mike Benson	....	director of photography: second unit
Gary Brostrom	....	key grip: second unit
Bobby Burton	....	chief lighting technician: second unit
William Cueto	....	assistant chief lighting technician
John J. Ellingwood	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera (as Jack John Ellingwood)
Brad Emmons	....	rigging gaffer (as Bradley Thomas Emmons)
Stanley L. Gonsales	....	assistant chief lighting technician (as Stanley Gonsales)
Shai Greenberg	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Steve Irwin	....	video engineer
John Karls	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Norman Kent	....	skydiving unit camera operator
Dennis J. Laine	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera (as Dennis Laine)
Moshe Levin	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Bruce McBroom	....	still photographer
Steven C. McGee	....	chief lighting technician (as Steve McGee)
Raymond Michels	....	key grip (as Raymond Michaels)
Gary Muller	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Andrew Priestley	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Tom Priestley Jr.	....	director of photography: second unit (as Tom Priestley)
Alfred E. Smithey	....	best boy grip (as Alfred Smithey)
Michael St. Hilaire	....	camera operator: "a" camera (as Mike St. Hilaire)
Dean Striepeke	....	video assist operator
Jeffrey Thorin	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera (as Jeff Thorin)
Jon R. Tower	....	chief lighting technician: second unit (as John Tower)
Joseph F. Valentine	....	camera operator: second unit (as Joe Valentine)
Roy Bean	....	video technician (uncredited)
Ben Betts	....	video engineer (uncredited)
Shaw Hawkins Burrows	....	electrician: Washington D.C. (uncredited)
Russell Caldwell	....	best boy: second unit (uncredited)
Glenn Corbett	....	rigging gaffer (uncredited)
Frank Endewardt	....	set lighting technician: second unit (uncredited)
Ron Goodman	....	camera operator: SpaceCam (uncredited)
Edward A. Gutentag	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Rick Harris	....	best boy: second unit (uncredited)
Chris Johnson	....	film loader (uncredited)
Dan Kneece	....	Steadicam operator (uncredited)
Gábor Kövér	....	camera operator: "b" camera, New York (uncredited)
Ron Kunecke	....	night light operator (uncredited)
Josh Levy	....	second video assist operator (uncredited)
Deborah Lipman	....	second assistant camera: New York/Washington D.C. (uncredited)
Mark Mele	....	rigging electrician (uncredited)
Daisuke Dice Miyake	....	grip (uncredited)
Darryl Murchison	....	lighting technician (uncredited)
Evan A. Nesbitt	....	first assistant camera: VistaVision camera (uncredited)
Larry Pausback	....	lamp operator (uncredited)
Brian Tilden	....	electrician (uncredited)
Jimi Udel	....	grip (uncredited)

Animation Department
Marc Toscano	....	animator
Marc Lougee	....	animation consultant: Mass Illusion (uncredited)

Casting Department
Alison E. McBryde	....	casting associate (as Allison McBryde)
Fern Champion	....	additional casting: Los Angeles (uncredited)
Jimmy Jue	....	extras casting (uncredited)
Mark Paladini	....	additional casting: Los Angeles (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Victoria Bruno	....	costumer
Robert Chase	....	costumer (as Bob Chase)
Greg Hall	....	costumer: Mr. Schwarzenegger
Cookie Lopez	....	costumer: Vanessa Williams
Gregory B. Peña	....	costumer (as Gregory B. Pena)
Hugo Peña	....	costume supervisor (as Hugo Pena)
Mark Burchard	....	wardrobe (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Ken Blackwell	....	associate editor
Todd Busch	....	assistant film editor
Dale E. Grahn	....	color timer (as Dale Grahn)
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
Christine Lee	....	assistant film editor (as C. Lee)
Damion Willims	....	assistant film editor (as Damion Williams)
Calvin Wimmer	....	assistant film editor
Fred Fouquet	....	editor: opening title sequence (uncredited)
Brandon K. Hogan	....	post-production (uncredited)

Music Department
Will Kaplan	....	music editor
Kenneth Karman	....	music editor
Mark McKenzie	....	orchestrator
Conrad Pope	....	orchestrator
William Ross	....	orchestrator
Dennis S. Sands	....	music scoring mixer (as Dennis Sands)
Paul Silver	....	assistant music editor
Alan Silvestri	....	conductor
Jacqueline Tager	....	assistant music editor
Walter Werzowa	....	composer: main title music
Sandy DeCrescent	....	orchestra contractor (uncredited)
Gary Raymond	....	music effects (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Don Basset	....	transportation captain (as Don Bassett)
Wayne R. Campbell	....	transportation coordinator
Louis Dinson	....	transportation captain: second unit (as Lou Dinson)
Walt Miller	....	transportation co-captain (as Walter Miler Jr.)
Randy Musselman	....	transportation co-captain
Phil Strauss	....	transportation
Mitch Friedman	....	driver (uncredited)
J. Armin Garza II	....	driver: camera car (uncredited)
John Siedenburg	....	transportation (uncredited)

Other crew
Aparna Bakhle	....	staff assistant
David Bifano	....	auricle programmer
Aaron Brock	....	staff assistant
Robert C. Campion	....	production accountant
Delia Circelli	....	production office supervisor
Kyle Cooper	....	title designer: main title, RGA/LA
Dawn C. Dreiling	....	script supervisor: second unit (as Dawn Dreiling)
Ethan Dubrow	....	assistant: Michael Tradross
Jude Elliot	....	assistant: Chuck Russell (as Jude Elliott)
Karen Fouts	....	assistant accountant (as Karen Jo Fouts)
Adam Gallagher	....	staff assistant
Moby Griffin	....	marine coordinator (as Moby Griffen)
Shawn Griffith	....	staff assistant
Michael Haro	....	assistant location manager
Mischa Hausserman	....	aerial coordinator
David Hyman	....	staff assistant
James Jermyn	....	staff assistant (as James Jermyn Jr.)
Jeff Jones	....	skydiving supervisor
Adam M. Koppekin	....	staff assistant
Terry Ladin	....	production coordinator
Harry Lu	....	technical advisor
Mary Lamar Mahler	....	first aid
Susan Malerstein	....	script supervisor (as Susan Malerstein-Watkins)
Guy Manos	....	skydiving coordinator
Keira March	....	staff assistant
R.J. Mino	....	staff assistant
Steve Newman	....	publicist
Maria Norman	....	executive assistant: Arnold Kopelson
Kory O'Donnell	....	production secretary (as Kory A. O'Donnell)
Claudia O'Hehir	....	assistant: Anne Kopelson
Terry Ostrow	....	staff assistant (as Terri Ostrow)
Michael Panagiotis	....	staff assistant
Robin Petgrave	....	helicopter pilot
Ron B. Pierno	....	staff assistant (as Ron Pierno)
Michael Pitt	....	staff assistant
Liz Radley	....	video and graphics supervisor (as Elizabeth Radley)
John Rottger	....	technical advisor
Charlie Scott	....	craft service
James Stankard	....	assistant: Mr. Schwarzenegger (as Jim Stankard)
Adam M. Stone	....	assistant: Arnold Kopelson (as Adam Stone)
Peter M. Tobyansen	....	location manager (as Peter 'Toby' Tobyansen)
Meghan Sea Treese	....	assistant: Stephen Brown (as Meghan Treese)
Kent Tsurumaru	....	assistant: Chuck Russell
Winona Wacker	....	staff assistant
Garson Yu	....	title designer: main title, RGA/LA
Charley Armstrong	....	location manager (uncredited)
Adam Baer	....	location scout (uncredited)
Nick Corbett	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Alex Corven Caronia	....	assistant location manager: New York (uncredited)
W. Ty Crawford	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Bill Daly	....	post-production accountant manager (uncredited)
Tom Dames	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Sven E. Fahlgren	....	accounting staff assistant (uncredited)
Michael Grasso	....	firearms advisor (uncredited)
Lara Hammond	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Kenneth Hunter	....	assistant location manager (uncredited)
Jonathan Josell	....	effects accountant (uncredited)
David Lanphier Jr.	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Rick Marcena	....	construction accountant (uncredited)
Stephen A. Marinaccio II	....	production office assistant (uncredited)
Ray McCort	....	helicopter pilot (uncredited)
Arthur J. Miller Jr.	....	location scout (uncredited)
John Mingalone	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Rick Roesch	....	payroll accountant (uncredited)
Peter Sobich Jr.	....	assistant production coordinator (uncredited)
Joseph Stephans	....	location assistant: New York (uncredited)
Irapaul Turner	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Troy Waters	....	marine crew (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Warner Bros. Pictures

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures (1996) (USA) (theatrical)
• Gemini Film (1996) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Entertainment Finland Oy (1996) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1996) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1996) (Austria) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1996) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1996) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1996) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1996) (France) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1996) (UK) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1996) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1996) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1996) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1996) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (1998) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (2000) (2001) (2005) (Finland) (TV)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1999) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• SubTV (2004) (Finland) (TV)
• Warner Home Video (1997) (Finland) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (1999) (Finland) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (1996) (Japan) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (1999) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2001) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (1997) (USA) (DVD) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)
• Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Alterian
• CIS Hollywood (digital visual effects)
• Effects Associates
• Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) (special visual effects and animation)
• K.N.B. Effects Group (animatronic crocodiles) (as Kurtzman, Nicotero & Berger Effects Group)
• Manex Visual Effects (MVFX)
• Mass. Illusions (airplane sequence visual effects)
• MetroLight Studios
• Pacific Data Images (PDI) (additional digital visual effects and animation)
• Pacific Title Digital (additional digital visual effects)
• Steve Johnson's XFX (special makeup effects)
• Warner Digital Studios (special visual effects)

Other Companies

• Animals R Us  animals
• Movie Movers  cast trailers
• Movie Movers  production trailers
• Movie Movers  star trailers
• Pacific Title  opticals
• Panavision  cameras and lenses
• R/Greenberg Associates (West)  main title design (as RGA/LA)
• Technicolor  color and prints

Also Known As:

Eraser (Austria) (Germany) [de]
L'effaceur (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
Стиратель (Russia) [ru]
Apolyti diagrafi (Greece) [el]
Brisac (Serbia) [sr]
Egzekutor (Poland) [pl]
El protector (Venezuela) [es]
Eraser (Slovenia) [sl]
Eraser (Eliminador) (Spain) [es]
Eraser - suojelija (Finland) [fi]
L'eliminatore (Italy) [it]
Likvidátor (Czech Republic) [cs]
Queima de Arquivo (Brazil) [pt]
Silici (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Végképp eltörölni (Hungary) [hu]

MPAA:

Rated R for violent action throughout and some language.

Runtime:

115 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Certification:

Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | USA:R (certificate #34624) | Iceland:16 | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:15 | Philippines:R-18 | Australia:MA | UK:15 (video rating) (heavily cut) | UK:15 (uncut version, re-rating) | New Zealand:R16 | Argentina:16 | Belgium:KT | Chile:18 | Denmark:16 | Finland:K-16 | Germany:16 (w) | Italy:T | Norway:18 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 (original rating) (cut)

Filming Locations:

Borough Hall, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Reportedly, some scenes were written, lit, prepared and then never shot. This happened several times and drove up the budget of the film.

Goofs:

Continuity: The windshield of the plane repairs itself after landing.

Quotes:

Lee: I didn't know treason was part of the corporate strategy.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Tripping the Rift: Chode Eraser (#3.2)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

That's Amore

Perfectly acceptable hard-hitting fun!

John Kruger, a.k.a. "The Eraser" (The big man himself, Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a ferocious U.S. Federal Marshal working as a member for the Witness Protection Agency. His latest assignment is to protect the beautiful and astute Dr. Lee Cullen (Miss America's Vanessa Williams). For Miss Cullen is an employee working for a powerful engineering company specializing in high technological products for the future. This company is responsible for manufacturing powerful laser guns with destructive capabilities and mechanisms which allow these weapons to produce maximum damage. The original intent of these delicate weapons is for military purposes. What Miss Cullen does not know is that there is a conspiracy going on from within the company... Lately, Cullen has evinced an illegal, black market trading and selling of these top secret, laser ray weapons to rogue foreign terrorists... Cullen's life is in jeopardy...she has been targeted for murder...and only John Kruger can save and protect her from imminent threats...by "erasing" Cullen's old identity and implanting a new one...

Robert Deguerin (James Caan), Kruger's superior, has to make sure that everything in this operation is running smoothly and that Kruger does a decent job keeping his eye on Cullen. However, even with the guaranteed safekeeping of her own life by Kruger, Cullen must learn to defend herself from the clutches of her ruthless employer and hitherto unknown criminal mastermind organizing the whole deal alongside with renegade extremists... As well, Cullen learns to trust no one for the government itself may be embroiled in this entire catastrophe...

What predictably follows throughout ERASER is a melange of excessive firepower, brutal fist-fighting, shoot-outs performed with celerity, tons of violent carnage, massive explosions, and nonstop excitement. Yes, ERASER is a definite high testosterone thriller with state of the art effects and a wonderful sense of humor thanks to Arnold's crafty one-liners.

As a chef who owes a "debt of gratitude" to "The Eraser," Robert Pastorelli ( Striking Distance, TV's Murphy Brown ) shines with some spotlight stealing moments also.

ERASER is fun-filled and exhilarating, with a pace that moves lightning fast. However, a paucity of character development or originality in the film's cliché story-line bring this movie down a notch or so. The scantiness of actual substance is sadly common in ERASER. The premise is wonderful, but the product could have been better. The director, cast, and production crew should have been slightly more ambitious with this film's mold...

That having been said, ERASER is a fine treat for male audiences. There's plenty of action, energy, and blood with a fair amount of thrills. Interesting adventure sequences include Arnold parachuting from a burning passenger jet and Arnold again attempting to fight against a myriad of man-eating crocodiles bare-fisted. (Though instead, he had to resort to conventional firearms as weapons.) By the end, when the battle is every man for himself, Arnold's methods of nailing and eliminating the enemy with their own medicine is pure poetic justice!

Some outrageous stunts and special effects, plus the presence of Herculean Arnold Schwarzenegger boost ERASER above complete imbecility. Still, the failure to convey any character depth or meaning into a simplistic plot may classify ERASER as an "escapist" film, but also a "mindless" action film as well. Never once, do the characters convince the audience the gravity of the situation. The performers never persuade the audience to think about the consequences of their actions. Is ERASER a thought-provoking film? Yeah right! ERASER is a standard, "kill or be killed" thriller, nothing more.

Considering Arnold's earlier blockbuster achievements which actually included three dimensional characters such as TOTAL RECALL (1990), TERMINATOR 2, JUDGMENT DAY, (1991) and TRUE LIES (1994), this film is somewhat rudimentary in characterization. For many people though, this quality may not exactly be a setback.

ERASER is a film that is always fun to sit back, watch, and enjoy the action! If you expect anything profound from this movie...try again. ERASER is a cool, better than expected action film with great special effects, two appealing leads, and a package full of car explosions and other assortments of surprises and tricks. Sure, ERASER may not be a "classic" action film, but entertaining, it definitely is. A better plot though, can prove to be very conducive for a film of this caliber...

RATING: **1/2 out of ****.