Stealth (2005)

Director:

Rob Cohen

Writer (WGA):

W.D. Richter (written by)

Release Date:

29 July 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Fear The Sky

Plot:

Deeply ensconced in a top-secret military program, three pilots struggle to bring an artificial intelligence program under control ... before it initiates the next world war.

Plot Keywords:

Pilot | Artificial Intelligence | Aircraft Carrier | Navy | Military

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Josh Lucas	...	Lt. Ben Gannon
Jessica Biel	...	Lt. Kara Wade
Jamie Foxx	...	Lt. Henry Purcell
Sam Shepard	...	Capt. George Cummings
Richard Roxburgh	...	Dr. Keith Orbit
Joe Morton	...	Capt. Dick Marshfield
Ian Bliss	...	Lt. Aaron Shaftsbury
Ebon Moss-Bachrach	...	Tim
Michael Denkha	...	Naval Controller
Rocky Helton	...	Master at Arms
Clayton Adams	...	USS Abraham Lincoln Sailor
Maurice Morgan	...	USS Abraham Lincoln Sailor
Woody Naismith	...	USS Abraham Lincoln Sailor (as Christopher Naismith)
Charles Ndibe	...	USS Abraham Lincoln Sailor
Nicholas Hammond	...	Executive Officer

Also Known As:

La amenaza invisible - Stealth (Argentina) (Mexico) (Spain) [es]
Furtif (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
Ameaça Invisível - Stealth (Brazil) [pt]
Görünmez savasçi (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Lopakodó (Hungary) [hu]
Mahitiko stealth - I aorati apeili (Greece) [el]
Niewidzialny (Poland) [pl]
Stealth - Arma suprema (Italy) [it]
Stealth - Det osynliga hotet (Sweden) [sv]
Stealth - Unter dem Radar (Germany) [de]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for intense action, some violence, brief strong language and innuendo.

Runtime:

121 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Korean | Russian | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS (8 channels)

Certification:

Brazil:14 | Argentina:13 | Taiwan:PG-12 | Sweden:11 | Canada:14A | Norway:11 | France:U | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:14 (original rating) | South Korea:12 | Malaysia:U | USA:PG-13 (certificate #40124) | Australia:M | Singapore:PG | Ireland:12A | UK:12A | Hong Kong:IIA | Finland:K-15 | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Canada:PG (British Columbia) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Philippines:PG-13 | Mexico:B | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Australia

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

When Keith Orbit is looking at the code for the AI, we can see that the code is written in LaTeX, which is a language for typesetting mathematics much as HTML is used on the Internet for typesetting web pages.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The planes were flying at 15' in altitude over rice paddies and water at very high speeds. The force of the air being compressed under the jet would have made major disturbances in the water - yet nothing happened to the terrain. A few seconds later, they flew over building and ripped the roof tiles off.

Quotes:

Capt. George Cummings: [as Purcell turns around in shock over getting a fourth wingman in the squadron] What's the problem, Purcell? You look like you just been hit in the gut.
Lt. Henry Purcell: Well, for one, Captain, we've been flying together for a long time, and it's good; but FOUR is an unlucky number.
Capt. George Cummings: Unlucky?
Lt. Henry Purcell: Yeah! It's not a prime number. See, prime numbers can only be divided by one or itself. THREE is a prime number. The Holy Trinity? The thesis and antithesis that come together to form the synthesis...
Capt. George Cummings: Look! This is not a seminar on metaphysics, son. This is the U.S. Navy. Now we ship out Wednesday at oh five hundred. Dismissed.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Jeopardy!: (#22.43)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

Admiration

Artificial and Unintelligent

If there are any burgeoning film buffs out there with the naivety of an acorn, STEALTH the movie might be amusing to them. But it would take a complete novice to the world of films not to see the formulas of the past all present in this offering. The movies of the fifties, had a standard formula for entertainment and this picture uses them all. The only novelty to this film is the complete lack of originality. The mad scientists' (Richard Roxburgh) role who creates the monster (AI aircraft), has been updated to make him and his monster more benign. It's really not his fault and he has a lawyer/congressman to prove it. The role of bumbling Igor or disposable character is updated to cool, cocky, but sympathetic air wing fighter partner, (Jamie Foxx) The handsome and rugged jungle adventurer, is now the handsome and talented (Josh Lucas) Jet Fighter Pilot. He has all the originality of a bus ticket. The only different characteristic our modern hero possesses is that instead being suave and debonair, he is mentality adroit, physically combative and corrosively abusive of command. Finally, there is the ever present Scientists' daughter, (Jessica Biel) who's been transformed into the token female pilot, who traditionally is plunged into danger, time and time again. Curiously audiences know she won't ever die but will eventually be rescued by the hero. In the classic movie, the girl was helpless and forever screaming, she is now updated to buxom, bikini wearing all American sweetheart. All in all, a formula movie if ever there was one. *