Desperate Measures


1h 40m 1998

Brief Synopsis

Set in San Francisco, a tale about a cop who bends department rules in trying to aid his terminally ill son. He chases an escaped convict whose matching bone marrow will enable his son to have an organ transplant.

Film Details

Also Known As
Sista utvägen
MPAA Rating
Genre
Action
Comedy
Drama
Medical
Thriller
Release Date
1998
Distribution Company
TriStar Pictures
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Los Angeles, California, USA; San Francisco, California, USA

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 40m

Synopsis

Set in San Francisco, a tale about a cop who bends department rules in trying to aid his terminally ill son. He chases an escaped convict whose matching bone marrow will enable his son to have an organ transplant.

Crew

Larry Abbott

Makeup Artist

Geoffrey Alexander

Original Music

Geoffrey Alexander

Music Conductor

Gina R. Alfano

Dialogue Editor

Mark R Axton

Visual Effects

Johnathan Banta

Matte Painter

Bobby Bass

Stunts

Gary Beaird

Key Grip

Henry Bean

Screenplay

Cheryl Beasley-blackwell

Wardrobe Supervisor

Bruce Benson

Stunts

Jolly-rogers Bite

Animator

Arthur Blum

Dolly Grip

Ron Bochar

Sound Editor

Deane Boeka

Animator

Judith Bouley

Location Casting

Mike Brady

Stunts

Veronica Brice

Assistant

Amberwren Brisky-cohen

Assistant

Jim Brocket

Animal Trainer

Gina Brockett

Animal Trainer

Jeff Brockton

Stunts

Clyde E Bryan

Assistant Camera Operator

Heather Burton

Stunts

William Burton

Stunts

Gayle Busby

Line Producer

Edmund Butt

Original Music

Greg Cantrell

Rigging Gaffer

Gary Capo

Dp/Cinematographer

Gary Capo

Director Of Photography

Budd Carr

Executive Consultant

Julie Carr

Assistant Editor

Ruth Caspary

Matte Painter

Mike Cassidy

Stunts

Mark Chadwick

Stunts

Simon Chamberlain

Original Music

Kam Chan

Foley Editor

Jesse Chavez

Dolly Grip

Jeffrey Chernov

Executive Producer

Don Ciana

Color Timer

Victoria Clay

Assistant

Peter Cobbin

Music

Marko Costanzo

Foley Artist

Mike Cox

Assistant Engineer

Craig Currie

Visual Effects

John T. Cypert

Stunts

Thomas Dadras

Animator

George Dashnaw

Stunts

Jeff Dashnaw

Stunts

Tracy Keehn Dashnaw

Stunts

Scott David

Other

Robert Dawson

Main Title Design

Jan Dennehy

Production Accountant

Larry Deunger

Visual Effects

Kenna Doeringer

Adr Editor

Eddy Donno

Stunts

Andrew Dudman

Assistant Engineer

Donna M Duffy

Medic

Jim Dunlap

Assistant Production Accountant

George Dunnagan

Lighting

Richard Edlund

Visual Effects Supervisor

Mark Elias

Key Grip

Annie Ellis

Stunts

Chenoa Ellis

Stunts

David Ellis

Unit Director

Richard Miller Ellis

Stunts

Danny Epper

Stunts

Bruce Ericksen

Wardrobe Supervisor

Rose Fahey

Assistant

Ross Taylor Fanger

Unit Production Manager

Howard Feuer

Casting

Chris Fielder

Assistant Sound Editor

Tom Fleischman

Rerecording

Dave Flower

Assistant Engineer

John Fogerty

Song

David Fogg

Motion Control

Gary Foster

Producer

Ian Fox

Camera Operator

Christine C Fransen

Production Coordinator

Quentin Frost

Animator

Fred Garrielli

Caterer

Ed Gatica

Visual Effects

Brad Gerstner

Production Assistant

Sandy Getzler

Art Director

Norman Glasser

Lighting Technician

Lewis Goldstein

Sound Effects Editor

Bob Gorelick

Steadicam Operator

Mary Grace

Assistant

Michael G Green

Assistant Director

Isobel Griffiths

Music Contractor

Huck Hackstedt

Production Assistant

Walt Hadfield

Construction Coordinator

Bob Hall

Assistant Camera Operator

Dave Hallinan

Assistant Director

James Halty

Stunts

Kelly Hannafin

Set Designer

Geoffrey D. Hansen

Assistant Director

D J Harder

Assistant Camera Operator

Walid Harmoush

Other

Tom Hartig

Boom Operator

David Hayman

Assistant Director

Alex Hegedus

Assistant

Bill Heiden

Other

Paul Hicks

Assistant Engineer

Susan Hoffman

Producer

Steve Holaday

Stunts

Tod Holcomb

Music

Jeff Homolya

Assistant Camera Operator

Shawn Howell

Stunts

Thomas J Huff

Stunts

Shahril Ibrahim

Other

Brian Imada

Stunts

Nick Ingram

Original Music

Neil Jimenez

Screenplay

Bo Johnson

Set Designer

Darren Jones

Visual Effects

David Jones

Visual Effects Supervisor

Gary Jones

Costume Designer

Trevor Jones

Original Music

Trevor Jones

Music

L B Keilman

Craft Service

Kelly Kerby

Special Effects Coordinator

Frank Kern

Foley Editor

Julian Kershaw

Original Music

Bill King

Assistant Property Master

Geoffrey Kirkland

Production Designer

David Klass

Screenplay

William Klinger

Pyrotechnics

Joseph John Kontra

Assistant Director

Jasmine Kosovic

Post-Production Supervisor

Joe Kraft

Best Boy Grip

Gautham Krishnamurti

Other

Maria Lando

Other

Lane Leavitt

Stunts

Mike Leon

Location Manager

Paul Lombardi

Special Effects Supervisor

Bruce Macrae

Visual Effects

C J Maguire

Property Master

Susan Malerstein-watkins

Script Supervisor

Job Martin

Visual Effects

Matt Mcbride

Stunts

Sean Mccarron

Assistant Director

Gary Mclarty

Stunts

Bob Mercier

Other

Taylor Mickle

Assistant

Robert Mills

Makeup Artist

Michele Moen

Matte Painter

Wayne Morley

Music

Merrick Morton

Photography

Jeff Mosley

Stunts

Leo Napolitano

Camera Operator

Jeff Nathanson

Screenplay

Steve Nelson

Sound Mixer

Matt Newell

Visual Effects

Jim Nickerson

Stunts

Rebecca Nicolaou

Assistant Editor

Shannon Leigh Olds

Editor

Violet Ortiz

Hair Stylist

Beth Ostermann

Visual Effects

David Palmer

Matte Painter

Arnaud Peiny

Best Boy Grip

Lee Percy

Editor

Suzana Peric

Music Editor

Ken Peterson

Other

Jamie Pilgrim

Other

Darrin C Porter

Best Boy

Darrin Prescott

Stunts

Brian Pringle

Visual Effects

Bruce Pross

Foley

Martin Rae

Technical Advisor

K G Ramsey

Hair Stylist

Charles Rapp

Assistant

Kris Redd-ginchereau

Transportation Captain

Edward T Reiff

Special Effects Foreman

Andrew Reitsma

Visual Effects

Nicholas Renbeck

Assistant Sound Editor

Simon Rhodes

Music

Lee Rich

Producer

Greg Romero

Best Boy Grip

Josie Rosen

Coproducer

Monty Rowan

Camera Operator

Landen Ruddell

Stage Manager

Jim Rygiel

Visual Effects Supervisor

George Sack

Stunts

Brian Samuels

Technical Supervisor

Rando Schmook

Set Designer

Barbet Schroeder

Producer

Jason Schugardt

Other

Arnold Schuster

Negative Cutting

Gihan Seneviratne

Best Boy

Phil Shanahan

Assistant Camera Operator

Rick Sharp

Makeup Artist

Greg Shimp

Visual Effects

Douglas Smith

Animator

Jeff W Smith

Animator

Steven C Smith

Visual Effects

Brian Spain

Other

Scott Spencer

Gaffer

Tony Stanton

Music

Gail Stempler

Location Manager

Film Details

Also Known As
Sista utvägen
MPAA Rating
Genre
Action
Comedy
Drama
Medical
Thriller
Release Date
1998
Distribution Company
TriStar Pictures
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Los Angeles, California, USA; San Francisco, California, USA

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 40m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States Winter January 30, 1998

Released in United States on Video May 26, 1998

Began shooting July 22, 1996.

Completed shooting December 13, 1996.

Released in United States Winter January 30, 1998

Released in United States on Video May 26, 1998