Title: Predator
Runtime: 107 Min
Year: 1987
Genres: Action - Adventure - Sci-Fi - Thriller
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Elpidia Carrillo, Bill Duke, Jesse Ventura, Sonny Landham, Richard Chaves, R.G. Armstrong, Shane Black, Kevin Peter Hall, Steve Boyum, William H. Burton, Peter Cullen, Henry Kingi, Sven-Ole Thorsen
Directed By: John McTiernan
PLOT
A team of special force ops, led by a tough but fair soldier, Major "Dutch" Schaefer, are ordered in to assist CIA man, George Dillon, on a rescue mission for potential survivors of a Helicopter downed over remote South American jungle. Not long after they land, Dutch and his team discover that they have been sent in under false pretenses. This deception turns out to be the least of their worries though, when they find themselves being methodically hunted by something not of this world.
Country: U.S.A.
Language: English - Spanish
Writers: Jim Thomas & John Thomas
IMDB Rating: 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 83%
Parental Advisory Certification: West Germany:18 (VHS) (cut) / Germany:Not Rated (DVD) (2001) (SPIO/JK) / New Zealand:M / Iceland:16 / Canada:13+ (Quebec) / Belgium:16 (video rating) / Finland:K-15 (TV rating) (2008) (2009) / Malaysia:18SG / Denmark:15 / Singapore:M18 (re-rating) / Singapore:PG (cut) / Brazil:16 / India:A / Philippines:G (MTRCB) / Germany:16 (re-rating) (2010) / Peru:18 / Finland:K-16 (heavily cut) (1988) / Finland:K-18 (uncut) (2002) / Chile:14 / Portugal:M/16 / Italy:T / West Germany:18 (nf) / Argentina:16 / Australia:M / Canada:R / Finland:K-18 (cut) (1987) / France:-12 / Hong Kong:IIB / Ireland:18 / Japan:R-15 / Norway:18 / South Korea:18 / Spain:18 / Sweden:15 / UK:18 / USA:R (certificate #28190)
Awards:
1988- Academy Awards, USA (Oscar)
-Best Effects, Visual Effects - Joel Hynek, Robert M. Greenberg, Richard Greenberg & Stan Winston (NOMINATED)
1988- Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA (Saturn Award)
-Best Music - Alan Silvestri (WON)
-Best Actor - Arnold Schwarzenegger (NOMINATED)
-Best Science Fiction Film (NOMINATED)
-Best Special Effects - Joel Hynek, Stan Winston, Richard Greenberg & Robert M. Greenberg (NOMINATED)
1988- BMI Film & TV Awards (BMI Film Music Award)
-Alan Silvestri (WON)
1988- Hugo Awards (Hugo)
-Best Dramatic Presentation (WON)
1988- Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA (Golden Reel Award)
-Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects - Richard Shorr (WON)
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