Top cast:Adam Sandler,Drew Barrymore,Wendi McLendon-Covey
Director:Raymond Longford
Genre:Crime
Region:Czech Republic
Year:2000
Storyline:Nicholson: I understand how you feel.Of course, it""s normally the duty of a captured soldier to attempt escape.But my men and I are involved in a curious legal point of which you are unaware.In Singapore, we were ordered to surrender by Command Headquarters, ordered, mind you.Therefore, in our case, escape might well be an infraction of military law.Interesting?Dr.Clipton: Yes, interesting point.Shears: I""m sorry sir.I didn""t quite follow you.You mean you intend o uphold the letter of the law, no matter what it costs.Nicholson: Without law, Commander, there is no civilization.Shears: You just took my point.Here, there is no civilization.Nicholson: Then, we have the opportunity to introduce it.I suggest hat we drop the subject of escape.As an English gentleman, Nicholson insists that his men be treated as soldiers and that the officers serve only in supervisory capacities, according to the military code of behavior: "I want everything to go off without a hitch starting first thing tomorrow morning.You look tired." In the final shot, he disappeared into a crowded sidewalk in downtown Manhattan.Film Notables (Awards, Facts, etc.)Generally regarded as a lesser film than the first, with jerky, hyperactive and blurry hand-held camera movements, a more complex, hard-to-follow plot, and an emptier less-emotional film marked by numerous chase and fight scenes.The movie""s short tagline "...look closer" suggested hat one needed to inspect more thoroughly beneath surface appearances o find real truth and possible subversion.The firstTerminatormovie to be rated PG-13.BackgroundThe 39 Steps(1935) is one of the earlier Alfred Hitchcock British spy-chase suspense-thrillers from a vintage period, his 18th film." To his consternation when they discuss their upcoming marriage, Alice expresses her obsessed dedication to his work as an extension of their marriage.