A TORRENT OF GOOD LUCK
“He wanted the wet look.” That’s what Ken Metcalf, associate producer of Cannon Films’ “Behind Enemy Lines,” said of Israeli director Gidi Amir’s decision to shoot the action picture during the Philippines’ rainy season. For added authenticity, Amir ordered construction of a dike on a river outside Manila to control flood levels on sets and locations.
Amir got authenticity and then some when late June delivered one of the worst monsoons in island history. According to the Office of Civil Defense, it left more than 100 persons dead and about 135,000 persons temporarily “displaced.” But the dike and sets held and “Behind Enemy Lines” shooting went on.
In the film, David Carradine is a Green Beret leading a commando raid into North Vietnam to rescue American POWs. Sound familiar?
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