Lightning Jack (1994)

Director:

Simon Wincer

Writer:

Paul Hogan (written by)

Release Date:

11 March 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Western

Tagline:

A comedy about two outlaws who just wanted to be wanted.

Plot:

Lightning Jack Kane is an Australian outlaw in the wild west. During a bungled bank robbery he picks up mute Ben Doyle as a hostage...

Plot Keywords:

Outlaw | Independent Film | Character Name In Title

Cast

Paul Hogan	...	Lightning Jack Kane
Cuba Gooding Jr.	...	Ben Doyle
Beverly D'Angelo	...	Lana Castel
Kamala Lopez	...	Pilar (as Kamala Dawson)
Pat Hingle	...	U.S. Marshal Dan Kurtz
L.Q. Jones	...	Sheriff
Richard Riehle	...	Marcus
Frank McRae	...	Mr. Doyle
Roger Daltrey	...	John T. Coles
Max Cullen	...	Bart
Sandy Ward	...	Judge Curren
Roy Brocksmith	...	Junction City Tailor
Douglas Stewart	...	Junction City Shopkeeper
Kevin O'Morrison	...	Old Guy in Alley
Mark Miles	...	Luke
Clif Stokes	...	Bully Cowboy
Bob Sorenson	...	Clem
Ramond O'Connor	...	Pat
Robert Guajardo	...	Bank Manager
Tom Noga	...	Bank Clerk
Ed Adams	...	Cole Younger
Bruce Miles	...	Third Man
Grace Keagy	...	Mrs. Franks
Jess Franks	...	Auctioneer
Kenny Jacobs	...	South Fork Bank Teller
Ben Cooper	...	Shopkeeper in Bank
Sanford Gibbons	...	South Fork Sheriff (as Sandy Gibbons)
Ben Zeller	...	Old Timer
Larry Sellers	...	Comanche Leader
Patrick N. Augare	...	Young Comanche (as Patrick Augure)
Michael C. Wells	...	Man in Wayside Flats Saloon
Paul Blott	...	Deputy
Luce Rains	...	Deputy (as Steve Schwartz Hartley)
Gus Mercurio	...	Tough Guy
Mark Coffey	...	Saloon Cowboy
Etienne Fourie	...	Saloon Cowboy (as Ettienne Fourie)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Karen Austin	...	Mama Wheeler (uncredited)
Randall Berger	...	Bank Manager (uncredited)
Tanit Lee Lascelles	...	Towns person (uncredited)

Directed by
Simon Wincer

Writing credits
Paul Hogan		(written by)

Produced by
Graham Burke	....	executive producer
Greg Coote	....	producer
Grant Hill	....	line producer
Paul Hogan	....	producer
Anthony Stewart	....	executive producer
Simon Wincer	....	producer

Original Music by
Bruce Rowland

Cinematography by
David Eggby

Film Editing by
O. Nicholas Brown

Casting by
Julie Ashton
Mike Fenton

Production Design by
Bernard Hides

Art Direction by
Lisette Thomas

Set Decoration by
Lynn Wolverton-Parker

Costume Design by
Bruce Finlayson

Makeup Department
Tammy Ashmore	....	assistant makeup artist
Bonita DeHaven	....	key makeup artist
Robin Jacobs	....	assistant hair stylist
Sash Lamey	....	hairdresser: Australia
Judy Lovell	....	makeup artist: Paul Hogan
Susan Mills	....	key hair stylist
Margaret Stevenson	....	makeup artist: Australia

Production Management
Grant Hill	....	unit production manager
Mark Marshall	....	post-production supervisor
Vicki Popplewell	....	production manager: Australia
Sylvia Walker-Wilson	....	post-production supervisor (as Sylvia Walker Wilson)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Debbie Atkins	....	second assistant director: Australia
William H. Burton	....	second unit director (as Billy Burton)
Mark Cotone	....	second assistant director
Bob Donaldson	....	first assistant director
Laura Nisbet	....	additional second second assistant director
Lisa C. Satriano	....	second second assistant director
Simon Warnock	....	third assistant director: Australia

Art Department
Robert Alcala	....	lead dresser
Virginia Bieneman	....	art director: Australia
Wren Boney	....	set dresser
Harry Conrad Chitwood	....	construction coordinator (as Conrad Chitwood)
Edie Douglass	....	set dresser
Al Eisenmann	....	assistant property master
Bruce Fletcher	....	construction foreman: Australia
Andrew Gartner	....	set designer
Kelly Graham	....	set designer (as Kelley Graham)
Terry Kempf	....	construction foreman
Sherman Labby	....	production illustrator
Suzanne Lapick	....	assistant props
Darryl Lee	....	props maker
Frederic Lopez	....	set dresser
Chris Marneus	....	construction foreman
Suza Maybury	....	set decorator: Australia (as Susan Maybury)
Mark Meloccaro	....	art department coordinator
Dan Miller	....	set dresser
Robert Murray	....	props maker
Aaron Newton	....	construction foreman
John Osmond	....	stand-by props: Australia
John Pattison	....	property master
Ray Pedler	....	scenic artist: Australia
Scott Peltola	....	props maker
Margie Rahmann	....	set dresser: Australia
Siri Singh	....	set dresser
Andrew Trujillo	....	set dresser
Leonard Vigil	....	set dresser
Lea Worth	....	property master: Australia
Philip Worth	....	construction manager: Australia
James F. Oñate	....	scenic foreman (uncredited)

Sound Department
Bud Alper	....	production sound mixer
Gene Ashbrook	....	boom operator
Peter Burgess	....	sound editor
Steve Burgess	....	foley mixer
Lloyd Carrick	....	production sound mixer: Australia
Tim Chau	....	sound designer
Tim Chau	....	supervising sound editor
Peter Fenton	....	sound re-recording mixer
Chris Goldsmith	....	boom operator: Australia
James Harvey	....	assistant sound editor
Phil Heywood	....	sound re-recording mixer
Stephen Kent	....	assistant sound editor
Frank Lipson	....	sound editor
Gerry Long	....	foley artist
Glenn Martin	....	sound editor
Steve Murphy	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Gavin Myers	....	sound editor
Glenn Newnham	....	sound editor
Ron Purvis	....	sound re-recording mixer
Livia Ruzic	....	sound editor
Dane Selznick	....	cable person

Special Effects by
Brian Cox	....	special effects: Australia
Greg Curtis	....	special effects supervisor
Logan Frazee	....	special effects
David Hardie	....	special effects: Australia
Danny Lester	....	special effects (as Dan Lester)

Visual Effects by
Roger Cowland	....	opticals

Stunts
Tobi Allyn	....	stunts
Danny Baldwin	....	stunts: Australia
William Paul Brown	....	stunts
David Burton	....	stunts
William H. Burton	....	stunt coordinator (as Bill Burton)
William H. Burton	....	stunts
Troy Ellerman	....	stunts
Kip Farnsworth	....	stunts
J.B. Getzwiller	....	stunts
Clifford Happy	....	stunts
Johnny Hock	....	stunts (as John Hock)
Clint James	....	stunts
Chauncey Johnson	....	stunts
Bob Lester	....	stunts
Alvin William 'Dutch' Lunak	....	stunts (as Dutch Lunak)
Rocky McDonald	....	stunts: Australia (as Douglas 'Rocky' McDonald)
Guy Norris	....	stunt coordinator: Australia
Forrie J. Smith	....	stunts (as Fortie Smith)
Tierre Turner	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Sidney Ray Baldwin	....	still photographer (as Sidney Baldwin)
Robert Baumgartner	....	best boy electric (as Rob Baumgartner)
Mark Braun	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Chuck Brown	....	dolly grip
Shaw Hawkins Burrows	....	grip: New Mexico
Michelle Cloete	....	video assist: Australia
Phillip Cowling	....	gang boss
Robert Driskell	....	gaffer (as Bob Driskell)
Tim Dunford	....	second assistant camera
Buzz Feitshans IV	....	Steadicam operator (as Buzz Feitshans Jr.)
Buzz Feitshans IV	....	camera operator (as Buzz Feitshans Jr.)
Derry Field	....	focus puller: Australia
Frank Flick	....	clapper loader: Australia
Tony Holtham	....	gaffer: Australia
Richard Kehl	....	video assist operator
Jeff Kluttz	....	best boy (as Jeff Klutz)
Robin P. Knight	....	key grip (as Robin Knight)
Tracy Kubler	....	second camera operator: Australia
Grahame Litchfield	....	key grip: Australia
David Luckenbach	....	Steadicam operator
David Luckenbach	....	camera operator
Lex Martin	....	best boy: Australia
Michael L. May	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera (as Mike May)
Ann Melvin	....	camera loader
Dominic Napolitano	....	first assistant camera
Barry Peake	....	still photographer: Australia
Pip Wincer	....	camera department trainee
Steve Bruce	....	electrician (uncredited)
Robert Foster	....	focus puller: second camera (uncredited)
Mark Hryma	....	assistant camera: Wescam camera (uncredited)
Mansur Johnson	....	grip (uncredited)
Sunny Johnson	....	grip (uncredited)
Kyle T. MacDowell	....	electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department
Barbara Harris	....	adr voice casting
Therese M. Schoeppner	....	extras casting (as Therese Schoeppner)
Jack N. Young	....	extras casting: Tucson (as Jack Young)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Charlene Amateau	....	wardrobe supervisor
Julie Barton	....	stand-by wardrobe: Australia
Michael Davis	....	wardrobe supervisor: Australia
Sally Howard	....	costumer
Cathy Smith	....	set costumer
Pamala Waggoner	....	wardrobe swing

Editorial Department
Arthur Cambridge	....	color timer
Bryan H. Carroll	....	assistant film editor
Brett De Carroll	....	apprentice film editor
Geoffrey Lamb	....	second assistant film editor
Karen Psaltis	....	negative cutter
Maciek Wszelaki	....	apprentice film editor
Brett Carroll	....	assistant editor (uncredited)
Joe Parisella	....	colorist (uncredited)

Music Department
Robin Gray	....	music mixer
Roy Prendergast	....	music editor
Bruce Rowland	....	orchestrator
Maria Rowland	....	orchestra coordinator
Joel Sill	....	music consultant
Nerida Tyson-Chew	....	orchestrator

Transportation Department
Ray Holmgren	....	transportation captain
Frank Roughan	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Michele Abandond	....	assistant: Paul Hogan
Bonnie Abaunza	....	executive: Simon Wincer
Jim Alfonso	....	wrangler (as James Alfonso)
John Baird	....	wrangler: Australia
Elizabeth S. Barton	....	script supervisor (as Liz Barton)
Karen Bass	....	production secretary
Ramos Benny	....	wrangler
Juan Bernandez	....	production secretary (as Juan Bernardez)
Sam Bernstein	....	financial supervisor
Tom Berto	....	wrangler
Brian Burns	....	armorer: Australia
Thomas Byrd	....	wrangler (as Tom Byrd)
Evanne Chesson	....	wrangler: Australia (as Evanna Chesson)
Rick Clark	....	wildlife trainer
Carrie Durose	....	production coordinator
Al Eisenmann	....	armorer
Jim Ericsson	....	wrangler
Brian Frank	....	production assistant
Serena Gattuso	....	production coordinator: Australia
Brian O. Haynes	....	location manager (as Brian Haynes)
James Linville	....	production accountant
Steve Martin	....	wildlife trainer
Pat Marz	....	production assistant
Kathleen 'Kash' McKewen	....	assistant location manager (as Kash McKewen)
Stacy Plavoukos	....	assistant production coordinator
Paula Riehm	....	assistant: Greg Coote
Sol Rivera	....	craft service
Chad Rosen	....	production assistant
Ian Russell	....	laboratory liaison
Nick Satriano	....	production assistant
Cindi Simmons	....	first aid
Michael Singer	....	unit publicist
Guy Small	....	wrangler
Trish Thayer	....	production secretary
Robert Threadgold	....	production accountant: Australia
Gary Vaughn	....	wildlife trainer
Jack N. Young	....	wrangler (as Jack Young)
Jerry Young	....	ram rod
David Manzanares	....	location scout (uncredited)
Eli Weisman	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Lightning Ridge
• Village Roadshow Pictures

Distributors

• Savoy Pictures (1994) (USA) (theatrical)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1996) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Buena Vista International (1994) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (1994) (UK) (theatrical)
• Falcon (Czech Republic)
• Home Box Office Home Video (HBO) (1995) (USA) (VHS)
• Home Box Office Home Video (HBO) (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Laurenfilm (Spain)
• Roadshow Entertainment Video (Australia) (VHS)
• Roadshow Entertainment
• Touchstone Home Video (1995) (UK) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Pacific Data Images (PDI)

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA | Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:L | Germany:12 (f) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-10/7 | Norway:10 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Arizona, USA

Company:

Lightning Ridge

Trivia:

The Lightning Jack Film Trust was established by Paul Hogan as a public company on the Australian Stock Exchange, so that investors could help finance the movie by buying stock in it.

Soundtrack:

Wanted Man

lacking in freshness but watchable

Lightning Jack Kane (Hogan) is an aging Australian outlaw living in the old west who's elusive but doesn't get the respect he feels he deserves. He contemplates retirement, but before that can happen he has one final wish to make major headlines. When a bank robbery goes awry, he takes a mute store clerk (Gooding) hostage, but they unexpectedly bond, develop a genuine friendship, then try to help each other out by forming an unlikely partnership to try and pull off a big score that will attract the necessary attention. The two leads make a surprisingly engaging team, and there are some enjoyable moments, but the whole thing is familiar and obvious. **½