Assault on Precinct 13 [DVD video]

A notorious mobster is brought into an under-manned police precinct on its last day of operation. Remaining cops and prisoners must fight for their lives against a group of rogue cops intent on taking down the mobster before he testifies against them.

General Note:

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2005.

Based on an earlier film by John Carpenter.

Special features: Armed and dangerous; behind precinct walls; plan of attack; the assault team; audio commentary with Jean-Francois Richet, James DeMonaco and Jeffrey Silver; deleted scenes; caught in the crosshairs.

Performers:

Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne, John Leguizamo, Maria Bello, Jeffrey "Ja Rule" Atkins, Drea de Matteo, Matt Craven, Brian Dennehy, Gabriel Byrne.

Contents:

Special features: Anamorphic widescreen version -- Armed and dangerous (Weapons specialist reveals how he matched gun to character for the film's explosive shootout sequences) -- Behind precinct walls (How the precinct building was constructed, from concept to computer to screen) -- Plan of attack (Stunt coordinator reveals the planning behind some of the film's most explosive stunts -- Deleted scenes -- Language: English Dolby digital 5.1 ; English DTS 5.1 digital surround ; French Dolby digital 5.1 ; Spanish Dolby digital 5.1 -- Subtitles: English, French, Spanish.

Technical Details:

DVD.

Subject Term:

Police corruption -- Drama.

Police -- Violence against -- Drama.

Genre:

Feature films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Language:

English

Additional Language:

English or French dialogue with optional French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.