Mercury Rising
UPC: 5-050582-530421 (HD DVD)
Region Coding: No Region Coding
Production Year: 1998
Rating: M (Recommended for mature audiences)
Running Time: 111 min.
DVD Release: 11/26/2007
Case Type: HD Keep Case
Video Formats: Widescreen 2.35:1
Disc Formats: Single Sided, Dual Layered
SRP: €0.00
Art Jeffries (Bruce Willis), a renegade FBI agent, combats ruthless federal agents to protect Simon, a nine-year-old autistic boy who has cracked teh government's new "unbreakable" code. He can read MERCURY, the advanced encryption code, as easily as other kids read English. This skill renders the new billion-dollar secret code vulnerable, especially if enemies of the United States should learn of Simon's abilities and capture him. Program chief Nick Kudrow (Alec Baldwin) orders the "security threat" eliminated, but Kudrow hasn't counted on Jeffries getting involved. As they are trailed by deadly assassins, Jeffries quickley realizes that no one can be trusted. Now time is running out, and he discovers his only hope of survival is using Simon's special ability to bring their adversaries to justice.

Genres
Suspense/Thriller
Drama
Action

Studios
Universal Pictures
Imagine Entertainment
Features
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Featurettes
Audio Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Subtitles
Chinese
Danish
Dutch
English
Finnish
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Portuguese
Spanish
Swedish
Audio Tracks
English Dolby Digital Plus 5.1
French Dolby Digital Plus 5.1
Italian Dolby Digital Plus 5.1
German Dolby Digital Plus 5.1
Spanish Dolby Digital Plus 5.1
Japanese Dolby Digital Plus 5.1
Cast
Bruce Willis as Art Jeffries
Alec Baldwin as Nicholas Kudrow
Miko Hughes as Simon
Chi McBride as Tommy B. Jordan
Kim Dickens as Stacey
Robert Stanton as Dean Crandell
Bodhi Elfman as Leo Pedranski
Carrie Preston as Emily Lang
Lindsey Ginter as Burrell
Peter Stormare as Shayes
Kevin Conway as Lomax
John Carroll Lynch as Martin Lynch
Kelley Hazen as Jenny Lynch
John Doman as Supervisor Hartley
Richard Riehle as Edghar Halstrom
Chad Lindberg as James
Hank Harris as Isaac
James MacDonald as SWAT Team Leader Francis
Camryn Manheim as Dr. London
Jack Conley as Detective Nichols
Maricela Ochoa as Charlayne
Peter Fontana as Pasquale
Kirk B.R. Woller as Lieutenant
Betsy Brantley as Special Ed Teacher #2
Ashley Knutson as Samantha
Tom Gallop as Medic
Margaret Travolta as Autism Expert Nurse
Tiffany Fraser as Night Nurse
Koko Taylor as KoKo Taylor
Matt Levert as Tommy Jordan Jr.
Lisa Summerour as Dana Jordan
Barbara Alexander as Librarian
Gwen McGee as Security Woman
Ned Schmidtke as Senator
Kristina Eliot Johnson as Special Ed Teacher #1
James Krag as Rookie Agent Roger
Wadell Brown as Bank Security Guard
Tim Grimm as Ted (Security Guard)
John Scanlon as South Dakota Helicopter Pilot
Annabel Armour as Ruth
Brent Freeman as Marine Guard
Gary Hand as Kudrow's Assistant
Michael Chieffo as Hostage
Steve Key as Cop at Lynch House
Darryl Alan Reed as Ambulance Driver
Steve Rankin as WGEX Helicopter Pilot
Maureen Gallagher as Flea Market Lady
Mark Collins as Train Conductor
Denise Woods as Nurse in Elevator
Kim Robillard as Motorman
Crew
Direction:
Harold Becker: Director
Writing:
Ryne Douglas Pearson: Original Material By
Lawrence Konner: Screenwriter
Mark Rosenthal: Screenwriter
Production:
Joseph M. Singer: Executive Producer
Ric Kidney: Executive Producer
Brian Grazer: Producer
Karen Kehela: Producer
Cinematography:
Michael Seresin: Director of Photography
Film Editing:
Peter Honess: Film Editor
Music:
John Barry: Composer
Sound:
Kim Ornitz: Production Sound Mixer
Terry Rodman: Supervising Sound Editor
Bruce Fortune: Sound Editor
Mildred Latrou Morgan: Sound Editor
Richard E. Yawn: Sound Editor
Steve Nelson: Sound Editor
Kimberly Lowe Voigt: Sound Editor
Joseph Divitale: Sound Editor
Steve Mann: Sound Editor
Brian Best: Sound Editor
Steve Maslow: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gregg Landaker: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Art:
Patrizia von Brandenstein: Production Designer
Jim Truesdale: Art Director
Steve Saklad: Art Director