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Directed by | Andrew Davis |
Written by | John Bishop |
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Cinematography | Frank Tidy |
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Music by | James Newton Howard |
Distributed by | Orion Pictures |
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Running time | 108 min |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $16 million |
Box office | $10.6 million |
The Package is a 1989 American political action thriller film directed by Andrew Davis and starring Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy, Tommy Lee Jones, John Heard, and Dennis Franz.
Set during the Cold War, the film depicts the U.S. and Soviet governments as they are about to sign a disarmament treaty to completely eliminate nuclear weapons. However, elements within each country's military are vehemently opposed to such a plan, and determined to stop it at all costs.