Cover Up (1991 film)

Cover Up
Cover Up
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Manny Coto
Written by	William Tannen
Produced by	Sharon Harel; Jacob Cotzky
Starring	Dolph Lundgren; Louis Gossett Jr.; Lisa Berkley; John Finn
Cinematography	David Gurfinkel
Edited by	Bryan Oates; Freeman A. Davies
Music by	Bruno Louchouarn
Production; companies	Capitol Films; Guild Home Video
Distributed by	LIVE Home Video(US); Warner Bros. Home Entertainment(UK); C.B. Films (Spain)
Release dates	May 31, 1991 (Spain); September 11, 1991 (United States);
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	6,000,000 USD

Cover Up (stylized as Cover-Up) is a 1991 American political thriller film directed by Manny Coto and starring Dolph Lundgren and Louis Gossett Jr. Coto was hired at the latest stage of pre-production right before filming, after writer / director William Tannen left the project.

Plot[]

Mike Anderson (Dolph Lundgren), a tough American reporter on a dangerous foreign assignment, finds his own life in jeopardy when he uncovers a deadly labyrinth of political intrigue that threatens the lives of thousands. Despatched to investigate a mysterious and fatal attack on an overseas US naval base, Anderson, a leading investigative journalist and ex-US marine, finds himself back on familiar ground. Instinct makes him question the official CIA explanation that cites an unknown terrorist group called Black October. Alone, and armed only with his combat training and determination to uncover the truth, he sets out to expose a complex and dangerous political web. Anderson quickly discovers he can trust no one. Renewing a fiery affair with his ex-Iover Susan Clifford, now the US Embassy press attaché, he soon finds himself confronting an old adversary, CIA boss Lou Jackson. And when his former marine colleague Colonel John Cooper is murdered moments after a secret rendezvous with him, Mike realises he holds the pieces to a deadly plot. In a race against time, Anderson battles to save the lives of thousands of innocent people, in a desperate attempt to prevent a deadly plan to create an international disaster of catastrophic proportions.

Cast[]

Dolph Lundgren as Mike Anderson
Louis Gossett Jr. as Lou Jackson
Lisa Berkley as Susan Clifford
John Finn as Colonel Jeff Cooper
Gil Kopel as MP #1
Howard Rypp as MP #2
Ofer Lehavi as MP #3
Zadok Zarum as Arab Driver
Josh Sklar as Boom Operator
John Saint Ryan as Mini-Bar Man (John Ryan)

Production[]

Filming[]

The film was shot in Israel and Lundgren stayed at the famous King David Hotel.^[1]

Release[]

Academic observation[]

Although the film was not a major success, former Research Fellow at Australia's National Film & Sound Archive Robert Cettl argues in his 2009 book Terrorism in American cinema: an analytical filmography, 1960–2008 that the film reveals an alarmingly realist insight into US-Middle Eastern politics and terrorism since the 2000s, dealing with an al-Qaeda-esque terrorist organization and the conspiracy theories that some believe the US government is using the Middle East as a cover-up.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Cettl, Robert (30 September 2009). Terrorism in American cinema: an analytical filmography, 1960–2008. McFarland. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-7864-4155-6. Retrieved 21 May 2011.

External links[]

Cover Up at IMDb
Cover Up at Rotten Tomatoes

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[Cettl2009-1] Cettl, Robert (30 September 2009). Terrorism in American cinema: an analytical filmography, 1960–2008. McFarland. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-7864-4155-6. Retrieved 21 May 2011.

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