Demolition Man (film)

Demolition Man
Demolition Man
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Marco Brambilla
Screenplay by	Daniel Waters; Robert Reneau; Peter M. Lenkov;
Story by	Peter M. Lenkov; Robert Reneau;
Produced by	Joel Silver; Michael Levy; Howard Kazanjian;
Starring	Sylvester Stallone; Wesley Snipes; Sandra Bullock; Nigel Hawthorne;
Cinematography	Alex Thomson
Edited by	Stuart Baird
Music by	Elliot Goldenthal
Production; company	Silver Pictures
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	October 8, 1993;
Running time	115 minutes
Country	United States
Budget	$45–77 million
Box office	$159.1 million

Demolition Man is a 1993 American science fiction action film directed by Marco Brambilla in his directorial debut. It stars Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, and Nigel Hawthorne. Stallone is John Spartan, a risk-taking police officer who has a reputation for causing destruction while carrying out his work. After a failed attempt to rescue hostages from evil crime lord Simon Phoenix (Snipes), they are both sentenced to be cryogenically frozen in 1996. Phoenix is thawed for a parole hearing in 2032, but escapes. Society has changed and all violent crime has seemingly been eliminated. Unable to deal with a criminal as dangerous as Phoenix, the authorities awaken Spartan to help capture him again. The story makes allusions to many other works including Aldous Huxley's 1932 dystopian novel Brave New World^[6] and H. G. Wells's The Sleeper Awakes.^[7]

The film was released in the United States on October 8, 1993, to mixed reviews from critics. It earned $159 million worldwide, and was considered a successful film for Stallone.

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^ Demolition Man at the American Film Institute Catalog
^ "DEMOLITION MAN (15)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
^ Galbraith, Jane (October 12, 1993). "Hoping for a Box Office Blowout on 'Demolition Man'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
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^ Lambie, Ryan (November 20, 2016). "Demolition Man: It's 20 Years Since Stallone Was Frozen". Den of Geek.

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[afi-2] Demolition Man at the American Film Institute Catalog

[3] "DEMOLITION MAN (15)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved March 15, 2020.

[Galbraith-4] Galbraith, Jane (October 12, 1993). "Hoping for a Box Office Blowout on 'Demolition Man'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 15, 2018.

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[Lambie-7] Lambie, Ryan (November 20, 2016). "Demolition Man: It's 20 Years Since Stallone Was Frozen". Den of Geek.

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