The Fugitive (1993 film)

1993 film by Andrew Davis

The Fugitive

Theatrical release poster

Directed by| Andrew Davis
Screenplay by|

* Jeb Stuart
* David Twohy

Story by| David Twohy
Based on| The Fugitive
by Roy Huggins
Produced by| Arnold Kopelson
Starring|

* Harrison Ford
* Tommy Lee Jones
* Sela Ward
* Joe Pantoliano
* Andreas Katsulas
* Jeroen Krabbé

Cinematography| Michael Chapman
Edited by|

* Don Brochu
* David Finfer
* Dean Goodhill
* Dov Hoenig
* Richard Nord
* Dennis Virkler

Music by| James Newton Howard

Production
company

Kopelson Entertainment

Distributed by| Warner Bros.

Release dates

* July 29, 1993 (1993-07-29) (Westwood)
* August 6, 1993 (1993-08-06) (United States)

Running time

| 130 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English
Budget| $44 million[1]
Box office| $368.9 million[2]

The Fugitive is a 1993 American action thriller film, directed by Andrew Davis with a script co-written by Jeb Stuart and David Twohy, from a previous story draft which Twohy had written. Based on the 1960s television series of the same name which itself is loosely inspired from the trial of Sam Sheppard, the film stars Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward, Joe Pantoliano, Andreas Katsulas and Jeroen Krabbé.

After being framed for the murder of his wife and sentenced to death, vascular surgeon Dr. Richard Kimble (Ford) escapes from custody following a bus crash. Kimble sets out to find the real killer and clear his name while being hunted by the police and a team of U.S. Marshals, led by Deputy Samuel Gerard (Jones).

The Fugitive premiered in Westwood, California, on July 29, 1993, and was released in the United States on August 6, 1993. It was a critical and commercial success, spending six weeks as the #1 film in the United States, and grossing nearly $370 million worldwide against a $44 million budget. It was the third-highest-grossing film of 1993 worldwide with an estimated 44 million tickets sold in the United States. It was nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture; Tommy Lee Jones won for Best Supporting Actor.[3] It was followed by the 1998 film U.S. Marshals, in which Jones reprised his role as Deputy Marshal Sam Gerard along with some others of his earlier Marshals team.

## Plot

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Chicago vascular surgeon Dr. Richard Kimble returns home to discover that his wife, Helen, has been murdered by a one-armed assailant who evades capture. Helen's substantial life insurance policy and a misinterpreted 911 call result in Kimble's arrest. Falsely accused of murder, he is convicted and receives a death sentence.

During transport to death row, Kimble's fellow prisoners attempt an escape. In the unrest, the driver and a prisoner are killed, sending the bus down a ravine and into the path of an oncoming train. Kimble saves a corrections officer from the collision, and then flees. Ninety minutes later, Deputy US Marshal Samuel Gerard and his staff arrive at the derailment scene and launch a manhunt. Kimble sneaks into a hospital to treat his wounds and acquire clothing. After altering his appearance, he steals an ambulance and evades most of the marshals in a tunnel by entering a storm drain. Gerard follows and loses a gun. Kimble finds it and proclaims his innocence, pointing the gun at Gerard, who replies that he does not care. Spare gun in hand, he corners Kimble over a high spillway, but Kimble jumps and escapes.

Seeking to clear his name, he returns to Chicago to search for the real murderer. He rents an apartment and acquires money from his friend and colleague Dr. Charles Nichols. Posing as a janitor on the night shift, Kimble infiltrates the prosthetic department at Cook County Hospital to make a list of patients who would need an adjustment to a prosthetic arm. At one point, a doctor asks him to transport a young patient on a gurney to another floor. While doing so, Kimble looks at the child's X-ray and medical file, and sees that he has been misdiagnosed. Kimble changes the young patient's orders, saving his life; however, the doctor notices this and notifies security, blowing Kimble's cover and causing him to flee the hospital.

Gerard deduces what Kimble is doing and spots him at Chicago City Hall after interviewing a jailed suspect. Following their subsequent chase, Kimble disappears into Chicago's St. Patrick's Day parade. Later, he breaks into the home of another suspect on his list, Fredrick Sykes, and discovers a photo that shows a connection between Sykes, a former cop, and Sykes' employer, Devlin-MacGregor, a pharmaceutical company that is releasing a drug called Provasic. Kimble had investigated the drug and found that it causes liver damage, which would have prevented FDA approval. Kimble calls Gerard while in Sykes' home, ensuring that the call is traced, and then flees, leaving open evidence. With this lead, Gerard conducts his own investigation, now suspicious of Sykes.

As Kimble investigates samples at his former workplace, Chicago Memorial Hospital, he figures out that his friend Dr. Nichols, a board member of Devlin-MacGregor who will profit from sales, covered up Provasic's side effects to get it approved. Nichols ordered Sykes to murder Kimble in a staged burglary that went wrong, resulting in Helen's death, and presumably had Sykes murder Dr. Alec Lentz, another developer who discovered Provasic's risks. En route to a hotel conference where Nichols is presenting Provasic, Kimble is attacked by Sykes on a train. Sykes murders a transit cop who interrupts their struggle, but he is then subsequently overpowered by Kimble and handcuffed to a pole.

Kimble publicly confronts Nichols at the conference, accusing him of falsifying Provasic's side-effects and planning the murders. This leads to a fight that spills onto the roof. Chicago Police issue a shoot-to-kill order for Kimble since the transit police officer's death is assumed to be his fault, but Gerard stops a police helicopter from sniping Kimble. He calls out to Kimble, informing him of the conspiracy and his belief in Kimble's innocence. Nichols knocks out Marshal Renfro, takes his gun, and as he readies to shoot Gerard, Kimble saves him by attacking Nichols with a pipe.

Kimble surrenders, and Sykes and Nichols are arrested. Kimble is escorted out of the hotel as the press questions the police about the newfound suspects. Gerard uncuffs Kimble in the back of a squad car. They are driven away, and Kimble is assured that he will be exonerated.

## Cast

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Andreas Katsulas portrayed Fredrick Sykes, also known as the "one-armed man".

"Samuel Gerard" and "Sam Gerard" redirect here. For the person that portrays him, see Tommy Lee Jones.

* Harrison Ford as Dr. Richard Kimble
* Tommy Lee Jones as Deputy U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard
* Sela Ward as Helen Kimble
* Joe Pantoliano as Deputy U.S. Marshal Cosmo Renfro
* Andreas Katsulas as Fredrick Sykes
* Jeroen Krabbé as Dr. Charles Nichols
* Daniel Roebuck as Deputy U.S. Marshal Bobby Biggs
* Tom Wood as Deputy U.S. Marshal Noah Newman
* L. Scott Caldwell as Deputy U.S. Marshal Erin Poole
* Johnny Lee Davenport as Deputy U.S. Marshal Henry
* Julianne Moore as Dr. Anne Eastman
* Ron Dean as Detective Kelly
* Joseph Kosala as Detective Rosetti
* Jane Lynch as Dr. Kathy Wahlund
* Dick Cusack as Attorney Walter Gutherie
* Andy Romano as Judge Bennett
* Nick Searcy as Sheriff Rawlins
* Eddie Bo Smith as Copeland
* Neil Flynn as Transit Cop
* Richard Riehle as Old Guard
* Kirsten Nelson as Hospital Secretary
* David Darlow as Dr. Alec Lentz
* Frank Ray Perilli as Corrections Officer
* Lester Holt as Newscaster
* David U. Hodges as Marshal David
* John M. Watson, Sr. as Bones Roosevelt

## Production

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### Casting

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Harrison Ford was not originally cast for the role of Dr. Richard Kimble. Instead, a number of actors were auditioned for the part, including Alec Baldwin, Nick Nolte, Kevin Costner, and Michael Douglas. Nick Nolte in particular felt he was too old for the role (though he is only a year older than Harrison Ford).[4] According to Ford in a 2023 interview with James Hibberd of The Hollywood Reporter, he pursued the role of Richard Kimble in part due to his preference for playing characters dissimilar to him, as well as a desire to grow a beard or moustache for a role, something then Warner Bros. chairman Robert A. Daly had repeatedly prevented on the grounds that he was "paying for Harrison Ford's face" and wished to see it unobstructed by facial hair.[5] Although the role of Sam Gerard went to Tommy Lee Jones, Andrew Davis considered both Gene Hackman and Jon Voight for the role. The character of Dr. Charles Nichols was recast for Jeroen Krabbé after the original actor who landed the role, Richard Jordan, fell ill with a brain tumor. Richard Jordan died three weeks after the film's release.[4][6]

### Filming

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Filming began in February 1993 and wrapped in mid-May.[7][8] Filming locations included Bryson City and Dillsboro, North Carolina; Blount County, Tennessee; and Chicago.[9] Although almost half of the film is set in rural Illinois, a large portion of the principal filming was actually shot in Jackson County, North Carolina, in the Great Smoky Mountains.

The prison transport bus and freight train wreck scenes were filmed along the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad just outside their depot in Dillsboro; the wreckage can still be seen from the railroad's excursion trains.[10] The train crash, which cost $1 million to film, was shot in a single take using a real train with a locomotive whose engine had been removed.[7][4] The wreck took several weeks to plan and was preceded by several test runs with a boxcar and a log car.[11]

Scenes in the hospital after Richard Kimble initially escapes were filmed at Harris Regional Hospital in Sylva, North Carolina. Cheoah Dam in Deals Gap was the location of the scene in which Kimble jumps from the dam.

The rest of the film was shot in Chicago, including some of the dam scenes, which were filmed in the remains of the Chicago freight tunnels. The city hall stair chase (where Kimble narrowly escapes being apprehended by Gerard) was filmed in the corridors and lobby of Chicago City Hall. The character Sykes lived in the historic Pullman neighborhood of Chicago. Harrison Ford uses the pay phone in the Pullman Pub, and then climbs a ladder and runs down the roofline of the historic rowhouses.[12] According to Andrew Davis, it was Ford's idea to film in Chicago. "Originally I wasn't even going to try to come to Chicago. I thought that the weather would be too cold and difficult for shooting. But Harrison, having seen several of my prior films shot in Chicago, suggested doing it here." Ford would later explain, "I grew up in Chicago, went to college in Wisconsin, and came back to take summer jobs for three years. I felt this was the best possible option as a location...We could get the grittiness, we could get the flash of architecture, the charm of the lake. It has it all."[8]

The chase scene during the St. Patrick's Day Parade was filmed during the actual parade held that year on Wednesday, March 17, 1993, with Mayor Richard M. Daley and Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris briefly seen as actual participants.[13] Besides The Fugitive, another feature film, Michael Apted's Blink, was filmed during the exact same parade. According to Charles Geocaris, then head of the Chicago Film Office, both productions approached the film office in February about filming during the parade. Location managers and production managers for both films worked out the logistics with parade organizers, but according to Geocaris, the two camera crews would still occasionally run into each other during their shoots. Complicating matters was the weather which was fairly cold at 21 degrees Fahrenheit (-6 °C) along with a windchill factor of minus 6 (-21 °C). Nevertheless, disruption was at a minimum, with Geocaris recalling that "people on the parade route were laughing as Tommy Lee Jones chased Harrison Ford...It was a fun thing for them."[14]

Cinematographer Michael Chapman credits Andrew Davis for the film's distinctive use of Chicago, which drew much praise upon its release. "A lot of it really feels like Chicago, because it just has a native's eye to it. That's Andy's, not mine. He knew where to look."[15] Chapman was actually hired a week into production after his predecessor was fired, and he claims he only took the job because the money was too good. Throughout the production, Chapman would go back and forth between documentary and theatrical methods, using handheld cameras and natural light for scenes like the first house raid and then adding unexpected light sources throughout the tunnel chase as the realistic absence of light was deemed unfeasible.[16] Though his work was later recognized with an Academy Award nomination, Chapman said it was an unhappy experience as he never got along with Davis. "I said 'I hated being there' and 'I was the wrong guy' and cursed...but it all worked out, so you never know."[16]

Much of the film was rewritten throughout production and typically on the day each scene was supposed to shoot. According to Davis, he never met with credited screenwriter David Twohy, whose main contribution was writing the train crash. Beyond that, Davis said "he wasn't involved in anything we did. Jeb Stuart was there with us...basically responding to things we were coming up with all the time...[Warner Bros.] can't talk about this because of the Writers Guild, but Tommy Lee Jones, myself, Harrison [Ford] and other people who were close with us, especially coming up with the whole plot about the pharmaceuticals, they were uncredited writers."[17] Jane Lynch, who was cast as Dr. Kathy Wahlund in one of her first film roles, recalled having that experience, with both Harrison Ford and herself working out new dialogue for their scene right before they filmed it, as Harrison Ford "didn't like the scene as it was written."[18]

Given Harrison Ford's limited window of availability, Andrew Davis had only ten weeks to edit, mix and finish the film between the last day of shooting and the day it opened in theaters.[17] To meet their schedule, producer Peter MacGregor-Scott set up seven editing suites at Warner Hollywood Studios and had a team of editors cutting around the clock as they each worked on different scenes.[19] Each editor would be recognized for their work on the film with an Academy Award nomination.

## Music

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James Newton Howard composed the film's musical score, which Janet Maslin of The New York Times called "hugely effective".[20]

James Newton Howard had a difficult time scoring the film, recalling that "The Fugitive really kicked my ass. When I was hired for it, I was terrified." He became more despondent after listening to Jerry Goldsmith's work, which he had been using as placeholders for scenes that needed music. Howard wasn't confident that he could match the quality of those temporary cues, but he refused to quit, eventually conceding that his score would be a "quasi-failure". He was particularly dissatisfied with his work on the chase scenes, believing his string arrangements were too awkward. When he was given an Academy Award nomination, James Newton Howard said "I was completely shocked. I just didn't think [my score] was worthy of a nomination, but that's often what happens. It worked, and the movie was so good. It makes everybody look better."[21]

Elektra Records released an album featuring selections from the score on August 31, 1993. La-La Land Records later released a 2-disc, expanded and remastered edition of the score, featuring over an hour of previously unreleased music, tracks from the original soundtrack, and alternate cues.[22][23]

The Fugitive: Limited Edition Expanded Archival Collection

Film score by

James Newton Howard

Released| 2009
Studio| Sony Scoring Stage
(Culver City, California)
Genre| Soundtrack
Length| 126:21
Label| La-La Land Records
Producer| James Newton Howard (original)
Dan Goldwasser, M.V. Gerhard

Disc 1No.| Title| Length

|
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1.| "Main Title"| 3:50
2.| "The Trial"| 4:31
3.| "The Bus"| 4:56
4.| "The Hand/The Hunt/The Tow truck"| 4:04
5.| "The Hospital"| 4:06
6.| "Helicopter Chase"| 4:49
7.| "The Sewer"| 4:24
8.| "Kimble in the River"| 1:52
9.| "The Dream/Kimble Dyes his Hair"| 2:45
10.| "Copeland Bust"| 1:59
11.| "Kimble Calls his Lawyer/No Press"| 1:57
12.| "Kimble Returns to Hospital"| 3:06
13.| "The Montage/Cops Bust the Boys/Computer Search"| 6:50
14.| "Kimble Saves the Boy"| 2:54
15.| "Gerard Computes"| 1:49
16.| "The Courthouse/Stairway Chase"| 6:13
17.| "Cheap Hotel/Sykes' Apartment"| 4:37
Total length:| 64:52

Disc 2No.| Title| Length

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1.| "Kimble Calls Gerard"| 2:37
2.| "Memorial Hospital/It's Not Over Yet"| 3:03
3.| "See a Friend/Sykes Marks Kimble"| 2:12
4.| "This is My Stop/El Train Fight"| 4:02
5.| "The Hotel"| 2:42
6.| "Roof Fight Pt. 1/Roof Fight Pt. 2/Nichols Reappears"| 3:52
7.| "The Elevator/The Laundry Room"| 4:58
8.| "It's Over/End Credits"| 5:40
9.| "The Fugitive Theme"| 3:04
10.| "Kimble Dyes His Hair"| 4:23
11.| "No Press"| 4:57
12.| "No Press (Alternate)"| 0:45
13.| "No Press (No Sax)"| 1:31
14.| "Cops Bust The Boys (Alternate)"| 1:09
15.| "Computer Search (No Sax)"| 2:49
16.| "Roof Fight Pt. 1 (Less Percussion)"| 1:57
17.| "Roof Fight Pt. 2 (Less Orch Verb)"| 1:17
18.| "Helicopter Chase/The Sewer (Synth Demos)"| 7:44
19.| "Piano End credits"| 2:47
Total length:| 61:29

## Release

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### Home media

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The film was released on VHS and Laserdisc on March 10, 1994,[24] and on DVD in the United States on March 26, 1997.[25] A special edition widescreen DVD was released four years later on June 5, 2001.[26] The film generated $97 million in revenue from video rentals.[27]

In 2009, a repackaged variant was released.[28] Special features on the DVD include behind-the-scenes documentaries, audio commentary by Tommy Lee Jones and director Andrew Davis, an introduction with the film's stars and creators, and the theatrical trailer.

The film was released on Blu-ray on September 26, 2006. Special features include commentary by Tommy Lee Jones and director Andrew Davis, two documentaries, and the theatrical trailer.[29] The audio and visual quality received negative reviews, with Blu-ray.com calling it "mostly abysmal".[30] A 20th anniversary Blu-ray edition was released on September 3, 2013, with a new transfer, along with DTS-HD Master Audio tracking among other features.[31] Warner Bros. Home Entertainment remastered the film in 4K and released it on a 30th anniversary Ultra-HD Blu-ray on November 21, 2023.

## Reception

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### Box office

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The Fugitive opened strongly at the US box office, grossing $23,758,855 in its first weekend from 2,340 theaters, taking the number one spot off of Rising Sun and surpassing Unforgiven to achieve the record for having the biggest August opening weekend.[32] For six years, the film would hold this record until 1999 when it was surpassed by The Sixth Sense.[33] It held the top spot for six weeks.[34][35] The film eventually went on to gross an estimated $183,875,760 in the United States and Canada, and $185 million in foreign revenue, for a worldwide total of $368,875,760.[36][37]

The Fugitive was the first major American film to be screened in the People's Republic of China in nearly a decade after a revenue-sharing agreement was made with China Film Import & Export Corporation, following restrictions on foreign films;[38][39][40] First Blood (1982) was released there in 1985.[41] The Fugitive grossed CN¥25.8 million ($3 million) in 1994, with Warners estimated to have received $400,000.[42][43][40]

### Critical response

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On Rotten Tomatoes, The Fugitive has a 96% rating based on 81 reviews, with an average rating of 8.10/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Exhilarating and intense, this high-impact chase thriller is a model of taut and efficient formula filmmaking, and it features Harrison Ford at his frantic best."[44] On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 87 out of 100, based on 32 critics.[45] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a rare "A+" grade on a scale of A+ to F.[46]

> Like the cult television series that inspired it, the film has a Kafkaesque view of the world. But it is larger and more encompassing than the series: Davis paints with bold visual strokes so that the movie rises above its action-film origins and becomes operatic.

—Roger Ebert, writing for the Chicago Sun-Times[47]

Desson Howe, writing in The Washington Post, called the film "A juggernaut of exaggeration, momentum and thrills—without a single lapse of subtlety—"Fugitive" is pure energy, a perfect orchestration of heroism, villainy, suspense and comic relief. Ford makes the perfect rider for a project like this, with his hangdog-handsome everyman presence. He's one of us—but one of us at his personal best. It's great fun to ride along with him."[48] Left impressed, Rita Kempley also writing in The Washington Post, surmised how the filmed contained "Beautifully matched adversaries" figuring, "One represents the law, the other justice—and it's the increasingly intimate relationship between them that provides the tension. Otherwise, 'The Fugitive' would be little more than one long chase scene, albeit a scorchingly paced and innovative one."[49] In a mixed review, Marc Savlov of The Austin Chronicle wrote that "Director Davis valiantly tries to keep the breakneck, harried pace of an actual flight going throughout, and only occasionally drops the ball (the film's convoluted conspiracy ending is the first example to beat me about the face and neck just now—others will crop up after deadline, I'm sure)." Of the lead actor's performance he said, "Ford may be the closest thing we have these days to a Gary Cooper, but really, where's David Janssen when we really need him?"[50] Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly said that the film was about "two chases, two suspense plots running on parallel—and finally convergent—tracks. Kimble and Gerard spend the entire film on opposite sides of the law. Before long, though, we realize we're rooting for both of them; they're both protagonists, united in brains, dedication, superior gamesmanship. The film's breathless momentum springs from their jaunty competitive urgency."[51] In a 2018 review for The Atlantic, Soraya Roberts says the film is "notable for being the best of a genre that no longer really exists: the character-driven Hollywood action movie for adults".[52]

The film was not without its detractors. Geoff Andrew of Time Out viewed the film as "A glossy, formula chase movie with the requisite number of extravagant action sequences". The critic added, "Ford is up to par for the strenuous stuff, but falls short on the grief, anxiety and compassion, allowing Tommy Lee Jones to walk away with the show as the wisecracking marshal on Kimble's trail."[53] Columnist Ethan Ham writing for the Bright Lights Film Journal speculated that supporting actor Tommy Lee Jones' character was "much more disturbing than the inept police." Later explaining, "In Kimble's first encounter with Gerard, Kimble says, 'I didn't kill her!' Gerard responds, 'I don't care.'"[54] In the Chicago Sun-Times, noted film critic Roger Ebert voiced his enthusiasm with the film observing, "The device of the film is to keep Kimble only a few steps ahead of his pursuers. It is a dangerous strategy, and could lead to laughable close calls and near-misses, but Davis tells the story of the pursuit so clearly on the tactical level that we can always understand why Kimble is only so far ahead, and no further. As always, Davis uses locations not simply as the place where action occurs, but as part of the reason for the action."[47] Rating the film with three stars, James Berardinelli of ReelViews professed, "Following the opening scenes, we're treated to over a half-hour of nonstop action as Gerard and his men track down Kimble. Directed and photographed with a flair, this part of the movie keeps viewers on the edges of their seats. Most importantly, when on the run, Kimble acts like an intelligent human being. Equally as refreshing, the lawmen are his match, not a bunch of uniformed dunces being run around in circles."[55]

> Harrison Ford, bearded and numb with grief, breathes new life into the role last played by the stoic David Janssen some 26 years ago. Janssen played Kimble as the Lone Ranger with a stethoscope, moving from town to town, but Ford takes a darker, more gothic approach.

—Rita Kempley, writing in The Washington Post[49]

For the most part, satisfied with the quality of the motion picture, Jonathan Rosenbaum of the Chicago Reader said that "The mystery itself is fairly routine, but Jones's offbeat and streamlined performance as a proudly diffident [sic] investigator helps one overlook the mechanical crosscutting and various implausibilities, and director Andrew Davis does a better-than-average job with the action sequences."[56] Leonard Klady writing in Variety exclaimed, "This is one film that doesn't stint on thrills and knows how to use them. It has a sympathetic lead, a stunning antagonist, state-of-the-art special effects, top-of-the-line craftsmanship and a taut screenplay that breathes life into familiar territory."[57] Film critic Chris Hicks of the Deseret News accounted for the fact that the film "has holes in its plotting that are easy to pick apart and characters that are pretty thin, bolstered by the performances of seasoned vets who know how to lend heft to their roles." But in summary he stated, "the film is so stylish, so funny and so heart-stopping in its suspense that the audience simply doesn't care about flaws".[58]

### Accolades

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The film was nominated and won several awards in 1993–1994.[59] Various film critics included the film on their lists of the top 10 best films for that year; including Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times who named it the fourth best film of 1993.[60]

Award  | Category  | Nominee  | Result

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1994 66th Academy Awards[61] | Best Picture | Arnold Kopelson, producer  | Nominated
Best Supporting Actor | Tommy Lee Jones  | Won
Best Cinematography | Michael Chapman  | Nominated
Best Film Editing | Dennis Virkler, David Finfer, Dean Goodhill, Don Brochu, Richard Nord and Dov Hoenig  | Nominated
Best Original Score | James Newton Howard  | Nominated
Best Sound | Donald O. Mitchell, Michael Herbick, Frank A. Montaño and Scott D. Smith  | Nominated
Best Sound Effects Editing | John Leveque and Bruce Stambler  | Nominated
1994 Annual ACE Eddie Awards[62] | Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic)  | Dennis Virkler, Don Brochu, Dean Goodhill, Richard Nord, David Finfer  | Nominated
1993 8th Annual ASC Awards[63] | Theatrical Release  | Michael Chapman  | Nominated
1994 ASCAP Film & Television Music Awards[64] | Top Box Office Films  | James Newton Howard  | Won
1994 Japan Academy Prize[65] | Best Foreign Film  |  | Nominated
1993 47th British Academy Film Awards[66] | Sound  | John Leveque, Bruce Stambler, Becky Sullivan, Scott D. Smith, Donald O. Mitchell, Michael Herbick, Frank A. Montaño  | Won
Actor in a Supporting Role  | Tommy Lee Jones  | Nominated
Editing  | Dennis Virkler, David Finfer, Dean Goodhill, Don Brochu, Richard Nord, Dov Hoenig  | Nominated
Achievement in Special Effects  | William Mesa, Roy Arbogast | Nominated
1993 6th Annual Chicago Film Critics Awards[67] | Best Picture  |  | Nominated
Best Director  | Andrew Davis  | Nominated
Best Supporting Actor  | Tommy Lee Jones  | Nominated
1993 Cinema Audio Society Awards[68] | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Feature Film  | Donald O. Mitchell, Michael Herbick, Frank A. Montaño, Scott D. Smith  | Won
Directors Guild of America Awards 1993[69] | Outstanding Directorial Achievement  | Andrew Davis  | Nominated
1994 Edgar Awards[70] | Best Motion Picture  | Jeb Stuart, David Twohy  | Nominated
1994 51st Golden Globe Awards[71] | Best Director – Motion Picture  | Andrew Davis  | Nominated
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama  | Harrison Ford  | Nominated
Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture  | Tommy Lee Jones  | Won
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards 1993[72] | Best Supporting Actor  | Tommy Lee Jones  | Won
19th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 1993[73] | Best Supporting Actor  | Tommy Lee Jones  | Won
1994 MTV Movie Awards[74] | Best Movie  |  | Nominated
Best Male Performance  | Harrison Ford  | Nominated
Best On-Screen Duo  | Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones  | Won
Best Action Sequence  | Train Wreck  | Won
National Society of Film Critics Awards 1993[75] | Best Supporting Actor  | Tommy Lee Jones  | Nominated
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards 1993[76] | Best Supporting Actor  | Tommy Lee Jones  | Won
1994 Writers Guild of America Award[77] | Best Adapted Screenplay  | Jeb Stuart, David Twohy  | Nominated

### Year-end lists

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American Film Institute Lists

* AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills – #33[78]

## Other media

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### Novelization

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Jeanne Kalogridis wrote a mass-market paperback novelization of the film.[79] She worked from the original screenplay, which characterizes a doctor unjustly accused of a crime, while being pursued relentlessly by federal authorities.

## Future

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### Sequel

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Main article: U.S. Marshals (film)

Jones returned as Gerard in a 1998 legacy sequel, U.S. Marshals. It also incorporates Gerard's team hunting an escaped fugitive, but does not involve Harrison Ford as Kimble or the events of the initial 1993 feature, although the hospital Kimble worked at is mentioned.[80]

### Remakes

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The movie was remade in India in Telugu and Hindi in 1994/1995 as Criminal and in 1995 as Nirnayam in Malayalam. While the central theme of the movie remained the same, some details were altered to suit the local set up.[81][82] In November 2019, it was announced that Brian Tucker would serve as a screenwriter on a remake of The Fugitive.[83]

A 2-part TV mini-series, Tôbôsha, was broadcast on TV Asahi which stars Ken Watanabe as Dr. Kazuki Kakurai in a plot that closely follows the 1993 film.[84]

## See also

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* United States portal
* Film portal
* 1990s portal

* In 1998, a parody film Wrongfully Accused, based on The Fugitive, was developed with Leslie Nielsen portraying the principal character. Although the film spoofs many other motion pictures such as Mission: Impossible and Titanic, the storyline revolves around Nielsen's character being framed for a murder, as he escapes from federal custody to seek out the real suspect behind the crime.[85]
* Sam Sheppard
* 1993 in film

## References

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### Footnotes

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1. ^ "The Fugitive". The Numbers. Retrieved 2012-12-23.
2. ^ "The Fugitive (1993)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-12-23.
3. ^ "'Jurassic Park,' another Spielberg movie, also has good night with 3 awards". The Orlando Sentinel. March 22, 1994. p. 6\. Archived from the original on September 21, 2022. Retrieved September 21, 2022 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ a b c "'The Fugitive': 25 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About the Harrison Ford Movie". MovieFone. 2013-08-07. Archived from the original on 2013-08-08. Retrieved 2013-08-07.
5. ^ Hibberd, James (February 8, 2023). "Harrison Ford: "I Know Who the F*** I Am"". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
6. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/01/movies/film-tommy-lee-jones-snarls-his-way-to-the-pinnacle.html
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### Further reading

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* Abaygo, Kenn (1997). Advanced Fugitive: Running, Hiding, Surviving And Thriving Forever. Paladin Press. ISBN 978-0-873-64933-9.
* Bernstein, Arnie (1998). Hollywood on Lake Michigan: 100 Years of Chicago & the Movies. Lake Claremont Press. ISBN 978-0-964-24262-3.
* Greene, Andy (2023-07-29). "'I Didn't Kill My Wife!' -- An Oral History of 'The Fugitive'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
* Janssen, Ellie (1997). My Fugitive. Lifetime Books Inc. ISBN 978-0-811-90857-3.

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