The General's Daughter | 
| Director: Simon West
Actors: John Travolta, Madeleine Stowe, James Cromwell, Timothy Hutton, Leslie Stefanson
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
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Rating:  124 reviews
Sales Rank: 83787
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 116 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 6305649057
UPC: 097363290377
EAN: 9786305649052
ASIN: 6305649057
Theatrical Release Date: June 18, 1999
Release Date: December 14, 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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When John Travolta first opens his mouth during the opening credits of The General's Daughter and speaks in a terrible Southern cracker drawl, one briefly hopes that the movie will turn out to be just as hilariously bad. Unfortunately, the accent is soon revealed to be part of a disguise, and the movie is just as quickly unveiled as a clumsy, run-of-the-mill potboiler. A female officer is discovered strangled and tied to the ground; she's the title character, and because of the general's political ambitions, the mystery of who did it and why has to be wrapped up in 36 hours by Travolta and fellow CID officer Madeleine Stowe (Last of the Mohicans, 12 Monkeys). Sexual violence and lurid S&M have been thrown in to shore up the incomprehensible plot, but that only adds to the queasy atmosphere. The supporting actors--an impressive collection including James Woods (Salvador), Timothy Hutton (Ordinary People), and James Cromwell (Babe, L.A. Confidential)--don't embarrass themselves, but even they can't make sense of their blustering, macho dialogue. It's amazing that screenwriter William Goldman (who wrote such great and genuinely thrilling films as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Marathon Man, All the President's Men, and Misery) left his name attached to this script; there's no sign of his usual skill and intelligence. Madeleine Stowe, a graceful presence in any film, is equally wasted. Directed with a lot of empty flash by Simon West (Con Air). --Bret Fetzer
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 This held my attention June 30, 2009
Bradley F. Smith (Miami Beach, FL)
Great cast here and James Woods plays his usual psycho to a T. Travolta really isn't bad here. I guess it's kind of standard to rip his recent movies, but this one has a decent plot with some cool twists. Based on a true story, but you don't find that out until the end. Pretty kinky stuff here.
It's based on a true story......... June 7, 2009
eagle275 (USA)
I guess that's not good enough for some people, that this actually happened. I guess some of these people want more blood, guts, and nuclear esxplosions.
 The General Daughter June 4, 2009
G. Segal (NY USA)
The movie is too short and I think they could have done a better movie from this novel.
I suggest reading the book before you see the movie.
Good movie November 30, 2008
Lev A. Shmukler (Dallas, TX, USA)
Additional features of DVD(I bought the movie primarly because of them) are hard to use...
They are very important to understand the social value and meaning of the movie.
Probably Travolta's best role; he isn't much of an actor.
Poor thriller October 13, 2008
Chris Wood (UK)
This film drags and the plot isn't very good. There are some good moments, but for the large part I thought this was very average.
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