Changes: Crackerjack

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Written by	Michael Bafaro Jonas Quastel
Directed by	Michael Mazo
Produced by	Lloyd A. Simandl Alex Wolfe
Starring	Thomas Ian Griffith Nastassja Kinski Christopher Plummer
Music by	Peter Allen
Cinematography by	Danny Nowak
Editing by	Richard Benwick Derek A Whelan (uncredited)
Studio	Excalibur Pictures
Distributed by	North American Pictures Worldvision
Release Date	August 18, 1994
Rated	R
Run time	96 min.

Crackerjack is a 1994 adventure film directed by Michael Mazo.

In this movie, troubled Chicago police officer Jack Wild (Thomas Ian Griffith), haunted by the murder of his wife and children, goes on vacation at the mountainside ski resort with his brother Mike Wild (Richard Sali) and his family. When a gang of terrorists, headed by nefarious former East German officer turned white supremacist jewel thief Ivan Getz (Christopher Plummer), seized control of the hotel resort to find $50 million worth of jewelry, Jack becomes the only person who escaped detection and has to confront his past to battle Getz and his men while Mike and hotel's activities director Katia 'K.C.' Koslovska (Nastassja Kinski) tries to prevent Getz from using them to get to Jack.

Plot[]

To be added.

Cast and characters[]

Hotel guests[]

Thomas Ian Griffith as Jack Wild
Nastassja Kinski as Katia 'K.C.' Koslovska
George Touliatos as Sonny LaRosso
Lisa Bunting as Annie
Richard Sali as Mike Wild
Frank Cassini as Mario Bracco
Frank C. Turner as Oliver Green

Terrorists[]

Christopher Plummer as Ivan Getz
Dorothy Fehr as Alex
Vladimir Kulich as Stephan
Alex Diakun as Kraft
Sonny Surowiec as Jacques
Scott McNeil as Rex
Rob Wilton as Bishop
Douglas Arthurs as Sparks
Rick Pearce as Schmidt
John 'Bear' Curtis as Hannibal
Chris Turner as Miller
Garvin Cross as Troy

Other[]

William S. Taylor as Morey
Duncan Fraser as Colonel Hardy
Suzy Joachim as Caroline Wild

Notes[]

The film has been described as "Die Hard-meets-Cliffhanger."
The film was followed by two unrelated sequels in name only: Hostage Train (1997, A.K.A. Crackerjack 2) and Crackerjack 3.

Gallery[]

External Links[]

Crackerjack at the Internet Movie Database

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+|image       = [[File:Crackerjack_1994_poster.jpg|250px]]
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 |producer    = Lloyd A. Simandl<br />Alex Wolfe
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 *[[Vladimir Kulich]] as Stephan
 *Alex Diakun as Kraft
-*Sonny Surowiec	as Jacques
+*Sonny Surowiec as Jacques
 *Scott McNeil as Rex
 *Rob Wilton as Bishop
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 *Duncan Fraser as Colonel Hardy
 *Suzy Joachim as Caroline Wild
+==Notes==
+* The film has been described as "''[[Die Hard]]''-meets-''[[Cliffhanger]]''."
+* The film was followed by two unrelated sequels in name only: ''[[Crackerjack 2|Hostage Train]]'' (1997, A.K.A. ''Crackerjack 2'') and ''[[Crackerjack 3]]''.
+<gallery>
+DHS- Crackerjack 2 (1997) VHS tape cover.jpg
+DHS- Crackerjack 3.jpg
+</gallery>
+==Gallery==
+<gallery>
+DHS- Jack Wild.jpg
+DHS-_Nastassja_Kinski_in_Crackerjack.jpg
+DHS-_Ivan_Katz.jpg
+DHS- Thomas Ian Griffith in Crackerjack.jpg
+</gallery>
 ==External Links==
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 [[Category:Films]]
 [[Category:R rated films]]
+[[Category:Die Hard scenario films set during Winter time]]
+[[Category:Die Hard scenario films with career criminal villains]]
+[[Category:Die Hard scenario films involving a heist]]
+[[Category:Die Hard in a Hotel scenario movies]]
+[[Category:Die Hard scenario films with militia group villains]]
+[[Category:Films and Shows with Russian-European villains]]
+[[Category:Die Hard in a Building scenario movies]]
+[[Category:1994]]