Gerard Butler Escapes From ‘Kandahar’ on Digital July 11, Disc July 18
Global action hero and producer Gerard Butler (Has Fallen Trilogy, Plane) is “at his best” (San Francisco Chronicle) as courageous undercover agent, Tom Harris, in Open Road’s explosive action thriller KANDAHAR, available to own on Digital now, and Blu-ray and DVD July 18, 2023 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.
Reuniting with renowned action director Ric Roman Waugh (Angel Has Fallen, Greenland), Butler stars alongside an incredible cast including Navid Negahban (Aladdin, “Homeland”), Ali Fazal (Victoria & Abdul, “Mirzapur”), Tom Rhys Harries (“White Lines”, The Gentlemen), Rebecca Calder (Love Me Do, The Dark Mile), and Travis Fimmel (“Vikings”, Warcraft) in this “unmissable” (Austin Chronicle), high-tech cat-and-mouse thriller. Filled with exhilarating explosions, high-speed chases, and intense combat sequences amidst deadly surroundings set in the Middle East, KANDAHAR delivers non-stop action that will keep viewers on the edge of their seats from beginning to end.
Tom Harris (Gerard Butler), an undercover CIA operative, is stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan. After his mission is exposed, he must fight his way out to an extraction point in Kandahar, all while protecting his Afghan translator, avoiding elite enemy forces and relentless foreign spies tasked with hunting them down.
FILMMAKERS:
Cast: Gerard Butler, Navid Negahban, Ali Fazal, Bahador Foladi, Nina Toussaint-White, Vassilis Koukalani, Mark Arnold, Corey Johnson, Ravi Aujla, Ray Haratian, Tom Rhys Harries and Travis Fimmel
Casting By: Dan Hubbard CDG CSA
Visual Effects Supervisor: Marc Massicotte
Music Supervisor: Liza Richardson
Music By: David Buckley
Hair & Make-Up Designer: Jules Chapman
Costume Designer: Kimberly Adams
Editors: Colby Parker Jr. ACE
Production Designer: Vincent Reynaud
Director of Photography: MacGregor
Co-Producer: Stuart Sutherland
Executive Producers: Andrea Dimity, Will Flynn, Jonathan Fuhrman, Danielle Robinson, Jamal Sannan, David Haring, Roman Viaris, Ruzanna Kegeyan, Joseph N. Cohen, Billy Dietrich, Harrison Kordestani, Peter Smith, Sam Barnett, James Masciello, Matthew Sidari, Tom Ortenberg
Produced By: Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee, Brendon Boyea, Gerard Butler, Alan Siegel, Christian Mercuri, Scott Lastaiti, Ali Jaafar
Written By: Mitchell LaFortune
Directed By: Ric Roman Waugh
TECHNICAL INFORMATION BLU-RAYTM:
Street Date: July 18, 2023
Selection Number: 191329245668
Layers: BD 50
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 2.39:1 Widescreen
Rating: R for violence and language
Subtitles: English SDH and Latin American Spanish
Languages/Sound: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Run Time: 01:59:46
TECHNICAL INFORMATION DVD:
Street Date: July 18, 2023
Selection Number: 191329245750
Layers: DVD 9
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 2.39:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
Rating: R for violence and language
Subtitles: English SDH and Latin American Spanish
Languages/Sound: English Dolby Digital 5.1
Run Time: 01:59:53
