Behind Enemy Lines is a 2001 action and war film directed by John Moore, and starring Owen Wilson and Gene Hackman. The film is centered on the story of an American naval flight officer who was shot down over Bosnia and ends up uncovering a massacre during the Bosnian conflict. The plot itself is loosely based on the Mrkonjić Grad incident that occurred in 1995 amid the war. The film was followed by two direct-to-video sequels, Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil and Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia, which was co-produced by WWE Studios. In the final stages of a NATO peacekeeping mission in... Bosnia in December 1995, US Navy naval flight officer Lieutenant Chris Burnett and pilot Lieutenant Jeremy Stackhouse , who are stationed on an aircraft carrier in the Adriatic Sea, are assigned a reconnaissance mission over Bosnia. During the reconnaissance mission, they spot suspicious activity in the demilitarized zone, in which armed factions are not allowed to engage in military activity; NATO aircraft are also prohibited from entering the area. Burnett persuades Stackhouse to fly their F/A-18 Hornet off-course to get a close look at the target and photograph it.
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| Release date: | November 17, 2001 |
| Directed by: | John Moore |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 106 Minutes |
| Producer: | John Davis |
| Editor: | Paul Martin Smith |
| Music by: | Ryan Adams, Don Davis |
| Cinematography: | Brendan Galvin |
| Screenplay by: | Zak Penn, David Veloz |
| Estimated budget: | $40,000,000 |
| Genre: | Thriller, Action |