Eraser is a 1996 American action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Caan and Vanessa L. Williams. It was directed by Chuck Russell. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Sound Effects Editing in 1996, but lost to The Ghost and the Darkness. John Kruger , code named "Eraser", is a U.S. Marshal who works for the Federal Witness Security Protection Program . John is assigned to protect Lee Cullen , a senior executive for Cyrez Corporation, a company that creates and manufactures weapons for the military. Lee has come across plans by Cyrez plans to sell a top secret electronic... pulse rifle to terrorist Sergei Ivanovich Petrofsky . The sale of such weapons of unparalleled firepower to the wrong hands would tip the balance of power. To procure evidence, Lee copies critical data onto two discs: one for the FBI, the other as evidence in order to publicize Cyrez's transgressions. However, William Donahue , the corrupt CEO of Cyrez, catches wind of Lee's intentions and orders her into his office.
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| Release date: | June 21, 1996 |
| Directed by: | Chuck Russell |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 115 Minutes |
| Producer: | Anne Kopelson, Arnold Kopelson |
| Editor: | Michael Tronick |
| Music by: | Alan Silvestri |
| Cinematography: | Adam Greenberg |
| Screenplay by: | Tony Puryear, Walon Green |
| Estimated budget: | $100,000,000 |
| Genre: | Thriller, Action |