The Sentinel (2006) - Turner Classic Movies

The Sentinel


1h 48m 2006

Brief Synopsis

Pete Garrison is a U.S. Secret Service agent who saved a president's life by jumping in front of a hail of bullets, over twenty years ago. Well-liked and respected by his colleagues, Garrison is a career agent who now heads the First Lady's detail. He lives in a high-level, orderly world of hierarch

Film Details

Also Known As
Hotet inifrån, Sentinel
MPAA Rating
Genre
Adaptation
Crime
Drama
Political
Thriller
Release Date
2006
Production Company
Sean Armstrong
Distribution Company
20th Century Fox Distribution
Location
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 48m

Synopsis

Pete Garrison is a U.S. Secret Service agent who saved a president's life by jumping in front of a hail of bullets, over twenty years ago. Well-liked and respected by his colleagues, Garrison is a career agent who now heads the First Lady's detail. He lives in a high-level, orderly world of hierarchical structure, plans, maps, motorcades, code names, lingo and procedures. It's a universe that makes sense, until secrets begin to tear it apart. Pete's fellow agent and friend, Charlie Merriweather, hints at wanting to share critical and confidential information. Before that can happen, however, Merriweather is shot dead at his house in a crime that is made to look like a botched robbery. The investigation falls to the Secret Service's top investigative agent, David Breckinridge, a volatile combination of by-the-book and hothead, Garrison's protégé, and, until recently one of Garrison's best friends. Breckinridge follows the evidence and scrupulously tries to avoid working from his gut. Garrison, as perhaps the greatest protective agent in the service, often has to work from pure instinct. Garrison's and Breckinridge's recent falling out was triggered by Breckindrige's mistaken belief that Garrison was having an affair with Breckinridge's now ex-wife. Jill Marin, a tough, sassy and ambitious young agent who just graduated second in her class at the Secret Service Academy, arrives for her first field posting. She has requested a work detail with Breckinridge because Garrison, while leading a field instruction exercise at the Academy told Jill that Breckenridge was the best investigator in the entire Service. Together the trio begins to uncover what appears to be an inside job to assassinate the president--a traitor in the ranks of the Secret Service. It's never happened in the institution's 141-year history. Suspicion ultimately falls on Garrison, who's going to find it extremely difficult to clear his name because someone is framing him. Whoever is framing Garrison knows he's vulnerable because he's devoting considerable effort to hiding a monumental secret. Suspected of being treasonous, Garrison goes on the run, pursued by Breckinridge and Marin--his own colleagues--as he tries to nail the real mole and save the president's life.

Crew

Georgia A

Assistant

Marlene Aarons

Makeup Artist

G. A. Aguilar

Stunts

Julie Altus

Adr

Bill Anagnos

Stunts

Roy T Anderson

Stunts

Pete Anthony

Music Conductor

Alex Applefeld

Video Assist/Playback

Lenny Applefeld

Electrician

Max Armstrong

Lighting Technician

Sean Armstrong

Cable Operator

Wayne Arnold

Assistant Camera

Taryn Ash

Stunts

Hank Atterbury

Props

K C Bailey

Still Photographer

Chris Baker

Rigging Electrician

John Barber

Best Boy Grip

John Michael Barbour

Transportation

Chris Barnes

Stunts

Tom Barrett

Electrician

Michael Barry

Sound Mixer

A Bayliff

Assistant

Lisa Baylin

Casting Associate

David Beach

Foreman

Christophe Beck

Original Music

Johnny Becker

Stunts

Joe Beckwith

Accounting Assistant

Ron Bedrosian

Adr

Cody Beke

Casting Assistant

Darren A Bell

Assistant

Ron Bell

Stunts

Edward A Bellafiore

Art Department Coordinator

Sam Bender

Electrician

Rod Benjamin

Best Boy Grip

Gabriel Beristain

Other

Gabriel Beristain

Director Of Photography

Gabriel Beristain

Dp/Cinematographer

Julianne Berkowitz

Assistant

John Bert

Production Assistant

Paul Berta

Storyboard Artist

Zena Bielewicz

Loader

Kevin Billings

Advisor

James Binkley

Stunts

Peter Bird

Assistant Location Manager

Meredith Blake

Assistant

Adam Blau

Music Engineer

Jane Bloom

Production Secretary

Jack Boem

Assistant Director

Jill Bogdanowicz

Colorist

Paul Bogdon

Best Boy Grip

Fernand Bos

Music Editor

David Boulton

Adr

Jamison Bradley

Best Boy

Rudy Braun

Set Designer

Sean Breaugh

Set Designer

William Brendle

Song

William Brendle

Song Performer

Kelly Brennan

Hair Stylist

Jill Brown

Stunts

Karl Brown

On-Set Dresser

Lloyd Brown

Set Decorator

Mark Brown

Production Assistant

Hugh Brule

Grip

Jane Bulmer

Assistant

Brad Bunn

Stunts

Randy Burbidge

Grip

Gary Burritt

Negative Cutter

Randy Butcher

Stunts

Chad Camelleri

Stunts

Desmond Campbell

Stunts

Anthony Canard

Transportation Captain

Carlos Caneca

Set Decorator

Julio Carmona

Adr

Bill Carraro

Unit Production Manager

Bill Carraro

Executive Producer

Bill Carraro

Unit Director

Bryan Carrigan

Music Engineer

Rebecca Castle

Scenic Artist

Gerry Cavis

Advisor

Al Cerullo

Aerial Unit

David Orin Charles

On-Set Dresser

Cynthia Chau

Assistant Art Director

Emily Cheever

Production Assistant

Rick Chefalas

Assistant Sound Editor

Kirk Cheney

Construction Coordinator

Krissopher Chevannes

Adr

Billy D Choi

Animator

Alan B Cohen

Assistant Camera

Jason Cole

Adr

Marcis Cole

Camera Operator

Marcis Cole

Steadicam Operator

Bob Colletti

Stunts

Joseph R Collins

Camera Operator

Brad Combs

Assistant

Dan Conley

On-Set Dresser

Bill Connell

Aerial Unit

Marko Constanzo

Foley Artist

Robin D. Cook

Casting

Seth Copans

Script Supervisor

Blaise Corrigan

Stunt Coordinator

Ned Corrigan

Stunts

Jim Craig

Storyboard Artist

Michael Crain

Assistant Director

J L Crosbie

Assistant Director

Patricia Hadley Cumming

Seamstress Supervisor

Arthur Cummings

Grip

Michele Cusick

Production Assistant

Wendy Czajkowsky

Adr

Greg Daprato

On-Set Dresser

Sandy De Crescent

Music Contractor

Bobby Deal

Charge Scenic Painter

Richard Dean

Makeup Artist

Lisa Deitrich

Dresser

Gabriel Dellavecchia

Accountant

Lisa Dietrich

On-Set Dresser

Cesare Digulio

Rigging Grip

Alfie Dipucchio

Adr

Karen Doble

Production Coordinator

Jason Dodds

Best Boy

Jim Doherty

Swing Gang

Melanie Donkers

Assistant

Morten Dorrell

Assistant Location Manager

Michael Douglas

Producer

Geoffrey Dowell

Stunts

Nigel Draper

Electrician

Marcy Drogin

Producer

Ian Drummond

Assistant Costume Designer

Jay Du Boisson

Costume Coordinator

Paul Dzatko

Carpenter

Jane English

Makeup

David Erlichman

Dolly Grip

Amanda Faison

Production Assistant

Tom Farmer

Video Assist/Playback

Tom Farr

Stunts

Frank Ferro

Assistant Director

Helen Field

Props Buyer

Joe Fieldman

Aerial Unit

Mark Filip

Sound Effects Editor

David Fisher

Gaffer

Matt Flannery

Assistant Camera

Rick Forsayeth

Stunt Coordinator

Jason Foster

Loader

Ian Fraser

Carpenter

Danielle Fredrickson

Transportation

April Freeman

Scenic Artist

Rodney G French

Dolly Grip

Henry H Gardner

Greensman

Rusty Gardner

Video Assist/Playback

Teri Garner

On-Set Dresser

Sean Garnhart

Sound Effects Editor

Roland Gauvin

Rigging Grip

Nick Gazda

Set Designer

Chris Geair

Location Coordinator

Halina Gebarowicz

Art Director

Paul C Gibilisco

Assistant Camera

Gerri Gillan

Costumer

Guy Godfree

Assistant Camera

Lewis Goldstein

Supervising Sound Editor

Angel Gonzalez

Camera Operator

Vince Gordon

Electrician

Don Gough

Stunts

Mike Gow

Stunts

Courtney Graham

Assistant Camera

Richard Grant

Music Engineer

Bill Gray

Assistant Camera

Elizabeth Greenberg

Casting Associate

Clarence Greenwood

Song

Doane Gregory

Photography

David Grimes

Production Assistant

Tim Guinness

Gaffer

Lisa Hagenmeyer

Assistant Location Manager

Michele Hamel

Craft Service

Ted Hanlan

Unit Director

Charles Harris

Best Boy Grip

Joanne Harwood

Script Supervisor

Ivan Hawkes

Boom Operator

Patricia A Heine

Makeup Artist

Norm Henderson

Transportation Coordinator

Tim Hennessy

Loader

Chris Henry

Grip

Lawrence Herman

Sound

Patricia Doherty Hess

Unit Production Manager

Curtis Hibbert

Stunts

Harry Higgins

Rerecording

Richard Hirschfield

Assistant Director

Nikki Holmes

Rigging Gaffer

David Holtz

Production Assistant

Aaron Horton

Production Secretary

Susan Horton

Stunts

Randy Houston Mercer

Makeup Artist

Jason Hubert

Electrician

Stuart Hughes

Transportation Captain

Chadwick Humphrey

Accountant

Sandra Lynne Hyhko

Assistant Production Coordinator

Catherine Fletcher Incaprera

Costume Supervisor

Daniel Indart

Song

Daniel Indart

Song Performer

Lovisa Inserra

Assistant

David Insley

Director Of Photography

David Insley

Other

Film Details

Also Known As
Hotet inifrån, Sentinel
MPAA Rating
Genre
Adaptation
Crime
Drama
Political
Thriller
Release Date
2006
Production Company
Sean Armstrong
Distribution Company
20th Century Fox Distribution
Location
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 48m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States Spring April 21, 2006

Released in United States on Video August 29, 2006

Based on the novel "The Sentinel" written by Gerald Petievich; published by Berkley Publishing Group February 1, 2003.

Barry Levinson was previously attached to direct.

20th Century Fox and Regency Enterprises picked up the project from Paramount.

Project was previously in development at Paramount Pictures.

Paramount Pictures paid six-figures for the novel by Gerald Petievich.

Released in United States Spring April 21, 2006

Released in United States on Video August 29, 2006