Enemy Mine (film)

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For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see Enemy Mine (Stargate SG-1).
For the novella on which the film Enemy Mine is based, see Enemy Mine.
Enemy Mine

original movie poster
Directed by Wolfgang Petersen
Produced by Steven J. Friedman
Stanley O'Toole
Written by Edward Khmara, based on a story by Barry Longyear
Starring Dennis Quaid
Louis Gossett, Jr.
Music by Maurice Jarre
Cinematography Tony Imi
Editing by Hannes Nikel
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date(s) December 20, 1985
Running time 108 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Enemy Mine is a 1985 science fiction film based on the story of the same title by Barry B. Longyear. It was produced by Twentieth Century Fox, directed by Wolfgang Petersen, and starred Dennis Quaid and Louis Gossett, Jr.. The original music score is composed by Maurice Jarre.

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Plot summary

It is the late 21st century. In the midst of an interstellar war between humans and Dracs (reptilian-like aliens), human pilot Willis E. Davidge (Quaid) and Drac pilot Jeriba "Jerry" Shigan (Gossett), engage in a spacecraft battle resulting in both crashlanding on Fyrine IV, a hostile alien world with a breathable atmosphere, water, and dangerous animal life.

After initial hostilities, the two eventually learn to cooperate in order to survive. They work together to build a shelter for protection against the near-constant bombardment by meteorites, and to satisfy their needs for food, water, and warmth. They learn to overcome their differences, become friends, and learn each other's languages and cultures.

Later, facing expected death and with child (Dracs being apparently parthenogenic), Jeriba teaches Davidge his full ancestry, a necessity if his child is to be accepted into Drac society. Davidge raises the child Zammis as his own, after Jerry passes during the childbirth. Over the years, Davidge and Zammis form a very close bond, and although the young Drac refers to Davidge as his 'uncle', his emotional range towards Davidge is as a son would look up to a father- an emotion that Davidge shares as well. Davidge knows that there are mining crews scouring the planet in search of minerals and ore desposits, and he knows that they have little regard for Drac life, so he remains on guard to keep Zammis from getting captured or killed should they run into any of the miner's spacecraft. Zammis however, doesn't realize the danger and goes off to get a closer look at such a spacecraft, and gets himself abducted- with Davidge being hurt in the process of trying to rescue him. Left on the planet's surface for dead, a B.T.A patrol ship finds Davidge unconscious, and take him back to the space station where he was formerly based before being shot down. On the station, he's mistaken to be dead, but awakens when one of the techs tries to steal the small book that Jerry had given him years before when he first wished to learn the Drac language. Davidge's former patrol crew vouch for his hatred of Dracs, even after it's discovered that he speaks the language fluently. Sometime later, Davidge is reinstated to duty, but not as a pilot- he subseqently steals a fighter and goes after the miners to rescue Zammis and bring him back. He manages to find the ship, and the Drac slaves help him overcome the brutality of the human overseers and he eventually reunites with Zammis. Davidge's crew now realize that whatever it was that he experienced while MIA has made him more humane, he no longer hates the Drac race, and helps to take all of the Drac slaves back to their homeworld as well.

In the epilogue, Davidge and Zammis return to the Drac homeworld for Zammis' introduction ceremony to the Drac Holy Council so that he may be accepted into Drac society. Davidge recounts the ancestry before the Holy Council in the traditional ritual, as he was taught by Jerry. In time, Zammis also has a child and the audience learns that the name of "Willis Davidge" was added to the line of Jeriba.

Trivia

 Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. Please relocate any relevant information into appropriate sections or articles. (September 2008)
  • The film was very popular in the Soviet Union, having been released as part of the first wave of American films allowed to be legally wide-released.[citation needed] Enemy Mine hence achieved enormous popularity.[citation needed]
  • Enemy Mine inspired the song "Inseparable Enemies" from Star One's album Space Metal.[citation needed]
  • The film takes place from 2092 to 2096.

Parodies

The Lonely Island created a short skit which parodied the characters in Enemy Mine and their situation. The sketch was later recreated on the show Saturday Night Live and featured Jack Black.

See also

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Films directed by Wolfgang Petersen

Das Boot (1981) • The NeverEnding Story (1984) • Enemy Mine (1985) • Shattered (1991) • In the Line of Fire (1993) • Outbreak (1995) • Air Force One (1997) • The Perfect Storm (2000) • Troy (2004) • Poseidon (2006) •
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