Rules of Engagement

Aspect

2.35:1
Audio

English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
Runtime

127
Discs

1
Studio

Warner Home Video
Release Date

March 31, 2000
DVD Release

October 10, 2000
16:9

Anamorphic
THX

Rating

R
Director

William Friedkin
 

Hayes Hodges finds his career aspirations dashed when he's wounded in Vietnam combat. He then returns to America and becomes a disillusioned lawyer who goes up against the service to defend Colonel Terry Childers, who is accused of inciting an incident that leaves many demonstrators dead. Hodges in no position to decline: Childers heroically saved his life back in Vietnam.

Edition Details Cast
Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby
  Commentary by director William Friedkin
  Making Of
  Cast and Crew Interviews
  Widescreen anamorphic format
  		 Tommy Lee Jones...Col. Hayes 'Hodge' Hodges
Samuel L. Jackson...Col. Terry L. Childers
Guy Pearce...Maj. Mark Biggs
Ben Kingsley...Ambassador Mourain
Bruce Greenwood...National Security Advisor Bill Sokal
Anne Archer...Mrs. Mourain
Blair Underwood...Capt. Lee
Philip Baker Hall...Gen. H. Lawrence Hodges
Dale Dye...Gen. Perry
Amidou...Dr. Ahmar
Mark Feuerstein...Tom Chandler
Richard McGonagle...Judge Col. E. Warner
Baoan Coleman...Col. Binh Le Cao
Nicky Katt...Hayes Hodges III
Ryan Hurst...Captain Hustings
Gordon Clapp...Harris
Hayden Tank...Justin Mourain
Ahmed Abounouom...Jimi
William Gibson...Hodges' radioman
Tuan Tran...Translator
John Speredakos...Lawyer
Scott Alan Smith...Another Lawyer
Jihane Kortobi...Little Girl
David Lewis Hays...NCO bailiff
Peter Tran...Col. Cao's radioman
Bonnie Johnson...Mary Hodges
Jason C. West...Childers' radioman
Mohamed Attifi...Tariq
Zouheir Mohamed...Aziz
Chris Ufland...Ambassador Aide
Thom Barry...Gen. West, Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff
Kevin Cooney...General (four-star)
Helen Manning...Sarah Hodges
David Graf...ARG Commander
Conrad Bachmann...Secretary of Defense Wyatt
Aziz Assimi...Little Boy
Robert Pentz Jr....Courtroom Spectator
Laird Macintosh...Radio Operator, Gen. Perry's cadre
Baouyen C. Bruyere...Col. Cao's granddaughter
Steven M. Gagnon...Juror #1
Richard Whiten...Juror #2
Thomas Knickerbocker...Juror #3
Terry Bozeman...Juror #4
Mary Wickliffe...Juror #5
Jody Wood...Juror #6
Elayn Taylor...Juror #7
Todd Kimsey...Officer #1
Stephen Ramsey...Officer #3
G. Gordon Liddy...Talk Show Host
Mike Stokey...Gen. Perry's cadre
Jack Galle...Gen. Perry's cadre
John Barnett...Gen. Perry's cadre
Mike Bedmiston...Gen. Perry's cadre
Mike Gerald...Gen. Perry's cadre
Freddie Joe Farnsworth...Gen. Perry's cadre
Dennis Fitzgerald...Gen. Perry's cadre
Jim Boensch...Gen. Perry's cadre
Brian Maynard...Gen. Perry's cadre
Lawrence Larsen...Officer #2
Johnny Alonso...Kurt - Spitting Protestor