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{{Infobox Movie
{{Infobox Movie
|name = The Watcher  
|name = ''The Watcher''
|picture = The Watcher poster.jpg
|picture = The Watcher poster.jpg
|caption = ''Film Poster''
|caption = ''Film Poster''
|country = [[Image:USA.jpg|25px]]  
|country = [[Image:USA.jpg|25px]] United States
|director = Joe Charbanic
|director = Joe Charbanic
|date= 2000
|date= 2000
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|studio=Lewitt <br>Eberts Prouctions <br>Choi / Niami Prouctions <br>Driven Productions
|studio=Lewitt <br>Eberts Prouctions <br>Choi / Niami Prouctions <br>Driven Productions
|distributor=Universal Pictures
|distributor=Universal Pictures
|character1=Griffin
|character1=David Allen Griffin
|actor1=[[Keanu Reeves]]
|actor1=[[Keanu Reeves]]
|character2=Campbell
|character2=Joel Campbell
|actor2=[[James Spader]]
|actor2=[[James Spader]]
|character3=Polly Beilman
|actor3=[[Marisa Tomei]]
|character4=Mike Ibby
|actor4=[[Ernie Hudson]]
|character5=Hollis Mackie
|actor5=[[Chris Ellis]]
|character6=Mitch Casper
|actor6=Robert Cicchini
|character7=Diana
|actor7=Jenny McShane
|character8=Sharon
|actor8=Gina Alexander
|character9=Jack Fray
|actor9=Andrew Rothenberg
|character10=Norton
|actor10=David Pasquesi
}}
}}


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=Handguns=
==Glock 17==
==Glock 17==
Campbell ([[James Spader]]) carries [[Glock 17]] as his sidearm. Later he gave it to Griffin ([[Keanu Reeves]]).
Campbell ([[James Spader]]) carries a [[Glock 17]] as his sidearm. Later, he gives it to Griffin ([[Keanu Reeves]]). Initially, the weapon is a 3rd Generation Glock 17, but after being given to Griffin, it changes to a 2nd Generation Glock.
[[image:Glock171stGen.jpg|thumb|none|300px|1st Generation Glock 17 - 9x19mm.]]
 
[[Image:Glock173rdGen.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Glock 17 3rd Generation - 9x19mm. Note the finger grooves, thumb reliefs, and accessory rail on the frame, which differentiate it from the older 2nd Generation model.]]
[[Image:TheWatcherCampbell2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|During the chase in the abandoned building, Campbell's Beretta becomes a Glock.]]
[[Image:The Watcher pistol 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Campbell holds his Glock 17.]]
[[Image:The Watcher pistol 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Campbell holds his Glock 17.]]
[[Image:The Watcher pistol 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Campbell takes aim at Griffin.]]
[[Image:The Watcher pistol 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Campbell takes aim at Griffin.]]
[[Image:The Watcher pistol 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Campbell fires his pistol.]]
[[Image:The Watcher pistol 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Campbell fires his pistol.]]
[[Image:The Watcher pistol 4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]
[[Image:The Watcher pistol 4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Campbell holds the Glock. Clearly visible in this image is the rail on the dust cover, identifying the Glock as a 3rd Generation model.]]
[[Image:The Watcher pistol 7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]
 
[[Image:Glock17EarlyModel.jpg|thumb|none|300px|2nd Generation Glock 17 - 9x19mm]]
[[Image:The Watcher pistol 8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Griffin threatens Polly.]]
[[Image:The Watcher pistol 8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Griffin threatens Polly.]]
[[Image:The Watcher pistol 9.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Close view of the muzzle.]]
[[Image:David_allen_griffin_with_a_gun_by_jasonpictures-d9axb86.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Griffin points the Glock 17 at Campbell.]]
[[Image:The Watcher pistol 10.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pistol's number can be seen.]]
[[Image:David_Allen_Griffin_With_a_Gun.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Ready to shoot.]]
[[Image:The Watcher pistol 9.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A closer view of the muzzle, showing the blank-firing adapter in the muzzle. (Note that the much wider hole in the adapter indicates that it was meant to be used with full-flash motion picture blanks.) ''NOTE: This is not an airsoft gun with a visible inner barrel; BFAs can look very similar to airsoft inner barrels when viewed end-on.''']]
[[Image:The Watcher pistol 10.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The pistol's serial number (BAB250) can be seen; it matches a Glock 17 2nd Generation that was manufactured in September 1994. Note the significant continuity error: Here, the Glock clearly has no accessory rail on the frame, indicating that it has become a 2nd Generation model, rather than the 3rd Generation model seen earlier in the movie.]]


==Sawed Off 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun==
==Beretta 92FS==
Griffin uses the Sawed Off [[12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun]]. Later we can se this gun in the Campbell's hands.
During the chase in the abandoned building, Campbell ([[James Spader]]) draws a [[Beretta 92FS]], but in continuity error during a tight shot, he has a [[Glock 17]], which briefly turns back into the Beretta, and finally the Glock for the rest of the chase.
[[Image:Remington SBS.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Remington Spartan Sawed Off shotgun - 12 gauge]]
[[File:BerettaM92FS.jpg|thumb|300px|none|Beretta 92FS - 9x19mm]]
[[Image:The Watcher shotgun 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]
[[Image:TheWatcherCampbell1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Campbell draws a Beretta when looking for Griffin.]]
 
==Various Pistols==
When the Chicago Police Department surrounds the second crime scene, police officers carry various pistols, which mostly seem to be revolvers.
[[Image:TheWatcherCPD1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Various handguns used by CPD officers.]]
 
=Shotguns=
==Sawed-Off 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun==
Griffin uses a [[Sawed-Off Double Barreled Shotgun]]. Later, this gun is used by Campbell.
[[Image:Remington SBS.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Remington Spartan Sawed Off shotgun - 12 gauge]]
[[Image:The Watcher shotgun 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A close up of the shotgun, rigged-up in a trap.]]
[[Image:The Watcher shotgun 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Campbell holds the captured shotgun...]]
[[Image:The Watcher shotgun 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Campbell holds the captured shotgun...]]
[[Image:The Watcher shotgun 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|...and press the trigger.]]
[[Image:The Watcher shotgun 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|...and presses the trigger.]]
 
=Rifles=
==Colt M16==
SWAT team officers are armed with the original model [[M16]].
[[Image:M16-SP1.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Original M16- 5.56x45mm]]
[[Image:The Watcher M16 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The SWAT team aims their rifles.]]
[[Image:The Watcher M16 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The rifles are aimed.]]
 
==Colt CAR-15==
FBI HRT agents are armed with the [[Colt CAR-15]] at the beginning of the movie.
[[Image:Colt 609-XM1771E1.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Colt Model 609 / XM177E1 - 5.56x45mm]]
[[Image:TheWatcherCar15-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|FBI agents with the [[Colt CAR-15]]. Note the flashlight taped to the handguard.]]
[[Image:TheWatcherCar15-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A CAR-15 with 20-round magazine.]]


==M16 Rifle==
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Special Forces were armed with the [[M16 Rifle]].
[[Image:M16-SP1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The original M16, the first version, firing in a 20-round magazine, adopted in large numbers by the U.S. Air Force in Vietnam. This has the original '''3-prong flash hider'''.  It would later be replaced by the upgraded M16A1 - 5.56x45mm]]
[[Image:The Watcher M16 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]
[[Image:The Watcher M16 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]


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The Watcher
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Film Poster
Country Error creating thumbnail: File missing United States
Directed by Joe Charbanic
Release Date 2000
Language English, Vietnamese
Studio Lewitt
Eberts Prouctions
Choi / Niami Prouctions
Driven Productions
Distributor Universal Pictures
Main Cast
Character Actor
David Allen Griffin Keanu Reeves
Joel Campbell James Spader
Polly Beilman Marisa Tomei
Mike Ibby Ernie Hudson
Hollis Mackie Chris Ellis
Mitch Casper Robert Cicchini
Diana Jenny McShane
Sharon Gina Alexander
Jack Fray Andrew Rothenberg
Norton David Pasquesi



The following weapons were used in the film The Watcher:


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Handguns

Glock 17

Campbell (James Spader) carries a Glock 17 as his sidearm. Later, he gives it to Griffin (Keanu Reeves). Initially, the weapon is a 3rd Generation Glock 17, but after being given to Griffin, it changes to a 2nd Generation Glock.

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Glock 17 3rd Generation - 9x19mm. Note the finger grooves, thumb reliefs, and accessory rail on the frame, which differentiate it from the older 2nd Generation model.
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During the chase in the abandoned building, Campbell's Beretta becomes a Glock.
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Campbell holds his Glock 17.
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Campbell takes aim at Griffin.
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Campbell fires his pistol.
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Campbell holds the Glock. Clearly visible in this image is the rail on the dust cover, identifying the Glock as a 3rd Generation model.
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2nd Generation Glock 17 - 9x19mm
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Griffin threatens Polly.
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Griffin points the Glock 17 at Campbell.
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Ready to shoot.
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A closer view of the muzzle, showing the blank-firing adapter in the muzzle. (Note that the much wider hole in the adapter indicates that it was meant to be used with full-flash motion picture blanks.) NOTE: This is not an airsoft gun with a visible inner barrel; BFAs can look very similar to airsoft inner barrels when viewed end-on.'
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The pistol's serial number (BAB250) can be seen; it matches a Glock 17 2nd Generation that was manufactured in September 1994. Note the significant continuity error: Here, the Glock clearly has no accessory rail on the frame, indicating that it has become a 2nd Generation model, rather than the 3rd Generation model seen earlier in the movie.

Beretta 92FS

During the chase in the abandoned building, Campbell (James Spader) draws a Beretta 92FS, but in continuity error during a tight shot, he has a Glock 17, which briefly turns back into the Beretta, and finally the Glock for the rest of the chase.

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Beretta 92FS - 9x19mm
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Campbell draws a Beretta when looking for Griffin.

Various Pistols

When the Chicago Police Department surrounds the second crime scene, police officers carry various pistols, which mostly seem to be revolvers.

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Various handguns used by CPD officers.

Shotguns

Sawed-Off 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun

Griffin uses a Sawed-Off Double Barreled Shotgun. Later, this gun is used by Campbell.

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Remington Spartan Sawed Off shotgun - 12 gauge
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A close up of the shotgun, rigged-up in a trap.
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Campbell holds the captured shotgun...
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...and presses the trigger.

Rifles

Colt M16

SWAT team officers are armed with the original model M16.

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Original M16- 5.56x45mm
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The SWAT team aims their rifles.
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The rifles are aimed.

Colt CAR-15

FBI HRT agents are armed with the Colt CAR-15 at the beginning of the movie.

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Colt Model 609 / XM177E1 - 5.56x45mm
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FBI agents with the Colt CAR-15. Note the flashlight taped to the handguard.
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A CAR-15 with 20-round magazine.