 The original release date was 25 July 1997. When  Harrison Ford (I) (qv), whose upcoming film,  _Air Force One (1997)_ (qv), was scheduled to be released the same  day, found out, he demanded that Paramount push the release date to  a different time. Paramount, who had distributed many successful  films of Fords agreed, being worried that Ford would never do  another film for them again.