Air Force One 1997

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 124 min

genre: political

theme: disaster

director: Wolfgang Petersen

Score: 6 / 10

Air Force One is a 1997 American political action thriller film directed and co-produced by Wolfgang Petersen and starring Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close, Wendy Crewson, Xander Berkeley, William H. Macy, Dean Stockwell, Paul Guilfoyle and Jürgen Prochnow. The film was written by Andrew W. Marlowe. It follows Air Force One being hijacked by a group of terrorists who demand the release of their country’s imprisoned dictator and the President's attempt to rescue everyone on board by retaking his plane.

Plot

A joint operation between American and Russian special forces captures General Ivan Radek, the dictator of a rogue neo-Soviet regime in Kazakhstan that retained its nuclear weapons, threatening war. Three weeks later, U.S. President James Marshall attends a diplomatic dinner in Moscow, during which he praises the operation and warns the United States will not negotiate with terrorists. Marshall and his entourage, including his wife Grace and daughter Alice, and several of his cabinet and advisers, prepare to return home on Air Force One. Six Radek loyalists disguised as journalists led by Egor Korshunov board the plane.

Cast

person Alex Veadov
person Allan Kolman
Andrew Divoff
Bill Smitrovich
Dan Shor
David O'Donnell
person David Vadim
Dean Stockwell
person Diana Bellamy
Don McManus
person E. E. Bell
person Elya Baskin
Gary Oldman
Glenn Close
Glenn Morshower
person http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q361610
person http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81328
J. A. Preston
Jürgen Prochnow
person Levan Uchaneishvili
Liesel Pritzker Simmons
person Mark Thompson
Oleg Taktarov
Paul Guilfoyle
person Pavel Lychnikoff
Philip Baker Hall
person Richard Doyle
person Thom Barry
Timothy Carhart
person Tom Everett
Wendy Crewson
person Willard E. Pugh
William H. Macy

More details

author	Andrew W. Marlowe
contentLocation	Kazakhstan Moscow Ramstein-Miesenbach Washington, D.C.
director	Wolfgang Petersen
editor	Richard Francis-Bruce
events	aircraft hijacking aviation terrorism
genre	action political thriller
keywords	25th amendment aerial refueling air base air force one cargo hold caspian sea chief of staff defense secretary emergency landing escape pod f-15s kc-10 kc-10 extender kill land lockheed mc-130 mc-130e mcdonnell douglas f-15 eagle medal of honor mid-air refueling mig-29s mikoyan mig-29 mole national security neo-soviet neo-sovietism nuclear weapon nuclear weapons parajumpers president of the united states ramstein air base return home russian president secret service special forces twenty-fifth amendment to the united states constitution u.s. president united states united states air force pararescue united states secret service vice president vice president of the united states vietnam war white house chief of staff wound
musicBy	Jerry Goldsmith
nomination	Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Sound
producer	Armyan Bernstein Gail Katz Jonathan Shestack Wolfgang Petersen
productionCompany	Beacon Pictures Columbia Pictures Radiant Productions
publisher	Buena Vista International Sony Pictures Releasing
recordedAt	Los Angeles Moscow Russia
theme	disaster political thriller terrorism