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Air America
Air America is a 1990 American action comedy film directed by Roger Spottiswoode and starring Mel Gibson and Robert Downey Jr. as Air America pilots flying missions in Laos during the Vietnam War. When the protagonists discover their aircraft is being used by CIA agents to smuggle heroin, they must avoid being framed as the drug-smugglers.
Plot
In late 1969, helicopter pilot Billy Covington has his pilot's license suspended for breaking safety regulations. His skills, bravery and disregard for the law are noticed by a government agent, who offers him a job in Laos working for the "strictly civilian" company Air America, which turns out to be a front for CIA operations.
More details
| author | John Eskow Richard Rush |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Laos |
| director | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q506352 |
| editor | John Bloom |
| events | aviation Vietnam War |
| genre | action adventure comedy |
| keywords | air america black market break c-123 capture discover disillusion distress call drug trafficking fairchild c-123 provider government agent helicopter pilot holiday inn kill kingdom of laos lao learn lose meet moving in pilatus pc-6 pilatus pc-6 porter refugee camp retirement plan run away smuggle traffic wash wife and child world war ii |
| musicBy | Charles Gross |
| producer | Daniel Melnick Mario Kassar |
| productionCompany | Carolco Pictures |
| publisher | TriStar Pictures |
| recordedAt | Pinewood Studios Thailand |
| theme | action comedy buddy comedy |