Nome in codice: Broken Arrow

Titolo originale: Broken Arrow
Regia: John Woo |
Anno: 1996
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Azione Thriller
Tag: canyon | helicopter | captain | underground | river | mexican standoff | countdown | pilot | fistfight | major | betrayal | gunfight | train | explosion | park ranger | desert | military | hostile | nuclear device | boxing | stealth aircraft | abandoned mine | action hero | humvee | antagonistic | audacious | authoritarian | ominous |
Cast: John Travolta | Christian Slater | Samantha Mathis | Delroy Lindo | Frank Whaley | Bob Gunton | Howie Long | Jack Thompson | Kurtwood Smith | Vondie Curtis-Hall | Vyto Ruginis | Ousaun Elam | Shaun Toub | Casey Biggs | Jeffrey Stephan | Joey Box | Jon W. Kishi | Myke Schwartz | Jim Palmer | Vince Deadrick Sr. | Charlie Brewer | Gary Epper | Mario Roberts | J.N. Roberts | Daniel von Bargen | Bruce Holman | Carmen Argenziano | James MacDonald | French Stewart | Jim Moyle | Chris Mulkey | Henry Murph | Tom Waddell | Rosemary Schoppman | Raymond Cruz | Tom Demille | Scott Perry |

Due esperti piloti dell'aeronautica, Vic e Riley, devono collaudare uno Stealth con due testate nucleari. Vic ruba le testate atomiche per ricattare il governo e Riley dovrà recuperarle.

Approfondimenti

Lauren Holly was considered for the role of Terry Carmichael. D
Popular movie-news Web site Ain't It Cool News got its name from a line in the movie. D
Samantha Mathis says that kissing ex-boyfriend Christian Slater in this film was "like kissing [...] D
John Woo cast Samantha Mathis and Christian Slater by putting photos of them together and decid [...] D
The review of this movie on Siskel & Ebert & the Movies (1986) represents the only time in hist [...] D
Christian Slater turned down a role in Assassins (1995) to work with director John Woo. D
A scream sound effect used in the movie when Kelly was kicked out of the train was named after [...] D
Christian Slater and Howie Long would later appear in 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001). D
During the final few blows of the last fist fight, as Hale is punching and kicking, growls and [...] D
When Deakins is sparring with Hale in the boxing ring, Deakins taunts him with many things incl [...] D
Howie Long's character was originally supposed to be killed off earlier in the picture, but whe [...] D
Most of the action sequences were shot on location, not on a studio set. D
John Woo: [unusual hand-to-hand weapons] On the train, Terry kicks the helicopter's tail-rotor [...] D
In writing his score for this film, Oscar winner Hans Zimmer had sought to reinvent the action- [...] D
Critic Jeffery Lyons at the time the film was released in Feburary 1996 criticized the film as [...] D
Kelly kills Chief Rhodes as he tries to dismantle the bomb from going nuclear and blowing it up [...] D
Howie Long did his own stunts in the film. D
Jennifer Aniston was considered for the role of park ranger Terry Carmichael. D
John Travolta was given the choice of playing either Deakins or Hale in the film. He chose the [...] D
For their fight scenes, Christian Slater and John Travolta trained with former boxing champ Car [...] D
John Travolta was originally offered the part of Riley Hale. After reading the script, he was m [...] D
The main characters in the film are wearing Breitling Aerospace watches with quartz movement an [...] D
In the film John Travolta's character says, "F-ck em if they can't take a joke." Christian Slat [...] D
John Travolta's character Deakins takes off his uniform after he reveals himself to be a traito [...] D
After being hit by the shockwave from the blast, Deakins says, "I said God Damn, what a rush". [...] D
Helen Hunt was offered the role of Terry Carmichael but turned it down in favor of Twister (199 [...] D
This is the second film that featured both John Travolta and Delroy Lindo. The other was Get Sh [...] D
DIRECTOR TRADEMARK (John Woo): [Mexican stand-off]: Mexican stand-off twice - Once between Carm [...] D
John Travolta and Frank Whaley appeared together in Pulp Fiction (1994) in the famous "Big Kahu [...] D
Both John Travolta and Christian Slater previously starred in Quentin Tarantino films: Slater i [...] D
Just like John Woo's first US movie Senza tregua (1993), this film suffered from problems with [...] D
Samantha Mathis is Christian Slater's former girlfriend. D
In an interview on Parkinson (1971), Halle Berry recalled that the producers turned her down fo [...] D
John Travolta and Samantha Mathis later worked together on The Punisher (2004), although they d [...] D
John Travolta and Delroy Lindo appeared together in Get Shorty (1995) the previous year. D
Halle Berry stated in an interview that she was considered for the role of Terry Carmichael but [...] D
John Woo's earlier cut came in at the two hour mark, and featured more character development an [...] D
John Travolta formed a close friendship with John Woo while filming. D
The stealth fighter shown is modeled on the B-2 Spirit bomber. The villain smokes American Spir [...] D
As preparation for his role in this movie, Christian Slater gave up smoking. D
Samantha Mathis plays Terry Carmichael, the love interest of Christian Slater's character Riley [...] D
Originally the studio hired director Dwight H. Little to direct the film but had a decision to [...] D
Hale and Terry don't call each other by their names until the end of the movie. D
Oliver Wood was considered to be the film's director of photography, but he was unable to take [...] D
The deep reverberant guitar solo in the recurring musical cue was performed by Grammy Award win [...] D
The film is not a remake of the western of the same name Broken Arrow (1950). D
The armorer estimated over 60,000 rounds of ammo were fired while making the film. D
The phrase "broken arrow" is not actually used to refer to the theft, loss or seizure of nuclea [...] D
Samantha Mathis was a huge fan of John Travolta and was nervous to work with him. D
Deakins and Hale have never killed anyone in person, face to face since they were both pilots w [...] D
In the film's novelization, the character of Hale is slightly younger than Christian Slater's r [...] D
In the mine, the weapon that Deakins uses is a Ruger AC556K. D
Christian Slater did almost all of his own stunts. D
John Woo: [reflection] Riley sees the reflection of Deakins pulling a gun on him in the cockpit [...] D
Body count: 28 (2 of which are by Terry, 3 by Kelly, 6 by Deakins and 8 by Hale). D
The soundtrack of Hans Zimmer was inspired by Ennio Morricone's works with Sergio Leone. D
In the films' novelization based on Graham Yost's original script, Terry Carmichael (played by [...] D
After the surprise success of Speed (1994), Graham Yost's script for this film became a hot com [...] D
Delroy Lindo and Vondie Curtis Hall previously worked together in Crooklyn (1994). D
Samantha Mathis asked friend Sandra Bullock for tips on doing action scenes. Bullock told her t [...] D
John Woo: [verbal confrontation between opponents from opposite sites of a wall] Deakins (John [...] D
Samantha Mathis dyed her hair red for the film. D
John Woo cast Samantha Mathis as Carmichael because she was "not a scared girl needing protecti [...] D
John Woo: [guns] Riley uses two guns in the mine. D
Hale finally beats Deakins and gets the twenty dollars they always bet against each other with [...] D
It was John Travolta's idea to play the Deakins character as "bigger than life." D
To promote the film, the publicity unit sent sunglasses resembling the ones worn by John Travol [...] D
According to "Trains" Magazine, the train chase scene was actually filmed on the shortline Cent [...] D
The film missed its original December 1995 release date when special effects work could not be [...] D
The pistol used by Vic Deakins is a Beretta 93R 3rd Generation model D
A portion of Hans Zimmer's score was also used in Scream 2 (1997). D
Christian Slater gave up smoking for this film to be able to do all the stuntwork required. D
The film came out the same year as the Graham Yost written "The Flood" (which was renamed Hard [...] D
Director John Woo originally wanted Hale to die during the film. D
In the novelization based on Graham Yost's original script, Deakins was a much older man. When John [...] D

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Errori

Deacon's plan seems rather pointless, since he revealed himself as the one who stole the nukes. How [...] D
The Secretary of Defense on the phone tells Giles there's been a "Broken Arrow," then explains it's [...] D
Grenades have a three second delay after the arming lever snaps free, not enough time for them boun [...] D
Deakins didn't hit Pritchett with enough force with the flashlight to crush Pritchett's throat, so [...] D
When ejecting Deakins says "I'm punching out!" However the official Air Force transcript records th [...] D
The Air Force nuclear retrieval team's uniforms feature Army-style shoulder patches. In 1996, the A [...] D
When the nuke hits Deakins and blows him out of the train car, there is a very quick shot of a dumm [...] D
Hale shoots Deakins in the arm from the helicopter. During the helicopter explosion sequence and th [...] D
When Hale and Terry trying to steal the boat and Terry falls on the floor, there is a pair of binoc [...] D
The state of deterioration of the antenna in the top of the train. D
When Terry uncouples the train cars behind the flat car and the locomotive, this would pull the tra [...] D
When the park ranger is handcuffing Hale, her gun is drawn. When he kicks her over his head and pin [...] D
Master Sergeant Kelly's nuclear weapon retrieval team wears the six-color Desert Battle Dress Unifo [...] D
Boxes on the train car are shown engulfed in flames and burning, then are undamaged as soon as the [...] D
When Hale loads Carmichael's gun when they are trapped on the bluff, he loads four bullets into the [...] D
After loading the nuke onto the boat, Deakins and crew are in full sunlight then in shade then in f [...] D
Deakins' facial and shoulder wounds as he fights with Hale. D
Slater and Mathis look at the timer on the activated bomb and it shows 23 minutes. Seconds later jo [...] D
The shock wave is much too slow, moving at only a few miles per hour. D
After Deakins resets the timer on the active nuclear weapon, he smashes the buttons on the circuit [...] D
The UH-1H (Huey) helicopter that shoots at Hale and Terry is designed not to explode if it crashes. [...] D
Carmichael tells Hale that the mine shaft is 2000 ft deep. There are various related errors, such a [...] D
Obvious physics problems with the momentum of the bomb that impales Deakins. D
Hale remarks after the nuclear bomb detonates that they are safe because no radiation escaped. That [...] D
When Hale's attempt to disarm the bombs by entering the wrong codes three times, Deakins tells him [...] D
When Terry first confronts Hale she is supposed to be standing in his shadow facing the rising sun, [...] D
During the opening fight, Deakins tells Hale he just hit him with a left, left, right. Except, he d [...] D
Slater and Travolta fight over a missile A camera shot shows them side by side but a monitor camera [...] D
A nuclear explosion could not be passed off by the government as an earthquake. Non-government seis [...] D
On the train, Deakins starts the bomb counting down from 30:00, but when he clears it again there a [...] D
When the helicopter shoots at the Park Ranger vehicle it is attacking from the vehicles left, drive [...] D
On the train Hale unfastens the helicopters metal fuel line with his fingers. D
The load weight of a B83 Thermonuclear bomb is 2408lb. Even with the outer "skin" removed, they'd b [...] D
During the fight on the train, the shadows cast by the sun keep switching from one side of the trai [...] D
The helicopter shown on the train is facing towards the engine when the cover is taken off, and lat [...] D
Deakins escape helicopter can only carry one or two men, and it's obvious. The rest of his crew wou [...] D
When Hale and Carmichael steal the boat, binoculars disappear then reappear on the boat. D
Deakin sets of one of the bombs simply with a code timer and Hale later tries to disarm it. All thi [...] D
Parachuting out of a disabled plane is not a crime, even if you do land in a national park. D
The cockpit of the stealth bomber in reality isn't big enough for two reclining seats. D
The bullet holes in the train antenna reveal that it's actually made of particle board, painted whi [...] D
During the dialog after the early boxing match between Deak and Hale, the camera changes angles sev [...] D
When Terry gives Hale her remaining ammunition when fighting the helicopter, he inserts five rounds [...] D
The helicopter shoots at the truck from the side, yet bullet holes can be seen later that enter the [...] D
When Hale loads Terry's gun, he places four bullets into a six-shot cylinder. When he slams the cyl [...] D
When the fake Park Ranger shoots the campers, the bullet holes get splattered by blood. Actually th [...] D
Deakins makes two errors regarding reconnaissance satellites: 1) They can't "change orbit" - once t [...] D
Deakin falls off the back of the leading truck, picks himself up and runs after it, whilst the seco [...] D
When you see the character Giles' Lear jet from the outside, it is a model with the bigger picture [...] D
Train was supposed to be going east, train appears to be heading west. Shadows on wrong side of tra [...] D
When Terry swings from the train compartment handle a harness cable is visible. D
The stunt performer for 'Capt. Riley Hale' is rather obvious when Hale and 'Terry Carmichael' jump [...] D
The phrase "PINNACLE - BROKEN ARROW" is not actually used to refer to the theft, loss or seizure of [...] D
In many of the fight scenes, particularly the last, Christian Slater is beaten up but then in the n [...] D
Almost all aircraft are designed to fly without electrical power (except some advanced fighters), t [...] D
An EMP would not have affected Deakins' electronic wristwatch. This was specifically addressed in a [...] D
The hills disappear once the train has passed through the tunnel. D
Before the flight, Hale states that the airspeed will be .7 Mach which is approx. 540 mph. But duri [...] D
During the truck chase after using the remainder of Terry's ammunition in the fight with the helico [...] D
A hammer thrown by hand at someone's head does not carry enough momentum to throw him backwards wit [...] D
Hale would not have been fooled by Terry's claim that her pistol was not loaded. First, a trained s [...] D
Turning off electrical equipment does not protect it from an EMP. D
Terry (Samantha Mathis) is seen wearing a white tank top with a green shirt tied round her waist th [...] D
When Deakins punches out, he didn't have his helmet on, the next shot of his chair escaping the bom [...] D
When the soldiers go to open the bomb bay doors, the entire plane has dirt on it except for the doo [...] D
Terri puts handcuffs on Riley's right hand but when he breaks free and puts her in a headlock they' [...] D
An underground nuclear detonation does not cause an EMP. D
During the flight, Hale states to Deakins that their airspeed is 800 mph. If the jet were traveling [...] D
When the helicopter shoots the park ranger's truck, an implausible explosion erupts from under the [...] D
At the start of the final fight scene, Hale cocks the shotgun two times with out ever firing. [...] D
When Riley is ejected off the railroad trestle, he falls straight down. His body should have fallen [...] D
Terry's wet clothes and hair get dry because it's a sunny day in the desert. You can see her hair l [...] D
The first bomb countdown changes from 23 minutes to 26:33. D
Grenades are dropped into the elevator shaft about 3 seconds after the top of the slow-moving eleva [...] D
In the end credits, Vondie Curtis-Hall's character is credited as "Lt. Col. Sam Rhodes". However, h [...] D
When the fake Park Ranger first appears at the campsite the sun is setting in the sky but when the [...] D
When the truck carrying Deakins tries to push the other truck off the road, the mudguard and headli [...] D
When the bomb goes off underground, the ground above it subsides into a crater, but no shock wave r [...] D
When the weapons are loaded into the aircraft they are attached in adjacent rack positions. When Tr [...] D
In the course of a single day the characters somehow cross nearly the entire length of Utah despite [...] D
Safety regulations for railroad boxcars on North American rail systems have required there be no ro [...] D
The scene where the traitor pretends to be incapacitated by radiation from an "exposed core" of the [...] D
In the B3's cockpit, the graphic showing the position of the weapons loader has the nukes one slot [...] D
When Kelly is sitting in the helicopter falsely reporting the nuke core is exposed, he identifies h [...] D
Hale shoots at the pilot in the gunship and the bullet penetrates and breaks the lower glass window [...] D
There are railroads into both Salt Lake City and Denver from various directions, but the map that H [...] D
Military pilots aren't allowed to box due to the risk of head injury. Any loss of consciousness wil [...] D
The engineer leaves the engine to fire a weapon. All modern engines have a dead-man's-switch which [...] D
The white antenna on the train gets shot multiple times but the visible damage progresses and reced [...] D
When Hale and Carmichael enter the underground river they are supposedly 2,000 feet below the surfa [...] D
The cars on the train are wooden stock cars. Stock cars were constructed of metal from the middle [...] D
The Air Force nuclear weapon retrieval team has a Chief Master Sergeant (E-9 with eight chevrons, e [...] D

Frase

Vic Deakins: Well, I do appreciate the money tha [...] D
Riley Hale: We were only sparring, buddy. Vic D [...] D
Vic Deakins: [while fighting with Hale] Alright, [...] D
Pritchett: Oh, God! Oh, God! How does that gunsh [...] D
Vic Deakins: You just saved me 3 million dollars [...] D
Giles Prentice: A Broken what? Secretary Baird: [...] D
Terry Carmichael: [after Hale has shot a bad guy [...] D
Riley Hale: There's no difference between you an [...] D
Vic Deakins: I say goddamn what a rush! [Deakin [...] D
Vic Deakins: How many times do I have to say it? [...] D
Vic Deakins: Smile boys we're about to retire! [...] D
[on whether to disclose the loss of a stealth bo [...] D
Vic Deakins: It used to be that every fight went [...] D
Kelly: Colonel Wilkins, this is Airman Kelly, si [...] D
Terry: [running after Riley even though he told [...] D
Vic Deakins: Would you mind not shooting at the [...] D
Riley Hale: You know, these exercises are fantas [...] D
Vic Deakins: Care for a Coke or something? D
Vic Deakins: The clock is ticking. D
Riley Hale: No, you don't understand. You see, i [...] D
Terry Carmichael: Just put it down, and I won't [...] D
Riley Hale: [points a gun at Baker] You can get [...] D
Kelly: [Deakins has just activated the nuke] Shu [...] D
Pritchett: You assured me everything would go sm [...] D
Vic Deakins: Mr. Pritchett, would you mind stepp [...] D
Terry: Clyde, I'm standing here looking at half [...] D
[after the nuke is detonated in the mine] Giles [...] D
Major Vic Deakins: Nah, flying doesn't mean what [...] D
Vic Deakins: You know, Hale, I considered bringi [...] D
Terry: Clyde, what exactly does a suspicious tru [...] D
[Hale has a shotgun on Deakins, but Deakins is h [...] D
Vic Deakins: I just realized something. I never [...] D
Riley Hale: Endangered dirt. That's a new one. [...] D
Max: [Terry attacks Max with a hammer. He easily [...] D
Secretary Baird: Guys in lawn chairs. I dunno, G [...] D
Riley Hale: You're out of your mind. Vic Deakin [...] D
[last lines] Terry: You know you're still under [...] D
Riley Hale: [crawling through a small tunnel] Th [...] D
Vic Deakins: Hale. Pick up. Pick up! [wheedling [...] D
Giles Prentice: Just for the record, I'm not ent [...] D

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