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Tim Roth was the first choice for the part of Garland 'The Marietta Mangler' Greene. He and Steve Bu [...]	D
Originally scheduled for a March 14, 1997 release date.	D
The theme song "How Do I Live" was originally performed by 14-year-old LeAnn Rimes.	D
The song "How Do I Live" was nominated for both an Oscar as Best Original Song and a Razzie as Worst [...]	D
The Las Vegas scenes were filmed at the legendary Sands Hotel immediately prior to its demolition in [...]	D
John Malkovich was unhappy during production because the script was being rewritten virtually every [...]	D
One draft of the script had the plane crashing into the White House. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer didn [...]	D
Kid Rock based "American Badass" on Cameron Poe.	D
Nicolas Cage and John Cusack would later work together again in Il cacciatore di donne (2013), howev [...]	D
Jason Isaacs revealed an awkward story in an interview about when he tried out for the role of Cyrus [...]	D
Body Count: 43.	D
Jesse Borrego studied real-life drug kingpins and crime lords for his role as Francisco Cindino. The [...]	D
The U.S. Marshals, who run the actual Con Air program, wanted nothing to do with this movie.	D
The April 5, 1995 draft of the screenplay credits script revisions to Jim Kouf.	D
In the trailer for this movie, the flying scene where the 2 AH-1 Cobras escort Jailbird 1 during the [...]	D
Cyrus refers to Garland Greene as a 'national treasure'. Nicholas Cage then went on to star in Natio [...]	D
John Cusack considers "Con Air" a bad movie and hated the time he spent working on it (so much so th [...]	D
It was released in June 1997, the same month as Nicolas Cage's other action hit Face/Off - Due facce [...]	D
John Malkovich and Samuel L. Jackson were guests on "The Graham Norton Show" in 2015. Norton had poi [...]	D
The American theatrical trailer for this film was narrated by Hal Douglas.	D
Dabbs Greer, the old man in the desert, had, decades earlier, appeared in another movie where prison [...]	D
The Jailbird C-123 used during the filming of the taxi scenes is now on display at Wendover Airfield [...]	D
Some of the actors, after shooting days, would have drinks and go to the strip club.	D
This was Nicolas Cage third movie involving Las Vegas, first it was Honeymoon in Vegas, Leaving Las [...]	D
The writer Jonathan Hensleigh did an uncredited re-write on the script.	D
Robert Downey Jr., Charlie Sheen and Matthew Broderick were considered for the part of Vince Larkin.	D
The Jailbird airplane used during flight scenes had a series of owners, both military and private. I [...]	D
Dave Chappelle and Angela Featherstone also both appear together in 200 Cigarettes (1999).	D
The film is dedicated to Phil Swartz, an effects specialist who died during filming, when a rigged p [...]	D
Writer Scott Rosenberg quit the film and came back at least fourteen times. He, to this day, is stil [...]	D
Filming on "Con Air" ran three weeks over schedule. This caused an overlap between the first three w [...]	D
In 2008 there was an action thriller in development in which Nicolas Cage was going to play very sim [...]	D
In an alternate version shown on ABC, an extended scene of Malloy's tirade after learning that fello [...]	D
The success of Con Air had subsequently changed John Malkovich's profile in Hollywood. While he was [...]	D
Danny Trejo and Mykelti Williamson both previously appeared in Heat - La sfida (1995).	D
The search for the right actor to play ultra-villain Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom took the longest, and [...]	D
This film is considered to be a "Trappola di cristallo (1988)" copycat, nicknamed "Die Hard on a pri [...]	D
Willem Dafoe and Mickey Rourke auditioned for the part of Cyrus. During Rourke's audition he improvi [...]	D
Ving Rhames and Mykelti Williamson would later star together in Holiday Heart (2000).	D
John Turturro was considered the role of Vince Larkin	D
Nicolas Cage helped shape the character of Cameron Poe. Poe "wasn't a very real person" when he saw [...]	D
When writer Scott Rosenberg was handed a copy of the Los Angeles Times article mentioned earlier, he [...]	D
According to a technical advisor on the film, Cyrus "The Virus" would have been killed instantly whe [...]	D
J.J. Abrams did a dialogue polish on the script.	D
Martin Lawrence and Wesley Snipes were considered the role of Pinball	D
Nicolas Cage was put on a strict dietary regimen to help him tone and bulk up muscle while reducing [...]	D
Don Simpson reportedly hated the film's concept. When he and Jerry Bruckheimer ended their longtime [...]	D
There have been recent talks about a "Con Air" sequel. Simon West, Nicolas Cage, John Cusack and Joh [...]	D
Although Don Simpson reportedly did not like the film's concept, early in the film's development, Si [...]	D
M.C. Gainey revealed that his role as Swamp Thing, is his personal favorite.	D
The names and signatures on Cameron Poe's parole form are of assistant property masters Randy Gunter [...]	D
Stephen Baldwin, William Baldwin, Tom Cruise, Johnny Depp, Dolph Lundgren, Brad Pitt, Keanu Reeves, [...]	D
This, Face/Off - Due facce di un assassino (1997) and The Rock (1996) are considered by many Nicolas [...]	D
The dead cons, Benson, Karls, and Popovich, are named after second assistant cameraman Garrett Benso [...]	D
Colm Meaney's key chain has a Star Trek Communicator ornament on it. He played Chief Miles O'Brien o [...]	D
Nicolas Cage traveled to Alabama to work on his accent.	D
The film unites Mykelti Williamson and Dave Chappelle, who have in common a fun fact regarding the r [...]	D
While "Sweet Home Alabama" plays in the background, Garland Greene says, "Define irony: a bunch of i [...]	D
Alexandra Balahoutis, who plays the Waitress, is producer Jerry Bruckheimer's stepdaughter.	D
This is the first film that Jerry Bruckheimer produced without Don Simpson. The new Jerry Bruckheime [...]	D
The sight of the planes flying in low formation over the Strip during filming caused a number of Las [...]	D
The real Con Air uses 3 different types of planes: The Hawker 800, Boeing 737 and SAAB 2000.	D
Patrick Swayze was considered the role of Cameron Poe	D
Landry Allbright's debut.	D
Nicolas Cage and Brendan Kelly previously worked together in The Rock (1996).	D
During set ups, Nicolas Cage lifted weights off camera to maintain the physique he had already attai [...]	D
During press for this film, John Malkovich was asked why he did this film. He gave a simple one word [...]	D
Ving Rhames, Jesse Borrego, and Danny Trejo appeared together in Blood In, Blood Out (1993).	D
Gary Oldman was the first choice to play Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom. Kevin Bacon, Alec Baldwin, Georg [...]	D
According to Danny Trejo, there was a lot of 'tough guy competition' in almost everything on the set [...]	D
The car DEA agent Duncan Malloy drives is a 1967 Corvette Stingray (C2) and at the time of filming w [...]	D
The original concept for "Con Air" came to the attention of renowned producer Jerry Bruckheimer at a [...]	D
Dave Chappelle improvised many of his lines.	D
Composer Mark Mancina had to leave the project in the middle of scoring it due to scheduling conflic [...]	D
Jerry Bruckheimer and the other producers of "Con Air" wanted to cast Nicolas Cage as Cameron Poe, f [...]	D
Screenwriter Scott Rosenberg first learned of the U.S. Marshal's prisoner transport service while sc [...]	D
The events of the movie take place on July 14th, which is mentioned several times in the letter from [...]	D
The three lead stars of the film Nicolas Cage, John Cusack and John Malkovich were briefly reunited [...]	D
To create and prepare for the role of Garland Greene, director Simon West and Steve Buscemi studied [...]	D
The film was called "Les Ailes de l'Enfer" (The Wings of Hell) in France. "Con" in French is a slang [...]	D

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