Air Force One

Titolo originale: Air Force One
Regia: Wolfgang Petersen |
Anno: 1997
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Azione Thriller
Tag: vietnam veteran | journalist | usa president | washington dc, usa | airplane | ultimatum | kazakhstan | heroism | air force one | fighter jet | airplane hijacking | aerial combat | first lady | gunfight | secret service | terrorist plot | held hostage | us military | moscow, russia | hand to hand combat | political prisoner | hostages |
Cast: Harrison Ford | Gary Oldman | Glenn Close | Wendy Crewson | Liesel Matthews | Paul Guilfoyle | Xander Berkeley | William H. Macy | Dean Stockwell | Tom Everett | Jürgen Prochnow | Donna Bullock | Michael Ray Miller | Carl Weintraub | Elester Latham | Ilya Baskin | Levan Uchaneishvili | David Vadim | Andrew Divoff | Ilia Volok | Chris Howell | Spencer Garrett | Bill Smitrovich | Philip Baker Hall | Albert Owens | Willard E. Pugh | Michael Monks | Alan Woolf | Messiri Freeman | Thomas Crawford | Fenton Lawless | Dan Shor | David Gianopoulos | Glenn Morshower | Richard Doyle | Don McManus | Duke Miglin | Pasha D. Lychnikoff | Oleg Taktarov | Mario Roberts | Keith Woulard | J. Mark Donaldson | Bruce Holman | Brian Libby | Diana Bellamy | Thom Barry | Harry Hutchinson | E.E. Bell | Mark Thompson | Marciarose Shestack | Ren Hanami | Suzanne Michaels | Boris Lee Krutonog | Alex Veadov | Allan Kolman | Daniel W. Barringer | Mark Knutson | Jim Harley | Aleks Shaklin | Igor N. Lobotsky | Koko Kiledjian | Gordon Michaels | Robert Peters | Kristian Sorensen | Stuart Nixon | Marty Rosen | Lee Faranda | Mike Hambrick | Catherine T. Yang | David MacIsaac | J. Scott Shonka | Paul Sklar | David Permenter | David O'Donnell | Timothy Carhart | Titus Welliver | Janet Dey |

Di ritorno da una visita ufficiale a Mosca, l'aereo del presidente USA è preso in ostaggio da terroristi che chiedono la liberazione del loro capo, il gen. Vadek, dittatore del Kazakistan e detentore di valigette nucleari russe. Minacciano di eliminare un passeggero ogni trenta minuti.

Approfondimenti

In December 2015, Donald Trump revealed his admiration for "Harrison Ford on the plane ... He stood [...] D
The only non-Best Picture Oscar nominee that year to be nominated for Best Editing. D
For Wolfgang Petersen, there was a huge concern about making this film after 9/11 (the real-life Al- [...] D
The Russian General the hijackers want released is a cameo by Jürgen Prochnow, who starred as the [...] D
One day during filming, two F/A-18 fighters appeared and radioed in a surprised report that the plan [...] D
Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman are actually hitting each other during their fight scenes. D
Randy Newman's score was cut late in post-production by Wolfgang Petersen for being "too loud and bl [...] D
Elya Baskin's character was named in honor of Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974). D
The painting of the plane used as Air Force One was done at a facility in Amarillo, Texas that speci [...] D
Jena Malone refused to audition for this film. D
Having President Marshall watch a Michigan football game is likely an in-joke, as former President G [...] D
The football game that the Presidential staff taped for President Marshall is the September 12, 1992 [...] D
Wolfgang Petersen and Jürgen Prochnow worked together on U-Boot 96 (1981). While that film was in [...] D
On the DVD commentary, if Harrison Ford did not want to play the lead role, then Arnold Schwarzenegg [...] D
The shot where the 747 swerves on the ground at Ramstein was performed at half speed. D
The film cast includes one Oscar winner (Gary Oldman) and four Oscar nominees (Harrison Ford, Glenn [...] D
Since the release of this film, entertainment magazines, websites, and commentators have conducted p [...] D
When Gary Oldman was slamming Harrison Ford up against that console and beating him up, when the sce [...] D
The cable really was trailed behind the MC-130, but its connection to the 747 was a visual effect. D
Glenn Morshower plays a secret service agent who takes the President to the escape pod. Glenn Morsho [...] D
Scott Glenn was considered for the role of Agent Gibbs. D
Wolfgang Petersen's commentary (and some other sources) says that the original script explained that [...] D
Harrison Ford was paid $20 million for this blockbuster movie. D
Wolfgang Petersen mentions on the DVD commentary that he enjoyed working with Liesel Matthews, becau [...] D
After successfully rescuing the President, the MC-130 pilot says, "Liberty 24 is changing call signs [...] D
The production was allowed to use CNN's actual Los Angeles studio for its mock CNN segments. D
Just after the last Secret Service agent gets Marshall into the pod door to escape, if you look care [...] D
Harrison Ford went before the MPAA and appealed to have the movie re-rated to PG-13, but they refuse [...] D
Gary Oldman's performance earned him the nickname "Scary Gary" during production. However, he did no [...] D
Dean Stockwell and Jürgen Prochnow had previously appeared in Dune (1984) and Beverly Hills Cop I [...] D
Scenes depicting the Russian prison were filmed at the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio. Th [...] D
In the beginning of the movie, the President rides in the motorcade back to the plane. In fact, the [...] D
Reputedly when Twentieth Century Fox were experiencing huge production overruns and massive escalati [...] D
Playing the President's preteen daughter was Liesel Matthews, who had played the lead role a couple [...] D
The outdoor nighttime shots of the military invading Radek's palace were filmed in Cleveland, Ohio. [...] D
Despite being given multiple opportunities to leave, and despite being considered the most important [...] D
Initially director Wolfgang Petersen was denied access to the real-life Air Force One. A telephone c [...] D
During the initial hijacking when the Secret Service is attempting to escort President Marshall to t [...] D
The sequence set at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, was filmed at Rickenbacker International Airport, Co [...] D
The corrupt Secret Service Agent is Agent Gibbs. In NCIS (2003), Mark Harmon plays Special Agent Gib [...] D
Scenes depicting the interior of Radek's Palace were filmed inside the Cuyahoga County Courthouse in [...] D
In the scene where the initial hijacking is taking place, and they shoot the pilots as its rolling o [...] D
Body count: 48. D
When it was felt that the original ending of the movie wouldn't work, Wolfgang Petersen and Harrison [...] D
Randy Newman was originally hired to provide the film's score. However, Wolfgang Petersen felt it wa [...] D
Ridley Scott was originally going to direct the film. D
The explicit filming of the execution of Press Secretary Melanie Mitchell was omitted from the final [...] D
Gene Hackman was considered for the role of President James Marshall. He turned down the part becaus [...] D
The film was a major box-office success, earning $172,956,409 (54.9%) domestically in North America, [...] D
The lead role was written for Kevin Costner, but he was heavily committed to L'uomo del giorno dopo [...] D
Robert Boris had written the original screenplay. D
Around the time of the film's release, Colorado Avalanche forward Joe Sakic signed a qualifying cont [...] D
This turned out to be the last of a wave of "Die Hard"-inspired thrillers (action movies where terro [...] D
In the film itself, Jürgen Prochnow's character is named by a translator as Ivan Radek, while the [...] D
The in-fighting over the correct Presidential line of succession was inspired by the real-world cont [...] D
When Hillary Clinton conceded the 2016 presidential election and Donald Trump came onstage as Presid [...] D
After Randy Newman's score was rejected, Wolfgang Petersen hired Jerry Goldsmith to compose the repl [...] D
When arriving at airforce one the Gary Oldman character uses the thumb ID and his information appear [...] D
The usual Air Force One is one of two modified Boeing 747-200s, officially designated as VC-25's. To [...] D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2001 list of 400 movies nominated for the top 100 Most [...] D
President Bill Clinton, who was the real U.S. President at the time of the film's release, loved and [...] D
Boris Bazylev, who has a gun on the president down below says "blyad", which is Russian for "damn". D
Final film role of Diana Bellamy. D
Features small roles for Jurgen Prochnow and Timothy Carhart, the actors who portray the main villai [...] D
John Malkovich was considered to play President James Marshall in this film, since he worked with Wo [...] D
On the DVD commentary, Wolfgang Petersen noted that he likely would not have made the film after the [...] D
One morning, the frantic activity of taxiing and braking required by filming caused the 747's wheels [...] D
When a dummy was put on the cable, the 747's bow wave blew off its coat and tie. Rather than put the [...] D
Despite being the President of the United States, we never see James Marshall ever set foot on US so [...] D
A large part of the crew took a tour of the real Air Force One before filming. They based some of th [...] D
Glenn Close was a last-minute casting decision to play Vice President Kathryn Bennett. Close wore a [...] D
The final sequence where a cable is extended from an MC-130 to the 747 was filmed near California's [...] D
Harrison Ford was originally considered to work with Wolfgang Petersen on Virus letale (1995). The r [...] D
In this film, Ilia Volok portrays the first terrorist killed by President Marshall. In season six of [...] D
When Ivan gives his thumbprint for a background check near the beginning of the film, the date of bi [...] D
The film is nicknamed "Die Hard on Air Force One" by some people. D