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Air America (1990)
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Mel Gibson
and Robert Downey Jr. play a couple of what-the-hell flyboys flying contraband to Laos during the Vietnam War. Gibson doesn't seem to care about anything but the "guts and glory" aspects of the job, but Downey has serious questions about the moral implications of their mission. When a Laotian general expresses more concern over the wellbeing of an opium shipment than the men who are risking life and limb to fly it in, Gibson comes around to Downey's way of thinking. By film's end, Gibson is stuck in one of those character-building dilemmas so common to films of this nature: should he deliver his cache of weaponry, or should he dump it all to rescue a bunch of refugees? ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Cast
Marshall Bell
O.V.
David Bowe
Saunders
Robert Downey, Jr.
Billy Covington
Ned Eisenberg
Pirelli
David Marshall Grant
Rob Diehl
Burt Kwouk
Gen. Lu Soong
Art La Fleur
Jack Neely
Lane Smith
Sen. Davenport
Tim Thomerson
Babo
Nancy Travis
Corinne Landreaux
Mel Gibson
Gene Ryack
Ken Jenkins
Maj. Donald Lemond
Production Crew
Steve Spence
Art Director
Tony Reading
Art Director
Christopher Robbins
Book Author
Jane Jenkins
Casting
Janet Hirshenson
Casting
Roger Deakins
Cinematographer
Allen Shapiro
Co-producer
John Eskow
Co-producer
Charles Gross
Composer (Music Score)
John Mollo
Costume Designer
Roger Spottiswoode
Director
John Bloom
Editor
Lois Freeman-Fox
Editor
Andrew G. Vajna
Executive Producer
Mario Kassar
Executive Producer
Lois Burwell
Makeup
Becky Mancuso
Musical Direction/Supervision
Timothy R. Sexton
Musical Direction/Supervision
Daniel Melnick
Producer
Michael J. Kagan
Producer
Allan Cameron
Production Designer
John Eskow
Screenwriter
Richard Rush
Screenwriter
Fred Carter
Set Designer
George Gibbs
Special Effects
Roy Fields
Special Effects
Vic Armstrong
Stunts
Year: 1990
Runtime: 113
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: R
Category: Feature
Genre
Action
Adventure
Produced by
Carolco Pictures
IndieProd
Tri-Star
TriStar
Release
August 10, 1990 (USA)
by Carolco Pictures
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