Air America

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Overview

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 ...
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Overview

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?
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Special Features

Closed Caption; Audio commentary by co-writer/co-producer John Eskow; "Pre-flight: the storyboards of Air America" featurette; "Flight log" featurette; "Return flight: revisiting Air America" retrospective featurette; Theatrical trailer
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 11/24/2009
  • UPC: 012236106234
  • Original Release: 1990

    • Rating:

  • Source: Lions Gate
  • Region Code: 1
  • Presentation: Special Edition / Wide Screen / Subtitled
  • Sound: Dolby AC-3 Surround Sound
  • Time: 1:53:00
  • Format: DVD
  • Sales rank: 3,963

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Mel Gibson Gene Ryack
Robert Downey Jr. Billy Covington
Nancy Travis Corinne Landreaux
Ken Jenkins Maj. Donald Lemond
David Marshall Grant Rob Diehl
Lane Smith Sen. Davenport
Art La Fleur Jack Neely
Ned Eisenberg Pirelli
Marshall Bell O.V.
David Bowe Saunders
Burt Kwouk Gen. Lu Soong
Tim Thomerson Babo
Burke Byrnes Recruiter
Sinjai Hongthai Gene's Wife
Harvey Jason Nino
Greg Kean DJ
Ernie Lively Truck Driver
Meesak Naakkarat Nightclub Singer
Natta Nantatani Gene's Daughter
Purin Panichpan Gene's Son
Chanarong Suwanapa Kwahn
Yani Tramod Gene's Brother-in-Law
Wasan Uttamayodhin Nightclub Singer
Chet Vimol Tribal Warrior
Roger Welty Ambassador
Technical Credits
Roger Spottiswoode Director
Vic Armstrong Stunts
John Bloom Editor
Lois Burwell Makeup
Allan Cameron Production Designer
Fred Carter Set Decoration/Design
Roger Deakins Cinematographer
John Eskow Co-producer, Screenwriter
Roy Fields Special Effects
Lois Freeman-Fox Editor
George Gibbs Special Effects
Charles Gross Score Composer
Janet Hirshenson Casting
Jane Jenkins Casting
Michael J. Kagan Producer
Mario Kassar Executive Producer
Becky Mancuso Musical Direction/Supervision
Daniel Melnick Producer
John Mollo Costumes/Costume Designer
Tony Reading Art Director
Richard Rush Screenwriter
Timothy R. Sexton Musical Direction/Supervision
Allen Shapiro Co-producer
Steve Spence Art Director
Andrew G. Vajna Executive Producer
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Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Air America
1. Main Titles/Head Cases [6:36]
2. Adventurer Without an Adventure [5:00]
3. Psychotic Behavior [5:19]
4. Village of the Armed [7:04]
5. The Business of War [7:31]
6. Rescue Me [6:06]
7. A Few Rotten Apples [5:28]
8. When Pigs Fly [6:17]
9. Going Belly Up [7:18]
10. Hanging Around [5:39]
11. Vamping For Time [4:53]
12. Not a Good Buddhist [6:31]
13. High on America [6:20]
14. Bless This Mess [:01]
15. Setting the Trap [4:31]
16. Slow Painful Death [5:18]
17. It's All Gravy [4:15]
18. Gimme Shelter [2:25]
19. Human Cargo [4:19]
20. Epilogue/End Credits [4:31]
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Menu

Disc #1 -- Air America
   Play Movie
   Set Up
      Audio
         English 5.1 (Dolby Digital)
         English 2.0 (Dolby Digital)
      Audio Commentary With Co-Writer/Producer John Eskow
      Subtitles
         English
         Spanish
         Subtitles: Off
   Scene Selection
   Special Features
      Flight Log
      Pre-Flight: the Storyboards of Air America
      Return Flight: Revisiting Air America
      Theatrical Trailer
      TV Spots
         Exist
         Wild
         License
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