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Air Force One is a 1997 American political action thriller film directed and co-produced by Wolfgang Petersen and starring Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close, Wendy Crewson, Xander Berkeley, William H. Macy, Dean Stockwell, and Paul Guilfoyle. The film was written by Andrew W. Marlowe.
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Air Force One: Directed by Wolfgang Petersen. With Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close, Wendy Crewson. Communist radicals led by Ivan Korshunov hijack Air Force One with US President James Marshall and his family on board.
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- Action, Crime, Drama
- Wolfgang Petersen
- 1997-07-25
- Senior Staff Writer
- Harrison Ford As President James Marshall. Harrison Ford stars as President James Marshall, the main protagonist in Air Force One. James is forced to defend himself and his country against a group of terrorists led by Egor Korshunov when they hijack his place.
- Gary Oldman As Egor Korshunov. Whereas Harrison Ford portrays the protagonist of Air Force One, Gary Oldman plays the antagonist — Egor Korshunov. Egor is the leader of the terrorist group that follows General Radek, the dictator of the neo-Soviet regime in Kazakhstan.
- Glenn Close As Vice President Kathryn Bennett. Of course, one cannot make a film about the President of the United States without including their Vice President, and in Air Force One, that role was played by Glenn Close.
- William H. Macy As Major Norman Caldwell. William H. Macy plays Norman Caldwell, a major in the United States Air Force and a member of the President's military aide, in Air Force One.
- Plot
- Cast
- Production
- Reception
- Home Media
- Score
- Novelization
- Further Reading
A joint operation between American and Russian Special Forces captures General Radek, the dictator of a rogue neo-Soviet regime in Kazakhstan that retained its nuclear weapons, threatening war. Three weeks after the mission, United States President James Marshall attends a diplomatic dinner in Moscow, Russia, during which he praises the operation a...
Wendy Crewson as First LadyGrace MarshallA large part of the crew took a tour of the real Air Force One before filming. They based some of the film's scenes on the touring experience when the terrorists disguised as journalists survey the plane's layout and begin to take their seats. The character of Deputy Press Secretary Melanie Mitchell was based largely on their real-life tour guide, ...
Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, Air Force One has a "Certified Fresh" 78% rating, based on 59 reviews, with an average score of 7.10/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "This late-period Harrison Ford actioner is full of palpable, if not entirely seamless, thrills." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 61 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScoregave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale. Peter Travers...
Box office
One of the most popular action films of the 1990s, Air Force One earned $172,650,002 (54.9%) domestically and $142,200,000 (45.1%) in other countries. It grossed a total of $315,156,409 worldwide in the box office.It was the year's fifth highest-grossing film worldwide.
Accolades
The film is recognized by American Film Institutein these lists: 1. 2001: AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills– Nominated
Air Force One was released on VHS, LaserDisc, and DVD on February 10, 1998, and on Blu-ray on June 2, 2009.A 4K UHD Blu-ray followed on November 6, 2018. The US LaserDisc release of the film is notorious among LaserDisc collectors as being extremely prone to "Laser rot", a form of optical disc degradation, due to repeat production issues at the Son...
Randy Newman was initially hired to write the film score; however, Petersen considered his composition to be almost a parody and commissioned Jerry Goldsmith to write and record a more somber and patriotic score in just twelve days, with assistance from Joel McNeely.After the experience, Goldsmith vowed to never again take on such a last-minute tas...
A novelization of the film was published in June 1997 by author Max Allan Collins. Although the book has the same central plot and outcomes as the film, its main storyline has additional scenes and lines not in the film. The book develops characters more than the film. Marshall is described as possessing a smile that is described in the novel as "t...
Air Force One Movie Gallery.Davis, Richard. Air Force One as Political Communication. Radiescent.Film Scouts (1999). Air Force One: About The Production. Film Scouts.When Russian neo-nationalists hijack Air Force One, the world's most secure and extraordinary aircraft, the President is faced with a nearly impossible decision to give in to terrorist demands or sacrifice not only the country's dignity, but the lives of his wife and daughter.
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Air Force One: Directed by Wolfgang Petersen. With Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close, Wendy Crewson. Communist radicals led by Ivan Korshunov hijack Air Force One with US President James Marshall and his family on board.
