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Iron Eagle
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Overview

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Director:
Sidney J. Furie
Writers:
Kevin Elders (written by)
Sidney J. Furie (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
17 January 1986 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Thriller | War more
Tagline:
Break the sound barrier. Break the speed barrier. more
Plot:
When Doug's father, an Air Force Pilot, is shot down by MiGs belonging to a radical Middle Eastern state... more | full synopsis
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User Comments:
Cool soundtrack. Excellent Movie. more (58 total)
US TV Schedule:
Wed. Nov. 186:00 AMAMC   

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Louis Gossett Jr. ... Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair

Jason Gedrick ... Doug Masters

Tim Thomerson ... Col. Ted Masters
Larry B. Scott ... Reggie
Caroline Lagerfelt ... Elizabeth Masters
Jerry Levine ... Tony
Robbie Rist ... Milo

Michael Bowen ... Knotcher

Robert Jayne ... Matthew (as Bobby Jacoby)

Melora Hardin ... Katie
David Greenlee ... Kingsley
Michael Alldredge ... Col. Blackburn
Tom Fridley ... Brillo
Rob Garrison ... Packer
Chino 'Fats' Williams ... Slappy
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Additional Details

Runtime:
117 min
Country:
USA | Canada
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Filming Locations:
Arizona, USA more

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Trivia:
During "The Snake Scene" in which Doug Masters races his Cessna 150 against a motorcycle-riding Knotcher, the pilot of the Cessna 150 Aerobat was actually renowned aerobatic pilot Art Scholl, who was killed later that year when his Pitts S-2 camera plane crashed while filming in-cockpit footage for the flat spin sequence in the movie Top Gun (1986). more
Goofs:
Factual errors: When Col. Masters is engaging the enemy in the beginning he comments that the enemy is flying MIG 23s. The enemy aircraft are actually IAI Kfirs. more
Quotes:
[During Ted Master's trial]
Col. Nakesh: You are allowed a statement on your behalf.
Ted Masters: This trial is a fraud. At no time did we violate your airspace.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The Marksman (2005) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Road of the Gypsy more

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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Cool soundtrack. Excellent Movie., 22 June 1999
Author: anonymous from USA

I really hate seeing people rip on this movie. They rip on the realism. How realistic are half of Arnold Swarzenegger's movies?...or any movie like them. Iron Eagle has a great soundtrack, cool dog fighting sequences, and a good story line (whether it's realistic or not). It's a story every young person who likes military fighter jets would love to live. It draws on the fact that you wish it was you "going in to knock the s... out of them.." (As Chappy put it). You people who rip on the realistic plot.....hey.....go watch a documentary. Or go glam like Hollywood and watch Top Gun. How many times have US and Russian planes flown inverted and given the other the bird from a few feet away. Iron Eagle is a great movie.....check it out.

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