Iron Eagle II (1988)

Director:

Sidney J. Furie

Writers (WGA):

Kevin Elders (characters) &
Sidney J. Furie (characters) ...
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Release Date:

11 November 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Romance | War

Tagline:

The wild blue yonder is about to get wilder.

Plot:

Chappy Sinclair is called to gather together a mixed Soviet/U.S. strike force that will perform a surgical...

Plot Keywords:

Usaf | Soviet American Cooperation | Desert | Russian Woman | U.S. Air Force

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Louis Gossett Jr.	...	Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair
Mark Humphrey	...	Capt. Matt Cooper
Stuart Margolin	...	Gen. Stillmore
Alan Scarfe	...	Col. Vardovsky
Sharon Brandon	...	Valeri Zuyeniko (as Sharon H. Brandon)
Maury Chaykin	...	Sgt. Downs
Colm Feore	...	Yuri Lebanov
Clark Johnson	...	Graves
Jason Blicker	...	Hickman
Jesse Collins	...	Maj. Bush
Mark Ivanir	...	Balyonev
Uri Gavriel	...	Georgi Koshkin
Neil Munro	...	Edward Strappman
Douglas Sheldon	...	Sergei Demitriev
Azaria Rapaport	...	Stepanov
Nicolas Coucos	...	M.P. Connors
Gary Reineke	...	Bowers
Michael J. Reynolds	...	Secretary
Jery Hyman	...	Commanding Officer
Janine Manatis	...	Reporter
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jason Gedrick	...	Doug Masters (uncredited)

Directed by
Sidney J. Furie

Writing credits (WGA)
Kevin Elders		(characters) &
Sidney J. Furie		(characters)
Kevin Elders		(written by) &
Sidney J. Furie		(written by)

Produced by
Asher Gat	....	associate producer
Andras Hamori	....	executive producer
Sharon Harel	....	producer
John Kemeny	....	producer
Jacob Kotzky	....	producer
Stéphane Reichel	....	associate producer (as Stephane Reichel)

Original Music by
Amin Bhatia

Cinematography by
Alain Dostie

Film Editing by
Rit Wallis

Casting by
Clare Walker

Production Design by
Robb Wilson King

Art Direction by
Ariel Roshko

Set Decoration by
Giora Porter

Costume Design by
Sylvie Krasker

Makeup Department
Tami Levi	....	hair stylist
Louise Mignault	....	head makeup artist

Production Management
Doron Mizrachi	....	unit production manager
H. Gordon Woodside	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kevin Elders	....	director: aerial unit
Haim Mecklberg	....	second assistant director
Michael Zenon	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Serge Bureau	....	property master
Robb Wilson King	....	visual consultant
Shlomo Olgisser	....	swing gang

Sound Department
Ellen Adams	....	adr editor
David Beaudry	....	assistant sound editor
Charles Bowers	....	sound effects editor
Terry Burke	....	foley artist
Richard Cadger	....	dialogue editor (as Richard A. Cadger)
Gudrun Christian	....	assistant sound editor
Alison Clark	....	additional sound editor
David Cole	....	assistant sound editor
Tony Currie	....	sound editor (as Anthony Currie)
Paul Durand	....	assistant sound editor (as Paul Durano)
David Evans	....	sound effects editor
Cindy Fret	....	assistant sound editor
Neil Grieve	....	additional sound editor
Wayne Griffin	....	sound effects editor
Joe Grimaldi	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ann Heeley-Ray	....	assistant sound editor
Kenneth Heeley-Ray	....	sound supervisor (as Ken Heeley-Ray)
Kenneth Heeley-Ray	....	supervising sound editor (as Ken Heeley-Ray)
Thor Henrikson	....	assistant sound editor
Penny Hozy	....	dialogue editor
Catherine Hutton	....	dialogue editor
Sean Kelly	....	assistant sound editor
Judy 'Lucky' Kemeny	....	assistant sound editor
Mhairi Kerr	....	assistant sound editor
Joe Lafontaine	....	assistant sound editor
John Laing	....	assistant sound editor
Bruce Lange	....	additional sound editor
Robin Leigh	....	adr editor
Michael Liotta	....	sound re-recording mixer
Oliver Manton	....	additional sound editor
Dino Pigat	....	sound re-recording mixer
Donna Powell	....	foley assistant
Dale Sheldrake	....	adr editor
Brett Sullivan	....	assistant sound editor (as Brett C. Sullivan)
Jane Tattersall	....	sound effects editor
Peter Thillaye	....	additional sound editor
James Wilson	....	control room technician
Eli Yarkoni	....	sound mixer
Yossi Yarkoni	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Stewart Bradley	....	special effects coordinator: second unit, Israel
Rory Cutler	....	special effects assistant
George Erschbamer	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Donald Hansard Sr.	....	process coordinator (as Don Hansard Sr.)
Don Hansard	....	process engineer (as Don Hansard Jr.)

Stunts
Bobby Angelle	....	stunts
Peter Cox	....	lead stunts
Jamie Jones	....	stunts
Mike Kirton	....	assistant to stunt coordinator
Terry Leonard	....	stunt coordinator
J.J. Makaro	....	stunts
David McKeown	....	stunts
Tony Morelli	....	stunts
Michael Scherer	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Avi Avrahami	....	best boy
Itzik Ben-Aroya	....	key grip
Paul Gravel	....	focus puller
Yoni Hamenachem	....	still photographer
Clay Lacy	....	air-to-air photographer
Avraham Leibman	....	gaffer
David B. Nowell	....	aerial director of photography

Editorial Department
Rachel Balanga	....	first assistant film editor
Jim Campabanal	....	negative cutter
Pierre Campau	....	color timer
Pia Di Ciaula	....	associate film editor (as Pia DiCaula)
Rosa Fleishman	....	first assistant film editor (as Rosa Fleischmann)
Tal Gavish	....	assistant film editor (as Tali Gavish)
Arlene D. Hay	....	post-production coordinator
Rachel O'Cruze	....	assistant film editor (as Rachel D'Cruze)
Orit Revah-Montifyory	....	assistant film editor (as Orit Rewach)
Susan Shipton	....	first assistant film editor

Music Department
Bruce Allen	....	music supervisor
Amin Bhatia	....	musician
Michael Chapman	....	song producer
Sam Feldman	....	music supervisor
Drew King	....	music editor
Steve Love	....	music supervisor
James Porteous	....	music recording engineer
Orest Sushko	....	assistant recording engineer

Transportation Department
Avi Hiram	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Barbara Barkay	....	unit publicist
Moni Haramati	....	helicopter pilot
Joanne T. Harwood	....	script supervisor
Zohar Laskov	....	location scout
Lou Lenart	....	IDF production coordinator
Alison Panpayov	....	stand-in: Ms. Brandon
Ron Samuels	....	presenter
Prosper Saul	....	production assistant
Gaby Weismann	....	projectionist
Douglas Whittaker	....	stand-in (as Douglas Whitaker)
Joe Wizan	....	presenter

Production Companies

• Carolco Pictures
• Alliance Entertainment
• Canadian Entertainment Investors Number One and Company Limited Partnership
• Harkot Productions

Distributors

• TriStar Pictures (1988) (USA) (theatrical)
• Pathé Distribution (1989) (UK) (theatrical)
• Alliance Atlantis Home Video (2004) (Canada) (DVD)
• Alliance Releasing Home Video (1989) (Canada) (VHS)
• Avid Home Video (1994) (USA) (video)
• Image Entertainment (1989) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• International Video Entertainment (IVE) (1989) (USA) (VHS)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (1989) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• MCA (1989) (Canada) (VHS)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Slagle Minimotion

Other Companies

• Film Opticals of Canada  titles and opticals
• Hansard  process compositing (as The Hansard Group)
• Master's Workshop  music mixing
• Pathé Sound and Post Production Center  re-recording

Also Known As:

"Metal Blue" - Japan (English title)

Runtime:

Brazil:105 min | USA:105 min | West Germany:100 min | Argentina:105 min

Country:

Canada | Israel

Language:

English | Russian

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Peru:PT | Iceland:12 | Norway:15 (TV rating) | Australia:M | Netherlands:12 (TV rating) | Portugal:M/12 | Netherlands:16 | Sweden:11 | Sweden:15 (video rating) | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:16 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Israel

Company:

Carolco Pictures

Goofs:

Continuity: The machine gun fires repeatedly even though no ammunition can be seen to be going into it, then as the shot changes sometimes it has a belt of ammunition.

Quotes:

Graves:Hey Downs, what do you do for a living?
Downs:I blow up things, especially people. Bend over captain, I'll give you a demonstration.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Psych: Death Is in the Air (#4.13)" (2010)

Soundtrack:

Enemies Like You and Me

Not as bad as all that

I have seen this film several times not and, although they tried to pass off American F-4 Phantoms as Russian MiG-29's (and several other technical mistakes) the film concept and story line were good, and the acting was also not bad.