Flight of the Intruder (1991)

Director:

John Milius

Writers (WGA):

Stephen Coonts (novel)
Robert Dillon (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

18 January 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Romance | War

Tagline:

The only thing they can count on is each other.

Plot:

After his bombardier is killed, Jake Grafton, a carrier-based Intruder pilot, questions the purpose of Navy bombing missions...

Plot Keywords:

Bombardier | Bombing | Pilot | Vietnam | Squadron

Cast

Danny Glover	...	Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli
Willem Dafoe	...	Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole
Brad Johnson	...	Lt. Jake 'Cool Hand' Grafton
Rosanna Arquette	...	Callie Joy
Tom Sizemore	...	Boxman
J. Kenneth Campbell	...	Lt. Cmdr. 'Cowboy' Parker
Jared Chandler	...	Lt. (j.g.) Jack 'Razor' Barlow
Dann Florek	...	Lt. Cmdr. Mad Jack / Doc
Madison Mason	...	C.A.G.
Ving Rhames	...	CPO Frank McRae
Christopher Rich	...	Lt. Morgan 'Morg' McPherson
Douglas Roberts	...	Guffy
Scott N. Stevens	...	Hardesty (as Scott Newton Stevens)
Justin Williams	...	Lt. Sammy Lundeen
John Corbett	...	Big Augie
Adam Nelson	...	Little Augie
Adam Biesk	...	Librarian
Reb Brown	...	Air Boss
Peter Sherayko	...	Clerk
J. Patrick McNamara	...	Admiral
David Glyn Price	...	Admiral
James O'Neel	...	New Guy
Hugo Napier	...	Newsman
David Schwimmer	...	Duty Officer
Richard Fancy	...	Intelligence Captain
Rick Dano	...	Fighter Pilot Drunk
Mike Jolly	...	Merchant Thug
Tom Kriss	...	Merchant Thug
Jeff O'Haco	...	Merchant Thug
Grove E. Johnson	...	Bartender - 'Skipper'
Jonnie C. Pangyarihan Sr.	...	Filipino taxi driver
Duane Matthews	...	Jack 'Hammer' Johnson
Eddie Badiang	...	Cole's Killer
Minh Huu Do	...	Pathet Lao Soldier
Brian Khaw	...	NVA Officer
Akio Mitamura	...	Sniper (as Dr. Akio Mitamura)
Alison Furrevig	...	Sallie
Connie B. Canales	...	Hooker
Ernie Seliceo	...	Thug
Ken Wright	...	Aide
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bob Bergen	...	Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Fred Dalton Thompson	...	Court-Martial Captain (uncredited)

Directed by
John Milius

Writing credits (WGA)
Stephen Coonts		(novel)
Robert Dillon		(screenplay) and
David Shaber		(screenplay)

Produced by
Brian E. Frankish	....	executive producer (as Brian Frankish)
Lis Kern	....	associate producer
Mace Neufeld	....	producer
Ralph Winter	....	co-executive producer
Robert Rehme	....	producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Basil Poledouris

Cinematography by
Fred J. Koenekamp		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Steve Mirkovich
Carroll Timothy O'Meara
Peck Prior

Production Design by
Jack T. Collis

Art Direction by
Albert Heschong		(as E. Albert Herschong)

Set Decoration by
Mickey S. Michaels

Makeup Department
Jeff Dawn	....	makeup artist
Wes Dawn	....	makeup artist

Production Management
D. Scott Easton	....	unit production manager
Brian E. Frankish	....	unit production manager (as Brian Frankish)
Conrad Irving	....	production manager: second unit (as Conrad Paul Irving)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Albert Cho	....	second second assistant director
Steve Danton	....	first assistant director
Conrad Irving	....	first assistant director: second unit (as Conrad Paul Irving)
Terry Leonard	....	second unit director (as Terry J. Leonard)
Bob Lewis	....	second assistant director: second unit
Marge Piane	....	dga trainee
Barry K. Thomas	....	second assistant director

Art Department
John Alvin	....	poster artist
Craig B. Ayers Sr.	....	greensman
Dennis DeWaay	....	construction coordinator
Mark Fenlason	....	leadman
Mark Fenlason	....	model maker
Joseph E. Hubbard	....	set designer
Jack Johnson	....	illustrator
Richard Franklyn Mays	....	set designer
Nick Navarro	....	set designer (as Nick S. Navarro)
Dennis J. Parrish	....	property master
Fred Seibly	....	signwriter (uncredited)
D.A. Zingelewicz	....	location foreman (uncredited)

Sound Department
David Behle	....	sound recordist
Fred J. Brown	....	supervising sound editor
Anne Couk	....	first assistant sound editor
Joe Kenworthy	....	sound mixer: second unit
Robert J. Litt	....	sound re-recording mixer
Greg P. Russell	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michele Sharp	....	sound editor
Jack Solomon	....	sound mixer
Elliot Tyson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tim Webb	....	sound recordist
Bernard Weiser	....	sound editor
Marshall Winn	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
Lloyd A. Buswell	....	gang boss
John Cassel	....	special effects technician
Tamar Dick	....	special effects artist
R.J. Hohman	....	special effects technician
Wayne Kosky	....	grip: special effects unit
Joe Lombardi	....	special effects coordinator
Paul J. Lombardi	....	special effects supervisor (as Paul Lombardi)
Steve Sanders	....	model maker: miniatures

Visual Effects by
William L. Arance	....	airbrush artist
Greg Aronowitz	....	model maker
Craig Barron	....	visual effects supervisor: Matte World
Harold Buchman	....	digital artist
Bill Coffin	....	visual effects
Chris Dawson	....	visual effects animation camera operator
Chris Dawson	....	visual effects animator
Krystyna Demkowicz	....	executive in charge of production: Matte World
Tim Donahue	....	visual effects art director: Introvision
Peter Farson	....	technical director
Charles Gibson	....	visual effects
Steve Hyde	....	visual effects artist
Richard Kilroy	....	model maker
Michael Lawler	....	visual effects cameraman
Kevin Scott Mack	....	model painter
Rob Maine	....	motion control animation camera
Alan McFarland	....	miniature effects lighting: Sessums Engineering
John P. Mesa	....	visual effects cameraman
William Mesa	....	visual effects supervisor
Aung Min	....	digital artist: Rhythm & Hues Inc
Steve R. Moore	....	visual effects editor
Michael Pangrazio	....	matte artist supervisor
Dennis Rogers	....	first assistant camera: Sessums VFX Unit
Joseph Thomas	....	animation cameraman
Mark Vargo	....	visual effects producer
Christopher Dusendschon	....	animation supervisor: INTROVISION (uncredited)
Christopher Dusendschon	....	vistavision camera operator: INTROVISION (uncredited)
Michael Okuda	....	additional animation (uncredited)
Michael Tigar	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Matthew Yuricich	....	visual effects artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Bobby Aldridge	....	stunt performer
Perry Barndt	....	stunts
Troy Brown	....	stunts
R.J. Chambers	....	stunts
Phil Chong	....	stunts
Jay Cullin	....	stunt pilot
Colin C.L. Fong	....	stunts
Steve Hinton	....	stunts
Steven Ito	....	stunts
Terry Jackson	....	additional stunt double: Brad Johnson
Terry Leonard	....	stunt coordinator
Will Leong	....	utility stunts
Kent W. Luttrell	....	stunt rigger
Jerry Meyers	....	stunt Parachutist
John-Clay Scott	....	stunts
Oliver Theess	....	stunt performer (uncredited)
Mark Travis	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Robert L. Blatman	....	assistant camera
David Canestro	....	grip
Frank Detone Jr.	....	grip
Tim Dunford	....	assistant camera
William E. Fitch	....	grip
Norman Lang	....	electrician
Bruce McBroom	....	still photographer
Michael A. McFadden	....	rigging grip
Bo Miller	....	key grip
David B. Nowell	....	photography: second unit
Gary D. Scott	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Carl A. Vidnic	....	electrician
Michael D. Weldon	....	first assistant camera
Earl C. Williman	....	gaffer: second unit
Leonard Romie	....	electrician (uncredited)
Gary Stark	....	electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department
David Glanzer	....	location casting
Jimmy Jue	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
George L. Little	....	costume supervisor
Mark Peterson	....	key costumer
Lew Richard	....	assistant wardrobe & technical advisor (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Timothy Alverson	....	assistant editor
Jeff Chaves	....	colorist (digital color correction)
Sam Citron	....	assistant editor
Richard Currie	....	assistant film editor
John Lafferty	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Tim Boyle	....	score mixer
George Doering	....	musician
Charles Martin Inouye	....	music editor
Mark McKenzie	....	orchestrator
James Thatcher	....	musician: french horn

Transportation Department
Randy Peters	....	transportation coordinator
Candace Wells	....	transportation captain
Gina August	....	driver (uncredited)
Mitch Friedman	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Bob Bergen	....	voice: special vocal effects
Jim Box	....	aerial consultant
James E. Brooks	....	technical advisor: Navy (as Lieutenant James E. Brooks)
Kathy Day	....	assistant: Mr. Neufeld
Thomas R. Harmon	....	aerial consultant
Steve Hinton	....	aerial coordinator
Steve Hinton	....	pilot
Craig Hosking	....	helicopter pilot
Jerry Irvine	....	rocket effects
Carol Keith	....	assistant production coordinator
Clay Lacy	....	aerial unit coordinator
David R. Lawson	....	medic
Robert H. Lemer	....	key location manager
David Mesloh	....	modelmaker
Stuart Neumann	....	location manager
Ron Pinkard	....	technical advisor
Trudy Ramirez	....	script supervisor (as Trudy G. Ramirez)
Ross Reynolds	....	helicopter pilot
Michael Roberts	....	production accountant
Samuel Lee Sayers	....	technical consultant (as Captain Samuel Lee Sayers)
Debbie Schwab	....	production coordinator
Burton Sharp	....	adr group coordinator
Michael T. Sherman	....	technical advisor: Navy
Gene Witham	....	technical advisor
Bill Young Jr.	....	aerial consultant

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures (presents)

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1991) (USA) (theatrical)
• CIC Video (1992) (Germany) (VHS)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1995) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2003) (Germany) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (1992) (UK) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2003) (UK) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (199?) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (1991) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Paramount Home Video (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Video (2000) (USA) (VHS)
• Paramount (2003) (Sweden) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Industrial Light & Magic (ILM)
• Introvision International
• Matte World Digital
• Rhythm and Hues

Other Companies

• Blue Hawaiian Helicopter  helicopters provided by
• Central Casting  extras casting
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies
• Lightnin' Production Rentals  transportation equipment
• Movie Movers  cast trailers
• Reel People Inc.  negative cutting
• Reeltime Creative  trailer music
• Shotmaker Co., The  shotmaker provided by
• Video Image  video and graphic displays

Also Known As:

Runtime:

115 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Finland:K-14 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Iceland:16 | Australia:M | New Zealand:PG | Netherlands:12 | Netherlands:16 (VHS rating)

Filming Locations:

Kaua'i, Hawaii, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

The scenes outside during the hearing in Subic Bay were actually shot at Naval Station Long Beach. USS Sides (FFG-14) can be clearly seen nested with other modern frigates. The benches were part of a small park for sailors to relax without leaving the base.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: In 1972 Po-city (Olongapo) streets were not paved they were dirt roads.

Quotes:

[before leading the daylight raid to North Vietnam]
Cdr. Camparelli:This is a daylight raid, gentlemen. Air Force, Marines, Navy, everything we got. They've had three years to get ready for us. The most formidable air defenses in the history of warfare. Our job, the task of the Intruder, is to kill SAMs. Make no mistake about it...
[...]

Movie Connections:

Edited into Stealth Fighter (1999)

Good Flick

Why would anyone watch this type of flick if they didn't want to see a war movie? I read the other review online and was dumbfounded. Rarely in war are their racy love scenes, that's why it's a ware movie! If anything, the fact that some scantily clad bimbo's weren't running all over the deck of an aircraft carrier in the middle of a war zone lent to the authenticity of the film. I mean really, what do you want Demi Moore in her "A Few Good Men" dress uniform? Please!!! (BTW... I liked that movie too.) This movie delivers exactly what an action adventure war buff wants to see. A lot of adrenalin laced action, big guns with big explosion, and the possibility of the main characters dying in the end. It was a good story and a good movie. Willam DeFoe was awesome. But a harlequin novel it's not. So if you're looking for a love story, check out "An Officer and a Gentleman", cause this is not for you.