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Executive Decision (1996) 6.3
When terrorists seize control of an airliner, an intelligence analyst accompanies a commando unit for a midair boarding operation. Director:Stuart Baird |
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| Steven Seagal | ... | ||
| Halle Berry | ... |
Jean, Flight Attendant
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| Joe Morton | ... | ||
| BD Wong | ... | ||
| Len Cariou | ... |
Secretary of Defense Charles White
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| Whip Hubley | ... | ||
| Andreas Katsulas | ... |
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Mary Ellen Trainor | ... |
Allison, Flight Attendant
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Nancy, Flight Attendant
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| Ingo Neuhaus | ... |
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Terrorists take over a 747 bound from Athens to Washington D.C., supposedly to effect the release of their leader. Intelligence expert David Grant suspects another reason and convinces the military that the 'plane should not be allowed to enter U.S. airspace. An assault mission is devised, using a specially equipped 'plane designed for mid-air crew transfers, and Grant finds himself aboard the 747 with a team of military anti-terrorists who have to defuse a bomb and overpower the terrorists. Written by Ron Kerrigan <mvg@whidbey.com>
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Five miles above the earth, an elite team of six men must make an air to air transfer, in order to save 400 lives on board a 747... and 40 million below. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
15 March 1996 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Critical Decision See more »Filming Locations:
Alverno High School - 200 North Michillinda Avenue, Sierra Madre, California, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$55,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
JPY 320,462,900 (Japan) (15 November 1996)Gross:
JPY 153,472,300 (Japan) (29 November 1996)Company Credits
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Dr. David Grant: Jesus, they got it!
Sergeant Baker: [astounded] They got it?
Dr. David Grant: They got it!
Sergeant Baker: I take back every rust-pickin', squid-hatin' thing I've ever said about swabbies!
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Written by Sammy Cahn and James Van Heusen
Performed by Frank Sinatra
Courtesy of Capitol Records
Under Licence from CEMA Special Markets
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Sergeant Baker, played by Whip Hubley, pays a memorable backhanded compliment to the Navy F-14 pilots at a crucial point in the movie. Hubley previously played a Navy F-14 fighter pilot in _Top Gun (1985). See more »Goofs
The interior views of the Remora aircraft show the passenger cabin immediately behind the cockpit. The computer schematic of the aircraft shows the passenger cabin at the rear of the aircraft separated from the cockpit by the transfer tube. See more »Quotes
[after the Navy pilots have gotten their Morse Code message]Dr. David Grant: Jesus, they got it!
Sergeant Baker: [astounded] They got it?
Dr. David Grant: They got it!
Sergeant Baker: I take back every rust-pickin', squid-hatin' thing I've ever said about swabbies!
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Soundtracks
"IT'S NICE TO GO TRAV'LING"Written by Sammy Cahn and James Van Heusen
Performed by Frank Sinatra
Courtesy of Capitol Records
Under Licence from CEMA Special Markets
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I saw this in 1996 and thought it was extremely entertaining--an action movie with emphasis on suspense over shoot-em-up thrillers and explosions. Seeing it again, after the events in the past 4 years, is a different experience. Some of the fictional dialog has actually been quoted by fanatics in the news. I had the same reaction with Black Sunday with Robert Shaw. A movie meant as pure escapism is now more like "what if." Executive Decision does ask you to suspend disbelief several times, especially near the end. I would rank it up with Air Force One, which came out a year later and delivers the same type of "suspense over explosions" entertainment. And this film deserves extra kudos for making the ones that save the world a bit on the "misfit" side (Oliver Platt, John Leguizamo, Joe Morton, BD Wong, and yes, even Kurt Russell). Another nice slimy role for late character actor JT Walsh. And David Suchet makes a scary villain. Like the best villains (Alan Rickman from Die Hard comes to mind), he can be charming and terrifying at the same time.