Airspeed (1999)

After lightening strikes Flight 109, the only chance for survival is a young girl.

Director:

Robert Tinnell

Writers:

Richard Goudreau (screenplay), Roc LaFortune (screenplay),

Stars:

Elisha Cuthbert, Bronwen Booth, Joe Mantegna

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Elisha Cuthbert	...	Nicole Stone
Bronwen Booth	...	Andrea Prescott (as Bronwên Booth)
Joe Mantegna	...	Raymond Stone
Lynne Adams	...	Marylin Stone
Russell Yuen	...	Mark
Gordon Masten	...	Frank
Don Jordan	...	Pilot Greg
Martin Lacroix	...	Co-Pilot Terry
Yvan Ponton	...	Lee 'Bickster' Biquette
Charles Edwin Powell	...	Jeff, A.T.C. (as Charles Powell)
Larry Day	...	Donovan
Mélany Goudreau	...	Carrie
Roc LaFortune	...	Captain Lopez
Jason Cavalier	...	Steiger
Stéphane Lefebvre	...	Reynolds

Storyline

When the spoiled 13 years old Nicole is expelled from school for the third time, her super rich daddy has her brought home in his private 727. However in a storm the airplane gets damaged and the pilots and personnel are are knocked out by loss of oxygen. So it's up to Nicole to fight for their lives. Her only help is a young air traffic controller who talks to her by radio.

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Plot Keywords:

airplane | tights | speech | foot closeup | baseball bat | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Action | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for peril and mild language

Details

Official Sites:

Lifetime

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 February 2000 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Air Speed - Sem Controle

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Airspeed Productions Inc., Melenny Productions, The Government of Canada Income Tax Credit Program

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

During final approach, there are no changes made to the throttles, flaps, or speed brake. IF she was able to land successfully, without staling, in the touchdown zone, it would be almost impossible for her to stop the plane before running off the end of the runway at that speed. He also never went over how to steer the plane once on the ground.

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Crazy Credits

In Memory of Greg Maselli.

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Connections

References Airport 1975 (1974)

User Reviews

Aside from one minor piece of reality...

I work nights, so my nights off are filled with bad movies and infomercials at 3am. Airspeed was actually kind of fun in a "Mystery Science Theater 3000" sort of way. I never expect depth and find new ways to amuse myself at the absurdity. This movie is a stereotype, as mentioned in the other reviews. I won't rehash. That being said, most movies expect you to suspend disbelief for a little bit in order to enjoy the flick. I couldn't get past the fact that at 20-30,000 feet above the earth, the temperature of the air is beyond normal "cold" and a big hole in the plane would depressurise the cabin, sucking everything out into the big blue yonder. At skydiving height, yes, you can do neat heroic things like run a guy wire from one plane to the other and save lives. You can peek outside the back of a low flying aircraft like in the old war movies. Not on a jet. Sorry folks, it's not going to happen. Everybody would turn blue and die. Even the cute little girl who almost fell through the hole, lost a shoe to the great beyond, but managed to push herself away so she could get up and move about the aircraft. If it COULD be done, I do believe there are people insanely heroic enough to jump across on a tether and save the day...but not on this planet. Aside from that...one of the better flicks I've seen. I'd rate it up there with the USA Network movie called "Class Warfare". I was half asleep and missed seeing the contrived ending to that movie 10 minutes into it. I like it when movies can trip me up like that.