Stealth Fighter (1999)

Director:

Jim Wynorski

Writers:

Lenny Juliano (writer)
T.L. Lankford (additional dialogue)
(more)

Genre:

Action | Drama

Tagline:

The Ultimate Street Fight At 50,000 Feet

Plot:

Ice-T stars as a naval pilot that fakes his own death, and later ends up employed by a Latin American arms dealer...

Plot Keywords:

Stealth Fighter | Arms Dealer | Military | Battlefield | Secret Headquarters

Cast

Ice-T	...	Owen Turner (as Ice T)
Costas Mandylor	...	Ryan Mitchell
Erika Eleniak	...	Erin Mitchell (as Erika Eleniak-Goglia)
Sarah Dampf	...	J.P. Mitchell
William Sadler	...	Adm. Frank Peterson
Ernie Hudson	...	President Westwood
Andrew Divoff	...	Roberto Menendez
William G. Schilling	...	Harry Goldberg
John Enos III	...	Larry Ramsey
Alex Meneses	...	Roberto's Young Lady Desidea
Tommy 'Tiny' Lister	...	Berg (as Tommy 'Tiny' Lister Jr.)
Steve J. Hennessy	...	Brett Kelly (as Stevie J. Hennessy)
Michael Gregory	...	Gen. Elliott Wasserman
Mark Adair-Rios	...	Manuel Vega (as Mark Adair Rios)
Paul Terrell Clayton	...	Lt. Phillips
Steve Eastin	...	Captain Thomson
George Gerdes	...	Alexander Chez / Clancy
Trevor Gordon	...	Navel / Paul Mason
Clay Greenbush	...	Mike Hudson
Jon Huertas	...	Lt. Bradley Elias
Peter Spellos	...	Andres Solymosi
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nikki Fritz	...	Massage Girl (unconfirmed)

Directed by
Jim Wynorski		(as Jay Andrews)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Lenny Juliano		writer
T.L. Lankford		additional dialogue (as Roger Wade)
John A. Sanders		co-story writer

Produced by
Paul Hertzberg	....	executive producer
Ice-T	....	executive producer (as Ice T)
Gary Rubin	....	executive producer in charge of production
Sabrina Sipantzi Ballard	....	line producer
Jim Wynorski	....	producer (as Jay Andrews)

Original Music by
Alex Wilkinson

Cinematography by
J.E. Bash		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Vanick Moradian

Casting by
Phaedra Harris

Production Design by
Scott Buckwald		(as Scott A. Buckwald)

Set Decoration by
David Clark

Costume Design by
Tricia Gray

Makeup Department
Marguerite Sehr-Cooper	....	assistant makeup artist
Melanie Tooker	....	hair stylist
Melanie Tooker	....	makeup artist

Production Management
J.P. Pettinato	....	executive in charge of production
Sabrina Sipantzi Ballard	....	production manager (as Sabrina Sipantzi)
Bill Sweeney	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Michael Cunningham	....	assistant director
Phyllis Harrison	....	assistant director
Andy Miller	....	assistant director

Art Department
Will Alovis	....	property master
Jeanne Kukor	....	set dresser
Herman Luna	....	assistant property master

Sound Department
Leslie Bloom	....	foley artist
Anita Cannella	....	foley artist
Seth Cooper	....	boom operator
Lorita de la Cerna	....	adr mixer
Lorita de la Cerna	....	foley mixer
Glenn Gaines	....	sound mixer
Michael S. Gaines	....	boom operator
Kevin Hamilton	....	adr editor
Kevin Hamilton	....	dialogue editor
Jan Kikumoto	....	sound
Scott C. Kolden	....	sound effects editor
Scott C. Kolden	....	sound re-recording mixer
Kitty Malone	....	foley artist
Mike Roffone	....	sound mixer
Sivv Sivertsen	....	sound mixer
Joel E. Smith	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dennis Michael Tenney	....	sound

Special Effects by
Bruce Knechtges	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Wendie Newcomb	....	visual effects
Jim Stewart	....	visual effects

Stunts
Ted Barba	....	stunts
Chuck Borden	....	stunts
Bob Bragg	....	stunts (as Bobby Bragg)
Eric Chambers	....	stunts (as Eric Norman Chambers)
Eugene Collier	....	stunts
Bret Davidson	....	stunt coordinator
Thomas Dewier	....	stunts
Stephen P. Hart	....	stunts
Justin Lundin	....	stunts
Cole S. McKay	....	stunts (as Cole McKay)
Patrick J. Statham	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
K. Gertie Baldwin	....	assistant camera
Gregory A. Black	....	grip
R. Grant Brittan	....	grip
Evans Brown	....	electrician
Damon Dulas	....	electrician
Eric F. Edelman	....	grip
Ron Edmondson	....	dolly grip
Guus Floor	....	gaffer
Gary Gray	....	best boy
Lila Javan	....	assistant camera
Scott E. Kaufman	....	electrician
Emily Mackley	....	first assistant camera
Paul Maletich	....	assistant camera
Jeffrey Maroun	....	electrician (as Jeff Maroun)
Judd McKelvey	....	electrician (as Judson McKelvey)
Bob Myers	....	key grip
Michael O'Connor	....	still photographer
Mike Reppert	....	electrician
Alex Schmidt	....	dolly grip
Joseph Thompson	....	electrician
Michael Walton	....	electrician

Casting Department
Carla Anne Rose Prestininzi	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Aliza Washabaugh	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Chris Weber	....	negative cutter
Gary Weber	....	negative cutter

Music Department
Joel Goldsmith	....	composer: main title theme

Transportation Department
Matthew Ballard	....	transportation captain
Russell Ballard	....	driver
Roger Byrd	....	transportation captain
David Gerry	....	driver
Daniel Inouye	....	driver
Elliot Sarkin	....	driver
Jason T. Wyman	....	driver

Other crew
John J. Alvarez	....	security
Joe Barley	....	legal services
Mike Breyer	....	assistant to actor
Davian Camancho	....	security
Bruce Chudacoff	....	location manager
Angel Covarrubias	....	security
Simone De Camargo	....	production accountant
Wendy Finkelstein	....	production assistant
Julius M. Fletcher	....	production coordinator
Steve Gregoropoulos	....	legal services
Christopher Hernandez	....	security
Rosa Hernandez	....	production accountant
Lauren Hertzberg	....	assistant production coordinator
Lance Israel	....	production assistant
Ron Janix	....	assistant to producer
Charlie John	....	production assistant
Mary Ellen Jopez	....	security
Patrick Maguire	....	production assistant
Art A. Martinez	....	security
Emile Johanasberg Miller	....	craft service
Robert Paez	....	security
Martin Reyes	....	production assistant
Miquel Rivera	....	security
Ramon Robledd	....	security
Jaime Lamas Rubio	....	security
Scott L. Treger	....	stand-in: Costas Mandylor
Patrick Tully	....	location manager
Avetis Ushaglyn	....	security
David G. Warren	....	security
Jodi Williams	....	location assistant
Licia Wolf	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Cinetel Films (as CineTel Films) (presents)
• Artisan Entertainment
• Grey Matter Entertainment
• Stealth Fighter Pictures

Distributors

• Artisan Entertainment (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Artisan Entertainment (2000) (USA) (VHS)
• Artisan Entertainment (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• RCV Home Entertainment (????) (Netherlands) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• Hollywood Caterers  catering

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Germany:18 | USA:R | Iceland:12 | Netherlands:16 (video premiere) | Netherlands:12 (TV version)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Cinetel Films

Trivia:

The scenes where the main character takes his daughter flying in the mountains look like they were taken from footage shot for Iron Eagle.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Mitchell commandeers the F-16, his cockpit doesn't close all the way.

Quotes:

Adm. Frank Peterson:You fly were you're told to fly, and drop what you're told to drop, and leave the poloticking to the wizards in Washington.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "State of Play: Episode #1.4" (2003)

Could it look any lower budget?

Satellite ran this stinker late last night and, what seemed on the surface an interesting premise was lost quickly in the poor writing, stiff and otherwise horrible acting, mute extras, and overall lack of direction. Here are but a few examples: there are no colonels in the US Navy; men on the disabled sub were having difficulty breathing, but they were not breathing "carbon monoxide" as the med staff suggested unless their exhaust was leaking into the compartment; lifting off from an arms seller's supposedly isolated base of operations, the Nighthawk rolls along a clearly marked runway, then passes a VOR station, a type of navaid that would assist in identifying the location of this base. How about a GPS receiver that we're to believe also transmits its location, despite it being noted in the dialogue as simply for finding one's position?

Most of the dough must have been blown on the really cool opening sequences that hooks the viewer, these scenes depicting Navy fighters roaring through and taking out an urban area, 'cause from there on out, it's the movie itself that proved stealthy.