A young pilot plans a rescue mission when his father, an Air Force Colonel, is shot down over enemy territory and captured.A young pilot plans a rescue mission when his father, an Air Force Colonel, is shot down over enemy territory and captured.A young pilot plans a rescue mission when his father, an Air Force Colonel, is shot down over enemy territory and captured.
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- TriviaDuring the Snake Scene, in which Doug Masters races his Cessna 150 against a motorcycle-riding Knotcher, the pilot of the Cessna 150 Aerobat was renowned aerobatic pilot Art Scholl. He was killed later that year when his Pitts S-2 camera plane crashed while filming in-cockpit footage for the flat spin sequence in Top Gun (1986).
- GoofsAll Air Force members and/or civilians are not allowed to wear hats/flight caps on the Flightline. They can fall off and create FOD (Foreign Object Damage).
- Quotes
[Doug sees what appear to be enemy planes on his radar coming head-on while trying to escape with his father]
Doug Masters: Dad, four more MiGs jumping us!
Col. Ted Masters: Pull up hard!
Maj. Dwight Smiley: This is Blue Leader, do you read?
Doug Masters: They're ours dad, they're American! Roger Blue Leader, I've got two bandits on my ass, can you assist?
Maj. Dwight Smiley: We were about to contact the aggressor and verify his intentions. Attention unidentified aircraft, this is Major Dwight Smiley of the United States Air Force, you are following one of our F-16s in international airspace, do you wish to engage?
[both MiGs break off]
Maj. Dwight Smiley: I didn't think so.
- Crazy creditsThe credits are yellow over a blue background, as opposed to the normal white over a black background.
- ConnectionsEdited into Warbirds (1989)
- SoundtracksIron Eagle (Never Say Die)
Written by Duane Hitchings and Jake Hooker
Performed by King Kobra
Courtesy of Capitol Records, Inc.
They should have left it at that though. The kid's fantasy of rescuing his dad (also a pilot) from some mysterious middle eastern base should not have been brought to reality. Reality should not have extended past his races in his single-engine crop-duster with a motorcycle. Throughout the movie, the kid does not see the world as a dangerous place. He still sees it as one big simulation. This is exactly how you should watch the movie, otherwise, it will seem like a ridiculous plot that's out-of-touch with the real world.
- maitreg
- Apr 12, 1999
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Der stählerne Adler
- Filming locations
- Camarillo Airport - 555 Airport Way, Camarillo, California, USA(Air Force base)
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $24,159,872
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,104,754
- Jan 19, 1986
- Gross worldwide
- $24,159,872
- Runtime1 hour 57 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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