A young pilot finds himself recruited unwittingly into a covert and corrupt C.I.A. airlift organization operating in Vietnam War-era Laos.
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Roger Spottiswoode
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Mel Gibson | ... | Gene | |
| Robert Downey Jr. | ... | Billy | |
| Nancy Travis | ... | Corinne Landreaux | |
| Ken Jenkins | ... | Major Donald Lemond | |
| David Marshall Grant | ... | Rob Diehl | |
| Lane Smith | ... | Senator Davenport | |
| Art LaFleur | ... | Jack Neely (as Art La Fleur) | |
| Ned Eisenberg | ... | Pirelli | |
| Marshall Bell | ... | O.V. | |
| David Bowe | ... | Saunders | |
| Burt Kwouk | ... | General Lu Soong | |
| Tim Thomerson | ... | Babo | |
| Harvey Jason | ... | Nino | |
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Sinjai Plengpanich | ... | Gene's Wife (as Sinjai Hongthai) |
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Natta Nantatanti | ... | Gene's Daughter |
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Air America was the CIA's private airline operating in Laos during the Vietnam War, running anything and everything from soldiers to foodstuffs for local villagers. After losing his pilot's license, Billy Covington is recruited into it, and ends up in the middle of a bunch of lunatic pilots, gun-running by his friend Gene Ryack, and opium smuggling by his own superiors. Written by Jeff Cross <blackjac_1998@yahoo.com>
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Country:
USARelease Date:
10 August 1990 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Air America See more »Filming Locations:
Santa Ventura Studios - 5301 North Ventura Avenue, Ventura, California, USA See more »Edit
Box Office
Budget:
$35,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$8,064,480, 12 August 1990Gross USA:
$31,053,601Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$33,461,269Company Credits
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2.35 : 1
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Written by Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek and John Densmore
Performed by Aerosmith
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The movie was originally developed around 1985, with Richard Rush at the helm as director. The film was intended to be the first comedy about Vietnam, but Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) beat it to the screens. Moreover, the Australian war movie about Vietnam, The Odd Angry Shot (1979), was a comedy. See more »Goofs
When Billy is haranguing the truck driver on the freeway, the drive hears Billy over the radio. However, we clearly here the truck driver over the helicopter's radio. It would be nearly impossible to hear the truck driver over the helicopter noise, even standing next to him. Billy wouldn't be able to hear him at all in cockpit, much less have his microphone pick up the driver's cursing with almost no background noise. See more »Alternate Versions
UK television screenings are usually missing the translation subtitles of Gene's conversation with the 'Hillbilly's' when he and Billy are captured shortly after the helicopter crash. The subtitles are present on both the R2 Optimum Home Entertainment DVD and Guild Home Video VHS releases. See more »Soundtracks
Love Me Two TimesWritten by Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek and John Densmore
Performed by Aerosmith
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I regard this as a classic war movie! It's fun, good acting, more fun, and factually correct, well up to a point of course! What I like about it, and what I feel makes it original, is that not many films were made about Laos, and also its a cheerful take on war, pretty original for that too I'd say. A good movie i could watch again and again. Excellent music too! 5/5 stars.