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Fire Birds

  • 1990
  • AA
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
4.7/10
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Fire Birds (1990)
Elite Apache helicopter pilots are tasked with destroying powerful armed drug cartels operating in South America.
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Elite Apache helicopter pilots are tasked with destroying powerful armed drug cartels operating in South America.Elite Apache helicopter pilots are tasked with destroying powerful armed drug cartels operating in South America.Elite Apache helicopter pilots are tasked with destroying powerful armed drug cartels operating in South America.

  • Director
    • David Green
  • Writers
    • Step Tyner
    • John K. Swensson
    • Dale Dye
  • Stars
    • Nicolas Cage
    • Tommy Lee Jones
    • Sean Young
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    • IMDb RATING
    4.7/10
    6.9K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • David Green
    • Writers
      • Step Tyner
      • John K. Swensson
      • Dale Dye
    • Stars
      • Nicolas Cage
      • Tommy Lee Jones
      • Sean Young
    • 65User reviews
    • 23Critic reviews
    • 31Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro

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    Sean Young in Fire Birds (1990)
    Nicolas Cage and Sean Young in Fire Birds (1990)
    Tommy Lee Jones, Sean Young, Dale Dye, and David Green in Fire Birds (1990)
    Nicolas Cage and David Green in Fire Birds (1990)
    Nicolas Cage and Sean Young in Fire Birds (1990)
    Tommy Lee Jones in Fire Birds (1990)
    Nicolas Cage and Tommy Lee Jones in Fire Birds (1990)
    Nicolas Cage and Sean Young in Fire Birds (1990)
    David Green in Fire Birds (1990)
    Nicolas Cage in Fire Birds (1990)
    Nicolas Cage and Tommy Lee Jones in Fire Birds (1990)
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    Top cast

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    Nicolas Cage
    Nicolas Cage
    • Jake Preston
    Tommy Lee Jones
    Tommy Lee Jones
    • Brad Little
    Sean Young
    Sean Young
    • Billie Lee Guthrie
    Bryan Kestner
    Bryan Kestner
    • Breaker
    Illana Diamant
    Illana Diamant
    • Sharon Geller
    • (as Illana Shoshan)
    Dale Dye
    Dale Dye
    • A.K. McNeil
    Mary Ellen Trainor
    Mary Ellen Trainor
    • Janet Little
    J.A. Preston
    J.A. Preston
    • General Olcott
    Peter Onorati
    Peter Onorati
    • Rice
    Charles Lanyer
    • Darren Phillips
    Marshall R. Teague
    Marshall R. Teague
    • Doug Daniels
    Cylk Cozart
    • Dewar Proctor
    Charles Kahlenberg
    • Oscar De Marco
    Gregory Vahanian
    • Tom Davis
    Robert Lujan
    • Steward Rives
    • (as Bob Lujan)
    Scott Williamson
    Scott Williamson
    • Scott Buzz
    Mickey Yablans
    • Butch Tippet
    Bert Rhine
    • Eric Stoller
    • Director
      • David Green
    • Writers
      • Step Tyner
      • John K. Swensson
      • Dale Dye
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The enemy jet fighter is portrayed by a Swedish SAAB J 35F 'Draken' (Dragon).
    • Goofs
      An OH-58D (The helicopter flown by Sean Young's character) can not be flown single-pilot in the left seat. Many of the Mission-Related controls are only available to the Right-hand seat (Pilot-in-command seat.)
    • Quotes

      Jake Preston: I AM THE GREATEST!

    • Connections
      Edited into Supreme Sanction (1999)
    • Soundtracks
      Do You Remember
      Written and Performed by Phil Collins
      Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
      by Arrangement with Warner Special Products / Virgin Records Limited

    User reviews65

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    Truly wretched
    Inane rip-off starring Nicholas Cage as a helicopter pilot being trained by Tommy Lee Jones for a mission against drug dealers while romancing fellow pilot Sean Young. This is an unsubtle remake of "Top Gun" with a few scenes from "An Officer and a Gentlemen" thrown in for good measure. Nothing works: not the acting, the writing, of the direction. Everything is awful. A truly wretched piece of film making.
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    • hausrathman
    • Feb 3, 2004

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 25, 1990 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Les oiseaux de feu
    • Filming locations
      • Mammoth, Arizona, USA
    • Production companies
      • Touchstone Pictures
      • Nova International Films
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $22,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $14,760,451
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $6,358,761
      • May 28, 1990
    • Gross worldwide
      • $14,760,451
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 25 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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