A feud develops between two air traffic controllers: one cocky and determined while the other is restrained and laidback, which inevitably affects their lives.
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| John Cusack | ... | Nick Falzone | |
| Billy Bob Thornton | ... | Russell Bell | |
| Cate Blanchett | ... | Connie Falzone | |
| Angelina Jolie | ... | Mary Bell | |
| Jake Weber | ... | Barry Plotkin | |
| Kurt Fuller | ... | Ed Clabes | |
| Vicki Lewis | ... | Tina Leary | |
| Matt Ross | ... | Ron Hewitt | |
| Jerry Grayson | ... | Leo Morton | |
| Michael Willis | ... | Pat Feeney | |
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Philip Akin | ... | Paul |
| Mike O'Malley | ... | Pete | |
| Neil Crone | ... | Tom | |
| Matt Gordon | ... | Ken | |
| Joe Pingue | ... | Mark | |
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Nick and the other boys (and Vicki Lewis) working the hotspot of air traffic control in New York are impressed with themselves, to say the least. They thrive on the no-room-for-error, fast-paced job and let it infect their lives. The undisputed king of pushing tin, "The Zone" Falzone, rules his workplace and his wedded life with the same short-attention span that gets planes where they need to be in the nick of time. That is, until Russell Bell, a new transfer with a reputation for recklessness but a record of pure perfection shatters the tensely-held status quo. The game of one-upmanship between the two flies so high as to lead Nick into Russell's bed with his wife. His sanity slipping just as fast as his hold on #1, Cusack's controller is thrown out-of-control when Thornton's wanderer quietly leaves town. Nick must now find a way to regain his sanity and repair his marriage before he breaks down completely. Written by Lordship <lordship@juno.com>
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air traffic controller | air traffic control | marriage | job | female bodybuilder |Taglines:
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Rated R for language and a scene of sexuality | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
23 April 1999 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$33,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$3,555,032, 25 April 1999, Wide ReleaseGross USA:
$8,406,264, 4 July 1999Company Credits
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Ed Clabes: No, I can't take the Delta, my airspace is finite.
Barry Plotkin: Uh-oh, Ed's going down the drain.
Ed Clabes: I am NOT going down the drain.
Barry Plotkin: Oh yes you are. It happens every time you use the term "finite."
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Billy Bob Thornton and Angelina Jolie first met on the set of this movie. They fell in love and were briefly married. See more »Goofs
In the scene with the kids visiting the TRACON where they all work, a plane departs that doesn't call the controller and this ends up causing a near collision. The airport image on the radar scope is of Newark Liberty International (you can tell by the two lines running essentially North/South that represent the two parallel N/S runways 4L/22R and 4R/22L). However, when the scene changes to the actual plane on an actual runway departing North, you see it pass over simply the number "4" and then immediately over water. This can only be LaGuardia Airport as it is the only airport of the three in New York (JFK, LaGuardia, Newark) that has only one N/S runway (4/22 - both Newark and Kennedy have 4L/22R and 4R/22L and are marked with the "R" and "L" on them) and has water immediately to the north of it. See more »Quotes
Leo Morton: Ed, can you take that Delta?Ed Clabes: No, I can't take the Delta, my airspace is finite.
Barry Plotkin: Uh-oh, Ed's going down the drain.
Ed Clabes: I am NOT going down the drain.
Barry Plotkin: Oh yes you are. It happens every time you use the term "finite."
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It's difficult to know where to begin. I was looking forward to seeing this film as I think both John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton are both fine actors, also Kate Blanchette is in it so how bad can it be? It reeks. John Cusack plays a macho air-traffic controller for the New York metro area who thinks he's God's gift to pilots. Billy Bob Thornton comes along and out-machos him both in the control-room and on the basket-ball court, and also happens to have the sluttiest wife in the history of cinema. Name the cliches: 1. Billy Bob's zen-like cool as a half-Cree or is it half-Choctaw? both get mentioned - anyway, he wears a feather when he's controlling the planes. 2. Cusack sleeping with aforementioned slut. 3. Major fight in control-room while planes are haplessly flying around out there - very professional, guys. 4. The stupid ending . There's plenty of other garbage which is too numerous to mention.I almost got testosterone-poisoning from all this schlock. I'm amazed these fine actors wanted to be associated with this horrible film.