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Fire Birds

  • 1990
  • PG-13
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
4.8/10
7.5K
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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
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    4.8/10
    7.5K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • David Green
    • Writers
      • Step Tyner
      • John K. Swensson
      • Dale Dye
    • Stars
      • Nicolas Cage
      • Tommy Lee Jones
      • Sean Young
    • 69User reviews
    • 24Critic reviews
    • 31Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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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
    • 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
    • All cast & crew
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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 reviews69

    Featured review

    It was a good try......

    This movie should have been good. But it wasn't. With both Tommy Lee Jones and Nicolas Cage, you would expect great things. But you don't get them. The part of Billie was terribly miscast. The special effects during flights were good but towards the end when the camp is bombed, it looks too much like special effects. I got no sense of realism at all. I would only recommend this incredibly slow moving movie when either you have seen everything else in the rental place or your only other choice is Spice World.
    • bitsybug
    • Jan 2, 1999
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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
      • Airborne
    • Filming locations
      • Tucson, Arizona, USA(Army pilot training post, Laundromat scene)
    • 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

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 25 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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