Bird on a Wire (1990)
An old flame discovers her ex-boyfriend from the past is a relocated FBI informant out to stop the bad guys.
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Director:
John BadhamWriters:
Louis Venosta (story), Eric Lerner (story), David Seltzer (screenplay), Louis Venosta (screenplay), Eric Lerner (screenplay)All Cast & Crew
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One of three 1990 movies starring Mel Gibson which were first released in that year. The other pictures were Hamlet (1990) and Air America (1990). Bird on a Wire (1990) though was shot in mid-1989, but did not debut in theaters until 1990.
Quotes
Marianne Graves:
You lying... gutless... son of a... yellow snodbugger, toad, bellybutton... I can"t think of enough awful things to say about you, you bastard!
Rick Jarmin:
I guess that's a no on examining my butt.
Goofs
The black Corvette in the opening credits is a 1980-1981 model (you can tell by the crossed flags on the nose and the shape of the bumper), but the car that pulls into the prison parking lot is a 1979 model.
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Credits scroll down instead of up
Soundtracks
Blowin' In The WindWritten and Performed by Bob Dylan
Courtesy of CBS Records, Music Licensing Department
Storyline
Plot Summary
Genres
Action | ComedyDetails
Release Date:
18 May 1990Language
English
Country of Origin
USAFilming Locations
Four Seasons Hotel, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaBox Office
Budget:
$20,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend USA:
$15,338,160 20 May 1990
Gross USA:
$70,978,012
Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$138,697,012
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