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Air Force One

  • 1997
  • R
  • 2h 4m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
201K
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Communist radicals hijack Air Force One with the U.S. President and his family on board. The Vice President negotiates from Washington D.C., while the President, a veteran, fights to rescue ... Read allCommunist radicals hijack Air Force One with the U.S. President and his family on board. The Vice President negotiates from Washington D.C., while the President, a veteran, fights to rescue the hostages on board.Communist radicals hijack Air Force One with the U.S. President and his family on board. The Vice President negotiates from Washington D.C., while the President, a veteran, fights to rescue the hostages on board.

  • Director
    • Wolfgang Petersen
  • Writer
    • Andrew W. Marlowe
  • Stars
    • Harrison Ford
    • Gary Oldman
    • Glenn Close
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    201K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    2,709
    340
    • Director
      • Wolfgang Petersen
    • Writer
      • Andrew W. Marlowe
    • Stars
      • Harrison Ford
      • Gary Oldman
      • Glenn Close
    • 496User reviews
    • 130Critic reviews
    • 61Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 2 Oscars
      • 7 wins & 13 nominations total

    Videos3

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    Trailer 2:31
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    Harrison Ford in Air Force One (1997)
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    Top cast

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    Harrison Ford
    Harrison Ford
    • President James Marshall
    Gary Oldman
    Gary Oldman
    • Ivan Korshunov
    Glenn Close
    Glenn Close
    • Vice President Kathryn Bennett
    Wendy Crewson
    Wendy Crewson
    • Grace Marshall
    Liesel Matthews
    Liesel Matthews
    • Alice Marshall
    Paul Guilfoyle
    Paul Guilfoyle
    • Chief of Staff Lloyd Shepherd
    Xander Berkeley
    Xander Berkeley
    • Agent Gibbs
    William H. Macy
    William H. Macy
    • Major Caldwell
    Dean Stockwell
    Dean Stockwell
    • Defense Secretary Walter Dean
    Tom Everett
    Tom Everett
    • NSA Advisor Jack Doherty
    Jürgen Prochnow
    Jürgen Prochnow
    • General Alexander Radek
    • (as Jurgen Prochnow)
    Donna Bullock
    Donna Bullock
    • Press Secretary Melanie Mitchell
    Michael Ray Miller
    Michael Ray Miller
    • AFO Pilot Colonel Axelrod
    Carl Weintraub
    Carl Weintraub
    • AFO Co-Pilot Lt. Col. Ingrahams
    Elester Latham
    Elester Latham
    • AFO Navigator…
    Elya Baskin
    Elya Baskin
    • Andrei Kolchak
    Levani
    Levani
    • Sergei Lenski
    David Vadim
    David Vadim
    • Igor Nevsky
    • Director
      • Wolfgang Petersen
    • Writer
      • Andrew W. Marlowe
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Initially, director/co-producer Wolfgang Petersen was denied access to the real-life Air Force One. A telephone call from Harrison Ford to the White House soon changed that.
    • Goofs
      During the refueling scene when AF1 breaks away fuel is seen spraying out of the boom of the KC-10. The fuel ignites and the flame travels up the boom and blows up the KC-10. Onboard the KC-10 there is a Boom Operator who monitors and has full control of the fuel that the tanker is receiving or giving at all times and also flies the boom. The Boom Operator would have raised the boom as soon as AF1 broke away and cut off the fuel supply long before the fuel could ignite.
    • Quotes

      President James Marshall: Get of my plane!

    • Crazy credits
      Per Marshall's comment to her, the aide who helps him with the fax machine (portrayed by Messiri Freeman) is listed in the credits as "Future Postmaster General".
    • Alternate versions
      To attract more viewers the German distributor (Buena Vista International) cut out some violent scenes to receive a "Not under 12" rating. The German video release contains the full version and is rated "Not under 16".
    • Connections
      Edited into Command Performance (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      L'Internationale
      Lyrics by Eugène Pottier
      Music by Pierre Degeyter

    User reviews496

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    Featured review
    7/10
    A good action-adventure film with great special effects
    Marshall is the kind of President referred to a change in the U.S. foreign policy… He took a great risk when he stated that America will no longer tolerate any terrorist government… His policy is soon put in practice when he boards his plane on his way home…

    Once is in the sky, 'Air Force One' is hijacked and currently controlled by Russian radicals who ask for the release of their leader or they'll execute a prisoner every half hour…

    Harrison Ford is the action hero making his way through the plane taking out few terrorists, managing to free several hostages, trying to get to his wife and daughter who are prisoners on board…

    Gary Oldman almost steals the show as the head terrorist Ivan Korshunov who takes over the president's plane…

    Beautifully directed by Wolfgang Petersen who controls the action with his usual extreme intelligence, building the challenge with captivating, tense sequences from every compartment of the huge aircraft to the White House contingent in Washington
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    • May 11, 2008

    FAQ11

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 25, 1997 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Germany
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official Facebook
    • Languages
      • English
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • Không Lực Một
    • Filming locations
      • Mansfield Reformatory - 100 Reformatory Road, Mansfield, Ohio, USA(Russian prison scene)
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Beacon Communications
      • Radiant Productions
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $85,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $172,956,409
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $37,132,505
      • Jul 27, 1997
    • Gross worldwide
      • $315,156,409
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 4 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
      • Dolby Atmos
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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