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Air Force One

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Original title

Air Force One

Year

1997

Running time

124 min.

Country

United States

Director

Wolfgang Petersen

Screenwriter

Andrew W. Marlowe

Cast

Music

Jerry Goldsmith

Cinematography

Michael Ballhaus

Producer

Columbia Pictures, Beacon Communications, Radiant Productions

Genre

Action. Thriller | Terrorism. Planes. Kidnapping Film / Disappearance

Synopsis

President James Marshall (Harrison Ford) is one of the most respected leaders in the history of America. When Kazakhstanian separatists commit atrocities on their own people, Marshall authorizes a guerrilla mission to take their leader, General Radek (Jürgen Prochnow), into custody and restore the democratic regime. In his speech afterward, the president vows never to let America hesitate again when dealing with terrorists. However, that's before a group of them, led by the ruthless Korchunov (Gary Oldman) take over his own flight on Air Force One, with his wife and young daughter also on board. President Marshall, a decorated Vietnam veteran, becomes a one-man vigilante force in his efforts to free his family and the other hostages, retake the plane, and thwart the hijackers. Director Wolfgang Petersen's thrilling film is supported by an excellent ensemble cast, which includes William H. Macy, Philip Baker Hall, and Glenn Close as Kathryn Bennett, the vice president who must hold the Cabinet together in Marshall's absence.

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Awards: 1997: 2 Nominations for Oscar: Best Editing, Sound

1997: Satellite Awards: nominated to Film Editing.

1998: Premios de la Academia Japonesa: nominated to Best Foreign Language Film.

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Critics' reviews

"At once vigorous and old-fashioned, a piece of expertly crafted entertainment that gets the job done with skill and panache"

Kenneth Turan: Los Angeles Times
"Harrison Ford as the President of the United States is such a perfect piece of casting that it's at once a fantasy and a joke: The joke is how perfect the fantasy is"

Owen Gleiberman: Entertainment Weekly
"The picture's attempt to satisfy the aggressive fantasies of a graying white-male audience is weirdly fascinating. It's something you don't see every day: a geriatric comic book."

Terrence Rafferty: The New Yorker
"A fairly competent recycling of familiar ingredients, given an additional interest because of Harrison Ford's personal appeal (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: rogerebert.com
"Peterson's film is a huge, loud beast of a film, filled with gunfire, explosions, and not a few tears. It's all grounded, however, in Ford's gritted-teeth performance as President Marshall."

Marc Savlov: Austin Chronicle
"The only thing this ponderous movie has going for it is its unintentional humor."

Lisa Alspector: Chicago Reader
"Director Wolfgang Petersen puts such a fresh spin on the familiar that it all works like gangbusters."

Peter Travers: Rolling Stone
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