Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA young pilot finds himself recruited unwittingly into a covert and corrupt CIA airlift operation in Laos during the Vietnam conflict.A young pilot finds himself recruited unwittingly into a covert and corrupt CIA airlift operation in Laos during the Vietnam conflict.A young pilot finds himself recruited unwittingly into a covert and corrupt CIA airlift operation in Laos during the Vietnam conflict.
- Prix
- 1 nomination au total
- Jack Neely
- (as Art La Fleur)
- Gene's Wife
- (as Sinjai Hongthai)
- Gene's Brother-in-Law
- (as Yani Tramod)
- Kwahn
- (as Chanarong Suwanapa)
Histoire
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesThe sequence where Robert Downey, Jr. is seen hanging from a rope flying across the skies above Thailand, including a Buddhist temple, was done for real, with Downey performing the stunt himself after director Roger Spottiswoode had rejected doing it using such alternative techniques as blue screen or back projection.
- GaffesWhen Kwuan is pushing the cargo out, he clearly has a safety line attached. As he and the cargo go over the edge, there is no line present. The safety line is back in the next cut.
- Citations
Billy Covington: [Gene is loading a machine gun] Excuse me, is that an Uzi?
Gene Ryack: [glances at Babo and Billy] You know, that would make a great TV commercial? 'Excuse me, is that an Uzi?' 'Why, yes it is. Hey, self-defense is no laughing matter! That why when I want number one I pack an Uzi... accept no substitutes.'
- Autres versionsUK television screenings are usually missing the translation subtitles of Gene's conversation with the 'Hillbilly's' when he and Billy are captured shortly after the helicopter crash. The subtitles are present on both the R2 Optimum Home Entertainment DVD and Guild Home Video VHS releases.
- ConnexionsEdited into Sale commando (1995)
- Bandes originalesFree Ride
Performed and Produced by Edgar Winter & Rick Derringer
Written by Dan Hartman
Published by Multi-Level Music Inc. and Silver Steed Music Inc.
Administered by EMI Blackwood Music Inc.
I'm tempted to say that its lukewarm reception was down to poor marketing, but I'm not sure that's true. Maybe I just have to accept that I quite like a movie that the majority think is bad.
I don't know what it is with Gibson and 'non-Lethal-Weapon' action comedies, but "Bird on a Wire" seems to be regarded as another commercial failure, and I enjoyed that one too. Time to take me off to the funny farm... ?
- Howlin Wolf
- 19 avr. 2001
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Détails
Box-office
- Budget
- 35 000 000 $ US (estimation)
- Brut – États-Unis et Canada
- 31 053 601 $ US
- Fin de semaine d'ouverture – États-Unis et Canada
- 8 064 480 $ US
- 12 août 1990
- Brut – à l'échelle mondiale
- 33 461 269 $ US
- Durée1 heure 53 minutes
- Couleur
- Mixage
- Rapport de forme
- 2.35 : 1