DVD

Air America
Mel Gibson and Robert Downey Jr. play a couple of what-the-hell flyboys flying contraband to Laos during the Vietnam War. Gibson doesn't seem to care about anything but the "guts and glory" aspects of the job, but Downey has serious questions about the moral implications of their mission. When a Laotian general expresses more concern over the wellbeing of an opium shipment than the men who are risking life and limb to fly it in, Gibson comes around to Downey's way of thinking. By film's end, Gibson is stuck in one of those character-building dilemmas so common to films of this nature: should he deliver his cache of weaponry, or should he dump it all to rescue a bunch of refugees? ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast Mel Gibson as Gene Ryack Robert Downey Jr. as Billy Covington Nancy Travis as Corinne Landreaux Ken Jenkins as Maj. Donald Lemond David Marshall Grant as Rob Diehl Lane Smith as Sen. Davenport Art La Fleur as Jack Neely Ned Eisenberg as Pirelli Marshall Bell as O.V. David Bowe as Saunders Burt Kwouk as Gen. Lu Soong Tim Thomerson as Babo

Crew Tony Reading - Art Director Steve Spence - Art Director Jane Jenkins - Casting Janet Hirshenson - Casting John Eskow - Co-producer Allen Shapiro - Co-producer John Mollo - Costume Designer Roger Spottiswoode - Director John Bloom - Editor Lois Freeman-Fox - Editor Andrew G. Vajna - Executive Producer Mario Kassar - Executive Producer Charles Gross - Composer (Music Score) Becky Mancuso - Musical Direction/Supervision Timothy R. Sexton - Musical Direction/Supervision Lois Burwell - Makeup Allan Cameron - Production Designer Roger Deakins - Cinematographer Michael J. Kagan - Producer Daniel Melnick - Producer Fred Carter - Set Designer Roy Fields - Special Effects George Gibbs - Special Effects Vic Armstrong - Stunts Richard Rush - Screenwriter John Eskow - Screenwriter Christopher Robbins - Book Author

Air America
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General Specifications: Language Options: Subtitle Options: Spanish Sound Processing: DS: Dolby Surround (4.0) Additional Features: cc Widescreen & standard 2.0 Dolby Surround audio Digitally mastered Theatrical trailer Production notes Cast & crew information Interactive menus Scene access Spanish subtitles DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1: Pre-1954 Standard MPAA Rating: R DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 2 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 113 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- Widescreen 1. Main Credits [2:50] 2. Friendly Fire [3:24] 3. Traffic [2:28] 4. Laos [2:32] 5. Tape Recording [2:31] 6. Air America [2:48] 7. Senator Davenport [2:09] 8. Business Proposition [2:28] 9. Coloring Book [2:25] 10. "A Gentlemen's War" [2:56] 11. Heroin [2:13] 12. Nighttime [2:21] 13. Flying [2:58] 14. Purification [3:07] 15. Lies [3:35] 16. Cargo [3:21] 17. Lobster [3:05] 18. Rough Landing [6:01] 19. Left Behind [3:01] 20. Black Pajamas [3:30] 21. Search Party [3:13] 22. Drug Money [3:47] 23. Captured [3:24] 24. "Politics of Saturday Night" [3:44] 25. Dreams [3:30] 26. "I'm Leaving" [1:57] 27. Sabotage [3:10] 28. Last Mission [2:25] 29. Routine Inspection [3:32] 30. "V.S.F." [3:00] 31. Escape [2:14] 32. Gravy [1:37] 33. Mayday [2:23] 34. Lecture [4:58] 35. Money [3:30] 36. End Credits [5:21] Side #2 -- Pan & Scan 1. Main Credits [2:50] 2. Friendly Fire [3:24] 3. Traffic [2:28] 4. Laos [2:32] 5. Tape Recording [2:31] 6. Air America [2:48] 7. Senator Davenport [2:09] 8. Business Proposition [2:28] 9. Coloring Book [2:25] 10. "A Gentlemen's War" [2:56] 11. Heroin [2:13] 12. Nighttime [2:21] 13. Flying [2:58] 14. Purification [3:07] 15. Lies [3:35] 16. Cargo [3:21] 17. Lobster [3:05] 18. Rough Landing [6:01] 19. Left Behind [3:01] 20. Black Pajamas [3:30] 21. Search Party [3:13] 22. Drug Money [3:47] 23. Captured [3:24] 24. "Politics of Saturday Night" [3:44] 25. Dreams [3:30] 26. "I'm Leaving" [1:57] 27. Sabotage [3:10] 28. Last Mission [2:25] 29. Routine Inspection [3:32] 30. "V.S.F." [3:00] 31. Escape [2:14] 32. Gravy [1:37] 33. Mayday [2:23] 34. Lecture [4:58] 35. Money [3:30] 36. End Credits [5:21]