Air Force One [P&S] DVD

Air Force One
In this action drama, Harrison Ford plays James Marshall, a onetime combat hero in the Vietnam War who is now President of the United States. While visiting the former Soviet Union, Marshall gives a speech in which he supports a get-tough attitude against both terrorists and a right-wing general and war criminal from Kazakhstan imprisoned in Moscow, earning him few friends in the Eastern Bloc. While flying back to the United States aboard Air Force One, Marshall and his staff discover that one of the journalists returning with them is actually Ivan Korshunov (Gary Oldman), a Kazakhstani terrorist, who hijacks the plane with three associates and holds the president hostage -- with his wife and daughter on board. Marshall must use his strength and intelligence to keep the terrorists at bay and devise a plan to allow his family to escape to safety, while on the ground the vice-president (Glenn Close), the secretary of defense (Dean Stockwell), and the attorney general (Philip Baker Hall) grapple over what to do and how much control to take in this crisis. Slam-bang action sequences and plot twists fly fast and furious in this nail-biter from director Wolfgang Petersen, who previously generated suspense under water (rather than in the air) with Das Boot. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Cast Harrison Ford as President James Marshall Gary Oldman as Ivan Korshunov Glenn Close as Vice President Kathryn Bennett Wendy Crewson as Grace Marshall Paul Guilfoyle as Chief of Staff Lloyd Shepherd William H. Macy as Major Caldwell Liesel Matthews as Alice Marshall Dean Stockwell as Defense Secretary Walter Dean Xander R. Berkeley as Agent Gibbs Bill Smitrovich as Gen. Northwood Elya Baskin as Andrei Kolchak David Vadim as Igor Nevsky Tom Everett as NSA Adviser Jack Doherty Spencer Garrett as White House Aide Thomas Lee Philip Baker Hall as U.S. Attorney Gen. Ward Donna Bullock as Press Secretary Melanie Mitchell David Gianopoulos as Agent Johnson Don McManus as F-15 Leader Col. Carlton Glenn Morshower as Agent Walters Jürgen Prochnow as Gen. Alexander Radek

Crew Carl Aldana - Art Director Nancy Patton - Art Director Carl Stensel - Art Director Mary Montiforte - Associate Producer Peter Kohn - Associate Producer Janet Hirshenson - Casting Jane Jenkins - Casting Erica Phillips - Costume Designer Peter Kohn - First Assistant Director Wolfgang Petersen - Director David M. Dunlap - Second Unit Director Richard Francis-Bruce - Editor Marc Abraham - Executive Producer Thomas A. Bliss - Executive Producer David Lester - Executive Producer Joel McNeely - Composer (Music Score) Jerry Goldsmith - Composer (Music Score) William Sandell - Production Designer Michael Ballhaus - Cinematographer Gail Katz - Producer Armyan Bernstein - Producer Jonathan Shestack - Producer Wolfgang Petersen - Producer Martha Johnson - Set Designer Harry E. Otto - Set Designer Ernie Bishop - Set Designer Lynn Christopher - Set Designer Peter Kelly - Set Designer Karl J. Martin - Set Designer Boss Films Studios - Special Effects Doug Hemphill - Sound/Sound Designer Keith A. Wester - Sound/Sound Designer Rick Kline - Sound/Sound Designer Doug Coleman - Stunts Coordinator Andrew W. Marlowe - Screenwriter Richard Edlund - Visual Effects Supervisor Matt Golden - Storyboard Artist Robert "Bobby Z" Zajonc - Pilot Donald Myers - Special Effects Technician

Air Force One
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Doug Hemphill: Academy, Best Sound (nominated) Keith A. Wester: Academy, Best Sound (nominated) Paul Massey: Academy, Best Sound (nominated) Richard Francis-Bruce: Academy, Best Editing (nominated) Rick Kline: Academy, Best Sound (nominated)

General Specifications: Language Options: Subtitle Options: English, French, Spanish Sound Processing: DD5.1: Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel DD2: Dolby Digital Stereo Additional Features: Scene Selections Theatrical Trailer Director's Commentary DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1: Pre-1954 Standard MPAA Rating: R DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 124 min