Summary
Air Force One is an American-German thriller film first released in 1997,
directed by Wolfgang Petersen.
The film stars Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close, Wendy Crewson and Liesel Matthews.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Wolfgang Petersen
- Script: Wolfgang Petersen
- Photo: Michael Ballhaus
- Music: Jerry Goldsmith
- Cast: Harrison Ford (President James Marshall), Gary Oldman (Ivan Korshunov), Glenn Close (Vice President Kathryn Bennett), Wendy Crewson (Grace Marshall), Liesel Matthews (Alice Marshall), Paul Guilfoyle (Chief of Staff Lloyd ’Shep’ Shepherd), Xander Berkeley (Secret Service Agent Gibbs), William H. Macy (Major Caldwell), Dean Stockwell (Defense Secretary Walter Dean), Tom Everett (National Security Advisor Jack Doherty), Jürgen Prochnow (General Ivan Radek), Donna Bullock (Deputy Press Secretary Melanie Mitchel), Michael Ray Miller (Colonel Axelrod), Carl Weintraub (Lt. Colonel Ingraham), Elester Latham (AFO Navigator), Elya Baskin (Andrei Kolchak), Levan Uchaneishvili (Sergei Lenski), David Vadim (Igor Nevsky), Andrew Divoff (Boris Bazylev), Ilia Volok (Vladimir Krasin), Chris Howell (Major Perkins), Spencer Garrett (Thomas Lee, White House Aide), Bill Smitrovich (General Northwood), Philip Baker Hall (U.S. Atty. General Andrew Ward), Albert Owens (’Football’ Colonel), Willard E. Pugh (White House Communications Officer), Michael Monks (Assistant Press Secretary), Alan Woolf (Russian President Petrov), Messiri Freeman (Future Postmaster General), Thomas Crawford (Mike, Steward), Fenton Lawless (Joey, Steward), Dan Shor (Notre Dame Aide), David Gianopoulos (Agent Johnson), Glenn Morshower (Agent Walters), Richard Doyle (Colonel Bob Jackson, AFO Backup Pilot), Don McManus (Colonel Carlton), Duke Miglin (F-15 Fighter Pilot ’Halo 2’), Pavel Lychnikoff (Prison Guard #1), Oleg Taktarov (Prison Guard #2), Mario Roberts (Special Service Agent #1), Keith Woulard (Special Service Agent #2), J. Mark Donaldson (Special Service Agent #3), Bruce E. Holman (Special Service Agent #4), Brian Libby (Phillips, AFO Chief Mechanic), Diana Bellamy (White House Switchboard Operator), Thom Barry (Ramstein S.O.F. Watch Officer), Harry Hutchinson (Ramstein Airbase Controller), E.E. Bell (Reporter #1), Mark Thompson (Reporter #2), Marciarose Shestack (Reporter #3), Ren Hanami (Reporter #4), Suzanne Michaels (CNN Anchorwoman), Boris Lee Krutonog (MiG Leader), Alex Veadov (MiG Pilot), Allan Kolman (Kazakh Soldier), Daniel W. Barringer (USAF Jumpmaster), Mark Knutson (Russian Jumpmaster), Jim Harley (Willis), Aleks Shaklin (Government Official), Igor N. Lobotsky (Russian Official), Koko Kiledjian (Russian Speaker), Gordon Michaels (USAF Radio Specialist #1), Robert Peters (USAF Radio Specialist #2), Kristian Sorensen (USAF Radio Specialist #3), Stuart Nixon (USAF Security Agent), Marty Rosen (CIA Director), Lee Faranda (Russian Villain), Mike Hambrick (CNN Reporter), Catherine T. Yang (Asian TV Reporter), David MacIsaac (MC-130 Pilot ’Liberty 2-4’), J. Scott Shonka (Pararescue Jumper #1), Paul Sklar (Pararescue Jumper #2), David Permenter (Winch Recovery Master), David O’Donnell (Young Airman), Paul Bishop (Pilot), Timothy Carhart (Secret Service Agent at Checkpoint), Robb Derringer (Halo 2), Robert Duncan McNeill (Ramstein Soldier), George Meyers (Secret Service Agent), J.A. Preston (White House General), Werner Sonne (German Journalist)
- Country: USA / Germany
- Language: English / Russian
- Runtime: 124 min
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