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Features: DVD, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Dolby Digital (5.1), Dolby Surround Sound, Spanish, French, Dubbed & Subtitled, Director's Commentary, Keep Case
The President's plane gets hijacked and his beliefs are put to the ultimate test by the rebels who are using his wife and child as bargaining chips.
Editor's Note
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.
Plot Summary
En route from Russia to the United States on Air Force One, President James Marshall (Harrison Ford), his wife and daughter, and other passengers are taken hostage by a gang of wild-eyed Kazakhstanian separatist radicals led by the cunning Korchunov (Gary Oldman). Fortunately, this Chief Executive is a decorated Vietnam vet who knows his way around hand-to-hand combat and firearms. Bargain? Never! As the president fights to subdue the hijackers and ground the plane, his Cabinet fights to keep the nation together.
| Features | Region 1 | | Keep Case | | Full Frame - 1.33 | | Additional Release Material:
| Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer | | Audio Commentary: Wolfgang Petersen - Director | | Interactive Features:
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| Entertainment Reviews
 | Air Force One - DVD Review By: Christopher Null - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 5/22/2009 5:40 PM | |
Frankly, I was shocked to discover how much I liked Air Force One. Yes, it has villainous Russians who can never see our good guy President (Harrison Ford) when he's hiding right in front of them (much less shoot him). Yes, it has Secret Service guys who die at the hand of the enemy like flies in a bug zapper. Yes, it has the cheesiest special effects this side of of a Tom and Jerry cartoon. Yes, it features a rambling Gary Oldman in one of his clearly improvised looney-tune terrorist/psychopath roles. I could go on and on...But I won't....read the full review |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
|  | Studio: Columbia Tri-Star |
| Release Date: 12/21/2004 |
| Running Time: 125 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1997 | | Catalog ID: 71889 | | UPC: 00043396718890 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew
| Memorable Quotes| "Get off my plane."----President Marshall (Harrison Ford) to Korchunov (Gary Oldman) |
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| | Professional Reviews | Box Office
"...Superb acting from Harrison Ford..." 09/01/1997 p.119USA Today
"...Viscerally juicy....The movie is effectively cast..." -- 3 out of 4 stars 07/25/1997 p.2D Entertainment Weekly
"...[A] slyly witty and inspiring spectacle of the chief executive as action renegade..." 07/25/1997 p.48-9 New York Times
"...[Close] acts with appealing brusqueness and precision....This is a meat-and-potatoes American thriller that means business..." 07/25/1997 p.C1 Los Angeles Times
"...AIR FORCE ONE is at once vigorous and old-fashioned, a piece of expertly crafted entertainment that gets the job done with skill and panache..." 07/25/1997 p.F1 Premiere
3 stars out of 4 -- "An absolute blast with a fast-moving story, great villain...[and] Ford at the top of his game..." 06/15/2009 |
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