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Features: Special Edition, DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.35:1, Dolby Surround Sound, Dolby Digital (5.1), English, Subtitled, French, Dubbed & Subtitled
Roy Scheider stars in this intense action thriller as a courageous police officer pilot battling government fanatics planning to misuse an experimental attack helicopter. Chosen to test BLUE THUNDER, Frank Murphy (Scheider) is amazed by the high-speed, high-tech chopper. It can see through walls, record a whisper or level a city block. Distrusting the military mentality behind BLUE THUNDER, Murphy and his partner Lymangood (Daniel Stern) soon discover that the remarkable craft is slated for use as the ultimate weapon in surveillance and crowd control. Jeopardized after being discovered by sinister Colonel Cochrane (Malcolm McDowell), Murphy flies BLUE THUNDER against military aircraft in a spellbinding contest over Los Angeles.System Requirements:Run Time: 109 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE
Editor's Note
The air above Los Angeles has become a battle ground in this explosive action thriller. Roy Scheider (JAWS) stars as Frank Murphy, a courageous and honorable Los Angeles police officer who is chosen to test run Blue Thunder, a high-tech experimental attack helicopter that comes complete with listening devices, camera lenses, and computer files. While flying Blue Thunder, Murphy and his partner, Lymangood (Daniel Stern) discover that the government intends to use the helicopter for corrupt crowd control and surveillance. The top-secret operation is being run by a sinister colonel (Malcolm McDowell), who will stop at nothing to keep the devious military conspiracy a secret. In an effort to expose the covert military operation Murphy decides to "borrow" Blue Thunder, flying against military and police aircrafts on a death-defying flight. Superb special effects and daredevil stunts combine with breathtaking cinematography to create a dizzying battle for justice.
Plot Summary
A police helicopter pilot is chosen to test an experimental chopper capable of performing an abundance of high-tech feats. Shortly after witnessing a murder while on duty, the policeman discovers that the government is involved in a sinister plot involving the use of the chopper.
| Features | Keep Case | | Special Edition | | Full Frame - 1.33 | | Audio:
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| Entertainment Reviews
 | Blue Thunder - DVD Review By: Keith Breese - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 7/31/2009 7:48 PM | |
When John Badham’s Blue Thunder came out I was just a kid, but the film made quite an impression on me. I didn’t actually see it. And I suspect that most of the kids who told me long rambling stories about it didn’t either. It was one of those school yard legends, like the one about the woman in the apartment across from the middle school who gets undressed in her window for all the world to see, or the one about the kid who was skateboarding a swimming pool and found a machine gun in the deep end. Blue Thunder was just the sweetest thing we could imagine. I mean, it was a helicopter that flew silently (so the story went) and it was all high tech and it could kill a million people in a few seconds....read the full review |
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Release Information
|  | Studio: Sony Pictures |
| Release Date: 3/27/2007 |
| Running Time: 109 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1983 | | Catalog ID: 10888 | | UPC: 00043396108882 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
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| | Professional Reviews | Variety
"...BLUE THUNDER is a ripsnorting live-action cartoon which will give action audiences everywhere their money's worth..." 02/02/1983Total Film
"...BLUE THUNDER is a fairly effective, hard-edged thriller..." 10/01/2000 p.102 |
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