Terrorists hijacked a 747 plane bound for Washington, D.C., demanding the release of their imprisoned leader. Intelligence expert David Grant (Kurt Russell) suspects there’s another reason, and he soon becomes a reluctant member of a special commando team assigned to intercept planes and hijackers.
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Film actors:
- David Grant as Kurt Russell
- Lieutenant Colonel Austin Travis: Steven Seagal
- Gene: Halle Berry
- Mouse: John Leguizamo
- Cahill: Oliver Platt
- Kirby: Joe Morton
- Najib Hasan as David Suchet
- Louis: BD yellow
- Defense Secretary Charles White: Lenkaru
- Baker: Hubley the Whip
- Jaffa: Andreas Casulas
- Alison: Mary Ellen Traynor
- Nancy: Marla Maples
- Senator Mavros: JT Walsh
- Doctor: Ingo Neuhaus
- Cat Man: William James Jones
- Secretary of State Jack Douglas: Nicholas Pryor
- General Price: Stanley Grover
- Admiral Lewis: Eugene Roach
- General Wood: Ken Jenkins
- General Salo: Charles Hallahan
- Gayle: Dey Young
- Air Marshal: Richard Leal
- Dem: Robert Apisa
- Ahmed: Granville Hatcher
- Khalil: Christopher Maher
- Terrorist: Jay Tavarre
- Terrorist: Ahmed Ahmed
- Terrorist: Sean Toub
- Terrorist: Majid Ibrahim
- Terrorist: Jon Huertas
- Terrorist: Joey Naber
- Chapter 747 Captain: Rebeck
- Chapter 747 First Officer: Michael Milhorn
- Stewardess: Julie Wright
- Flight Attendant: Sunni Boswell
- Assistant to Senator Mavros: Greg Artz
- Little girl: Yvonne Zima
- Assistant to Senator Mavros: Will Schaub
- Women with diabetes: Marianne Muellerleile
- Bekins Institute Assistant: Brad Blaisdell
- Remora Pilot: Don Fisher
- Flight Instructor: John Rixy Moore
- U.S. Ambassador: Warren Monson
- U.S. Embassy Duty Officer: Lance August
- CNN Correspondent: Maggie Egan
- Spider-Man: James C. Victor
- Bulldogs: Tim Kelleher
- Firefighter: David Burznicks
- Firefighter: Paul Bolen
- London Maid: Nick Jameson
- London Bomber: Juan Fernandez
- Collins: Todd Jeffries
- Chechnya: Joe Cook
- Chechnya: Ilya Volok
- Yugoslav girl: Borovnisa Blervaque
- Arabian co-pilot: Joseph Macca
- Translated by: Damon Lee
- London Hostess: Magdalene St. Michaels
- Diamond Smuggler: Robert Lundberg
- FBI Agent: Edmund Brown
- Party Girl: Michelle Boudreau
- Congressman: Kurt Kohler
Photography team:
- Editor: Stuart Baird
- Producer: Joel Silver
- Screenwriter: Jim Thomas
- Screenwriter: John Thomas
- Original music composer: Jerry Goldsmith
- Director of Photography: Alex Thomson
- Production Design: Terence Marsh
- Art Director: William Cruise
- Set Decoration: Marvin March
- Costume Design: Louise Frogley
- Co-producer: Carlin Fields
- Associate Producer: Spencer Franklin
- Editor: Derek Brechin
- Editor: Dallas Puette
- Editor: Kevin Stitt
- Editor: Frank J. Uriost
- Casting: Amanda McKee
- Casting: Casey Sandrich Gelfond
- Second Unit Director: Steve Perry
- Assistant Art Director: Robert Woodruff
- Construction Coordinator: Edward F. LaLone
- Starring: Daryl Alder
- Production Illustrator: Jack Johnson
- Set design: Bill Taliaferro
- Backup artist: John Hinkle
- Additional photography: Don Burgess
- Photographer: Ian Fox
- First Assistant Photographer: Chuck Bemis
- Key Figure: Michael J. Coo
- Grips: Nico Bali
- Steadicam operator: Gregory Lundsgaard
- Still Photographer: Frank Massey
- Costume Supervision: Barry Francis Delaney
- Hairstylist: Audrey L. Anzures
- Main hairstylist: Kathryn Blondell
- Makeup artist: Melanie Hughes
- Makeup artist: Dennis Liddiard
- Carpenter: Wayne Lindholm
- Craft Services: Willie Radcliffe
- Digital effects supervisor: Brad Kuehn
- Driver: Victor Anderson
- Camera Loader: Jason Garcia
- Post-production supervisor: Debbi Bossi
- Prop Maker: Michael W. Chase
- Real Estate Guru: Michael Papac
- Unit 2: Joel Chernoff
- Security: Lockheed Martin
- Special Effects Coordinator: Ken Pepiot
- Stand-in: Cheryl Gilbert
- Stunt Coordinator: Dick Zickel
- Stunts: Ancient Pete
- Transport Captain: Vern Bautenhahn
- Transportation Coordinator: Gary Preece
- Unit Production Manager: Paul Moen
- Unit PR: Patty Horn
- Visual Effects Editor: Miller Drake
- First Assistant Director: Dennis L. Stewart
- Script Supervisor: Jenny Bird
- Color Timer: Bob Kaiser
- Lighting Engineer: Leslie J. Kovacs
- Lighting Engineer: Billy Craft
- Rig Lighting Engineer: Glenn Corbett
- Casting Assistant: Elizabeth Long
- Venue Manager: Stuart Raven Barter
- Production Accountant: Thomas A. Davila
- Production Manager: Gil Gagnon
- Boom Operator: Bill King
- Assistant Sound Editor: Dean G. Manly
- Foley Editor: Scott Burrow
- Music Editor: Darrell Hall
- Arranger: Alexander Courage
- Sound Editor: Virginia Cook-McGowan
- Mixer: Antonio Bettencourt
- Sound Editor: Robert G. Henderson
- Digital Composer: Don Lee
- Visual Effects: Janek Sirrs
- Visual effects coordinator: Robin Saxen
- Visual Effects Producer: Les Hunter
- Visual effects supervisor: Richard Chuang
- Visual effects art director: Tom Southwell
- Costume Design: Annette Andreozzi
- Second Assistant Director: Craig A. Pincus
- Second Assistant Director: Lisa C. Satriano
- Second Unit Director: Craig Hosking
- Assistant Property Supervisor: Rick Chavez
- Title Designer: Richard Greenberg
- ADR Editor: William C. Carruth
- ADR Mixer: Thomas J. O’Connell
- First Assistant Sound Editor: Brooke Henderson Ward
- Foley Artist: Eric Gotthelf
- ADR Supervising Editor: James Simcik
- Special Effects Assistant: Tony Tortolano
- Special Effects Technician: Donn Markel
- Visual effects artist: Mark Tait Lewis
- Visual Effects Production Assistant: Peter Loop II
- Stunts: Joe Buccaro III
- Best Boys Grip: William E. Fitch
- Dolly Grip: Michael Brennan
- Second Assistant Photographer: Keith Banks
- Negative Cutter: Mo Henry
- Project Manager: Stephen Sobieski
- Assistant Location Manager: Ann Lynch
- Music Program: Nick Vidal
- Assistant Chief Lighting Technician: James Wirosko
- Assistant Production Coordinator: Jennifer Corey
- Chief Lighting Technician: Shane D. Kelly
- Digital Effects Producer: Dennis Michelson
- Production Supervisor: Mitzi Gallagher
- Payroll Accountant: David Romano
- Pilot: Kevin Eldridge
- Production Assistant: Peter Allen Thomas
- Production Secretary: Tiffany Scuitto
- Motion graphics artist: Karen Klein
- Technical Advisor: Sayed Badreya
- Assistant Editor: Bobby Bell
- Production Assistant: Boston Russell
- Visual effects supervisor: Peter Donen
- Sound Editor: David M. Horton
- Makeup artist: Mary Burton
- Script Supervisor: Kelly Lyn McKissick
- Sound re-recording mixer: Les Fresholtz
- Sound re-recording mixer: Rick Alexander
- Sound re-recording mixer: David E. Campbell
- Sound re-recording mixer: John T. Reitz
- Sound re-recording mixer: Gregg Rudloff
- Sound re-recording mixer: Grover B. Helsley
- Sound Editor: Greg Dillon
- Sound Editor: Samuel C. Crutcher
- Sound Editor: Adam Johnston
- Sound Editor: Marshall Winn
- Sound Editor: John Phillips
- Sound Editor: David B. Cohen
- Sound Editor: William L. Manger
- Casting: Zoraida Sanjuljo Lopez
- Stunts: Henry Ginger
- Stunts: Gary McLarty
- Stunts: John C. Meyer
- Stunts: John Sinantimbo
- Stunts: Pievi Piedmont
- Stunts: Chris Senatimpo
- Stunts: Buddy Joe Hooker
- Stunts: Marilyn Aviano
- Stunts: Bobby Bass
- Stunts: Paul Bohn
- Stunts: John Casino
- Stunts: Max Daniels
- Stunts: Eddie Donno
- Stunts: Kerry Cullen
- Stunts: Kenny Ndoso
- Stunts: Kiante Elam
- Stunts: Osan Elam
- Stunts: Billy Hank Hook
- Stunts: Liang Wei
- Stunts: Danny Lopez
- Stunts: Henry Ginger, Jr.
- Stunts: Larissa Micheli
- Stunts: Alan Olini
- Stunts: Steve Picerny
- Stunts: Jimmy Nicholson
- Stunts: Don Pulford
- Stunts: Jimmy Romano
- Stunts: Pat Romano
- Stunts: Danny Rogers
- Stunts: John Roettger
- Stunts: Ron Stein
- Stunts: Michael Lenyard
- Stunt: Jump over the hospital room
- Stunts: Scott Wilder
- Stunts: PJ Wagner
- Stunts: David Zeletti
- Stunts: Birgit K. Schill
- Stunts: Tony Apper
- Stunts: Eric Chambers
- Second Assistant Photographer: George Richmond
Movie review:
- Wuchak: **_Suspense at 33,000 Feet with Kurt Russell_**
- An intelligence analyst (Russell) inadvertently joins a Special Forces operation to save a Boeing 747-200 that has been hijacked by terrorists and then used to attack Washington, DC. Steven Seagal plays a mission commander, Halle Berry plays a flight attendant, and Oliver Platt plays an aerospace engineer, among other notable figures.
- “Execution” (1996) is a passenger plane crash film from the perspective of “Die Hard with a Vengeance” (1992) directed by the editor of “Die Hard with a Vengeance” (1990). I mention the latter because it’s very similar, except it happens in the air instead of an airport.
- I didn’t expect that I would like it because it’s basically “Die Hard” on a plane and I don’t think a worthwhile movie could have been made in such tight circumstances, but it works. Of course, many times the rescuers use high-tech equipment such as hidden cameras to strategize inside the airbus, but the creators respect the audience’s intelligence, and there are some innovative parts and great suspense.
- It’s clearly a prescient reference to 9/11, having been filmed six years before the infamous attacks.
- The film is 2 hours and 13 minutes long and was filmed at Norton Air Force Base, San Bernardino and Chino Airports in Southern California, the Mojave Desert (crash scene), and the Sierra Madre Mountains (home of the Chechen Mafia). The wedding kidnapping scene was filmed in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- Grade: B
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