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CON AIR (1997) |
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MORGAN'S RATING |
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| From the hit-making producer of The Rock comes the hard-hitting blockbuster Con Air-- starring Academy Award-winner Nicolas Cage. A prison parolee on his way to freedom faces impossible odds when the maximum security transport plane he is on is skyjacked by the most vicious criminals in the country...led by the infamous murderer Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom! Buckle up and hang on tight as explosive action soars to new heights...and delivers high-caliber motion picture entertainment! |
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| Nicolas Cage (Cameron Poe), Monica Potter (Tricia Poe), John Cusack (Vince Larkin), John Malkovich (Cyrus the Virus Grissom), Ving Rhames (Nathan Diamond Dog Jones), Landry Allbright (Casey Poe), M.C. Gainey (Swamp Thing), Danny Trejo (Johnny 23' Baca), Steve Buscemi (Garland "The Marietta Mangler" Greene), Steve Eastin (Guard Falzon), Rachel Ticotin (Guard Sally Bishop), David Chappelle (Pinball), Renoly Santiago (Sally-Can't Dance), Nick Chinlund (William Billy Bedlam Bedford), Mykelti Williamson (Baby-O O-Dell), Colm Meaney (Duncan Malloy), Brendan Kelly (Conrad), Jesse Borrego (Francisco Cindino), Carl Ciarfalio (Con 1), Jerry Mongo Brownlee (Ajax), Jose Zuniga (Sims), Chris Ellis (BOP Official Grant), John Diehl (Public Defender, uncredited). |
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BUCKLE UP! |
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PRODUCTION INFORMATION |
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| DIRECTOR: Simon West (The General's Daughter). |
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| WRITER: Scott Rosenberg. |
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| PRODUCER: Jerry Bruckheimer. |
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| ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Kenny Bates. |
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| EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Lynn Bigelow, Peter Bogart, Jonathan Hensleigh, Jim Kouf and Chad Oman. |
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| ORIGINAL MUSIC: Mark Mancina, Trevor Rabin and Paul Linford (uncredited). |
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| DISTRIBUTOR: Touchstone Pictures. |
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[They can't reach Vince Larkin]
Malloy: Well of course you can't reach him. He's off saving the rain forest, or recycling his sandals or some shit. |
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[Cyrus is about to burn Cindino alive]
Cindino: Cy!
Cyrus: ...onara! |
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[Holding a gun to the stuffed animal bunny.]
Cyrus: Don't move or the bunny gets it. |
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FACTS |
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Cameron Poe: Put...the bunny...back...in the...box. |
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| RELEASE DATE: June 6th, 1997 (USA) |
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Cyrus: I despise rapists. For me, they're somewhere between a cockroach and that white stuff that accumulates at the corners of your mouth when you're really thirsty. But, in your case, I'll make an exception. |
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| BOX OFFICE OPENING: $24.1 million (USA) |
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| BOX OFFICE RESULT: $101.0 million (USA) |
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| WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE: $215 million (USA) |
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| BUDGET: $75 million (USA) |
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Agent Sims: I'm DEA, d'you know what the fuck that means?
Pinball: It means you're the most crooked nigger on the plane! |
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| - Nicolas Cage's character tosses a corpse out of the plane; the body hits a beige Volvo on the ground. In The Rock, his character says he drives a beige Volvo, and in Face/Off, his character steals one after escaping from prison. |
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Cop: I got a problem with a corpse.
Larkin: Yeah?
Cop: Yeah, fell from the sky. I don't think he's an astronaut. |
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| - The Last Vegas scenes were filmed at the legendary Sands Hotel immediately prior to its demolition in late 1996. |
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Cyrus: And if you say a word about this over the radio, the next wings you see will belong to the flies buzzing over your rotting corpse. |
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| - Nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Music, Song and Best Sound. |
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Larkin: Are you with me or do you need me to draw it in crayon like usual? |
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| - The film won one 1998 Razzie Award for Worst Reckless Disregard for Human Life and Public Property and was nominated for Worst Original Song ("How Do I Live?"). |
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Garland Greene: He's a fountaine of misplaced rage. Name your cliche; Mother held him too much or not enough, last picked at kickball, late night sneaky uncle, whatever. Now he's so angry that moments of levity actually cause him pain; give him headaches. Happiness, for that gentleman, hurts. |
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CRITICAL COMMENTS |
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| "Megastupid megamovie...good actors can only do so much with a script this dumb, and dozens of explosions and stunts don't make enough of a difference. " -- Leonard Maltin |
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Cyrus: Johnny, can you fly?
Johnny 23: No.
Cyrus: You keep that in mind, cause if your dick jumps out of your pants, you jump off this plane! |
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| "Explosive!" -- The Denver Post |
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Malloy: This is one problem that needs to be un-fucked right now! |
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| "Pumped-up action!" -- PEOPLE Magazine |
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Sally Can't Dance: What can I do?
Cyrus: Take this gun. And if any one comes near you, scratch their eyes out! |
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| "A pure adrenaline rush!" -- Sixty Second Preview |
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| "High energy action!" -- Siskel & Ebert |
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| "Con Air is the kind of motion picture that critics refer to when they moan about the "dumbing down" of American cinema." -- James Berardinelli |
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Cyrus: Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. I have the only gun on board. Welcome to Con Air. |
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