Flight of the Intruder (1991)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

John Milius

Writers (WGA):

Stephen Coonts (novel)
Robert Dillon (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

18 January 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Action | War

Tagline:

The only thing they can count on is each other.

Plot:

After his bombardier is killed, Jake Grafton, a carrier-based Intruder pilot, questions the purpose of Navy bombing missions...

Plot Keywords:

Navy | Vietnam | Aviation | US Navy | Aircraft Carrier

Cast

Danny Glover	...	Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli
Willem Dafoe	...	Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole
Brad Johnson	...	Lt. Jake 'Cool Hand' Grafton
Rosanna Arquette	...	Callie
Tom Sizemore	...	Boxman
J. Kenneth Campbell	...	Lt. Cmdr. 'Cowboy' Parker
Jared Chandler	...	Lt. (j.g.) Jack 'Razor' Barlow
Dann Florek	...	Lt. Comdr. Mad Jack / Doc
Madison Mason	...	C.A.G.
Ving Rhames	...	CPO Frank McRae
Christopher Rich	...	Morgan 'Morg' McPherson
Douglas Roberts	...	Guffy
Scott N. Stevens	...	Hardesty (as Scott Newton Stevens)
Justin Williams	...	Lt. Sammy Lundeen
John Corbett	...	Big Augie

Runtime:

115 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Australia:M | New Zealand:PG | Finland:K-14 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Kaua'i, Hawaii, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

This film was filmed partly on the USS INDEPENDENCE CV-62. It went out for two weeks of filming in November of 1989.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: At Po City, when Jake Grafton goes on the hanging chair, CPO Frank McRae is watching. His mouth is silent but you simultaneously hear his voice cheering Jake on.

Quotes:

[In the briefing room]
Cdr. Camparelli: "Movie officer, what's the film tonite?"
Pilot: "They Shoot horses, Don't They, Sir!"
Cdr. Camparelli: "Any skin?"
Pilot: "No Sir."
Cdr. Camparelli: "Cancel it!"

Movie Connections:

Featured in Computerbilleder - udfordring til virkeligheden (1992) (TV)

a film based on the last great TECHNO THRILLER books of the 80's and 90's.

The techno thriller has died. FLIGHT OF THE INTRUDER was based on a realistic novel by real life A-6 pilot STEPHEN COONTS. The books (as most) was something i liked more than the film. This production is a adaptation to the book with only a few differences. Flight of the Intruder is the story of a A-6 crew who goes against orders and strikes NORTH VIETNAM in 1972 and the fallout of this AWOL raid. A fun and interesting looking air war film, FLIGHT OF THE INTRUDER is a must for fans of movies like BRIDGES OF TOKO-RI. This film should be viewed as classic "popcorn and coke" war movie fare. Fans of the book should keep in mind many times things translate differently in adaptations between books and celluloid and this film is no exception. Intruder is the last of the great so claled TECHNO THRILLER cold war spy books and action books (genre invovled everything from spys to jet fly boys to subs and so forth). The Genere of this film and the book based on it was popular in the republican inspired 1980's and 1990's (early 90's).