"veteran of the Afghan campaign pushed to desperate lengths to newly ennoble his country."" In a lukewarm review, Roger Ebert of the ""Chicago Sun-Times"" gave the film 2.5 stars out of 4 and found it flawed and cliché-ridden yet ""well-served by the quality of the performances ... ""Air Force One"" is a fairly competent recycling of familiar ingredients, given an additional interest because of Harrison Ford's personal appeal."" Adam Mars-Jones of ""The Independent"" was more critical, calling it ""so preposterous that it begins to seem like a science-fiction artifact...the product of a parallel-universe 1990s which somehow by-passed the decades since"
"– ""Forrest Gump"" 1995: Nicolas Cage as Ben Sanderson – ""Leaving Las Vegas"" 1996: Geoffrey Rush as David Helfgott – ""Shine"" 1997: Peter Fonda as Ulysses ""Ulee"" Jackson – ""Ulee's Gold"" 1998: Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank – ""The Truman Show"" 1999: Kevin Spacey as Lester Burnham – ""American Beauty"" 2000: Russell Crowe – ""Gladiator"" as Maximus Decimus Meridius 2001: Russell Crowe – ""A Beautiful Mind"" as John Nash 2002: Jack Nicholson – ""About Schmidt"" as Warren Schmidt 2003: Sean Penn – ""Mystic River"" as Jimmy Markum 2004: Paul Giamatti – ""Sideways"" as Miles Raymond 2005: Philip Seymour Hoffman –"
"has also appeared in the films ""Apocalypse Now"" (1979), ""Witness"" with Kelly McGillis (1985), ""Working Girl"" with Melanie Griffith (1988), ""Regarding Henry"" with Annette Bening (1991), ""The Fugitive"" with Tommy Lee Jones (1993), and ""Sabrina"" with Julia Ormond (1995). In 1997, he starred as fictional U.S. President James Marshall in the film ""Air Force One"". He then went on to play Russian submarine Captain Alexei Vostrikov in """" (2002), Colonel Woodrow Dolarhyde in ""Cowboys & Aliens"" (2011), Branch Rickey in ""42"" (2013) and Colonel Hyrum Graff in ""Ender's Game"" (2013). Harrison Ford filmography Harrison Ford is an American actor, screen"
"Marshall as the greatest fictional president. One of the most popular action films of the 1990s, ""Air Force One"" earned $172,650,002 (54.9%) domestically and $142,200,000 (45.1%) in other countries. It grossed a total of $315,156,409 worldwide in the box office. It was the year's fifth highest-grossing film worldwide. Air Force One was released on DVD & VHS on February 10 1998 Air Force One was released on Blu-Ray June 2 2009. Air Force one was be released on 4K UHD Blu-Ray on November 6 2018. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: Randy Newman was initially"
"The American President The American President is a 1995 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Rob Reiner and written by Aaron Sorkin. The film stars Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, Michael J. Fox, and Richard Dreyfuss. In the film, President Andrew Shepherd (Douglas) is a widower who pursues a relationship with environmental lobbyist Sydney Ellen Wade (Bening) – who has just moved to Washington, D.C. – while at the same time attempting to win the passage of a crime control bill. Composer Marc Shaiman was nominated for the Original Musical or Comedy Score Oscar for ""The American President"". The"
"Benson to meet with him in Rome. Prior to departing for Italy, President Benson orders the U.S. Navy's Sixth Fleet to take up position off of the coast of Italy in the event of an emergency. Accompanying the president on his flight to Italy is David Alexander (Michael Biehn), who is now the Vice President of the United States, and the president's military aide, U.S. Marine Colonel Rick Howard (Gil Colon). During an informal meeting on Air Force One, David and Col. Howard warn the president to keep his distance from Stone, due to a CIA report, which indicates that"
"league,” referencing the speech President Shepherd made about the attacks on Sydney Ellen Wade. The film is recognized by the American Film Institute as #75 in its 2002 list of 100 Years...100 Passions. The American President The American President is a 1995 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Rob Reiner and written by Aaron Sorkin. The film stars Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, Michael J. Fox, and Richard Dreyfuss. In the film, President Andrew Shepherd (Douglas) is a widower who pursues a relationship with environmental lobbyist Sydney Ellen Wade (Bening) – who has just moved to Washington, D.C. –"
"altogether. A ""Wall Street Journal"" poll in 2016 named Martin Sheen's Josiah Bartlet as the second greatest fictional president, behind Harrison Ford's President James Marshall in ""Air Force One. Josiah Bartlet Josiah Edward ""Jed"" Bartlet is a fictional character from the American television serial drama ""The West Wing"", portrayed by Martin Sheen. The role earned Sheen a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama in 2001, as well as two SAG Awards. Bartlet's tenure as a Democratic President of the United States is a preeminent aspect of the series. His origin as a recurring character evolved due"
"The Peacekeeper The Peacekeeper (also known as Hellbent) is a 1997 Canadian-American action film directed by Frédéric Forestier, and starring Dolph Lundgren, Michael Sarrazin, Montel Williams, and Roy Scheider. The film follows U.S. Air Force Major Frank Cross, who is the only man who can prevent the president being assassinated. He must also thwart an imposing nuclear holocaust. The threat is from a terrorist group, which has stolen the President's personal communications computer; it has the capability of launching the U.S. arsenal. The film was shot on location in the city of Montreal, Quebec. United States Air Force Major Frank"
"a commercial airliner carrying hundreds of passengers while the other is Air Force One, carrying President Phillips (Andy Clemence), the President of the United States, and his family. The ACAT begins sending out errant commands that put both aircraft into serious jeopardy. In the severe electric storm, satellites begin failing with debris hitting major populated areas in the United States. Dr. Antonia ""Toni"" Pierce (Erin Coker) comes upon some of the debris and contacts Cleveland FAA Air Traffic controller Bob Abbot (Reginald VelJohnson). Abbot tries to prevent the looming disaster, overriding all top level directives to keep aircraft flying, he"
"Tim Matheson Tim Matheson (born Timothy Lewis Matthieson; December 31, 1947) is an American actor and director. He is perhaps best known for his portrayals of the smooth-talking Eric ""Otter"" Stratton in the comedy film ""National Lampoon's Animal House"" (1978) and of Vice President John Hoynes in the NBC drama ""The West Wing"". He has had a variety of other well-known roles, including providing the voice of the lead character in the animated series ""Jonny Quest"" and for playing President Ronald Reagan in a television film adaptation of the 2015 novel ""Killing Reagan"" that premiered on October 16, 2016 on"
"from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C.. Harding must participate in a midair effort to retake Air Force Two and save the Vice President and his wife. Strategic Command (film) Strategic Command is a 1997 air hijack direct-to-video film directed by Rick Jacobson, starring Michael Dudikoff, and co-starring Richard Norton, Paul Winfield, Bryan Cranston, and Stephen Quadros. The film was written by Sean McGinly and Tripp Reed. Rick Harding (Dudikoff) is a former Marine officer, now working as biological weapons scientist for the FBI. The movie starts, with Harding's lab being infiltrated, which results in terrorists getting their hands on a"
"Femme Nikita"" have portrayed similar roles on ""24"", a number of story concepts from ""La Femme Nikita"" have been revisited on ""24"", and many of the creative personnel from ""La Femme Nikita"" worked on ""24"" in their same role. Similar to the 1997 film, ""Air Force One"", ""24"" featured the president's personal jumbo-jet (Air Force One). Air Force One was featured in ""24"" seasons 2 and 4. Air Force Two (carrying the Vice President but not the President) was featured in season 6. Several actors featured in ""24"", such as Xander Berkeley, Glenn Morshower, Wendy Crewson, Timothy Carhart, Jürgen Prochnow,"
"to kill the mercenaries and prevent the destruction of Washington in the nick of time. The Peacekeeper The Peacekeeper (also known as Hellbent) is a 1997 Canadian-American action film directed by Frédéric Forestier, and starring Dolph Lundgren, Michael Sarrazin, Montel Williams, and Roy Scheider. The film follows U.S. Air Force Major Frank Cross, who is the only man who can prevent the president being assassinated. He must also thwart an imposing nuclear holocaust. The threat is from a terrorist group, which has stolen the President's personal communications computer; it has the capability of launching the U.S. arsenal. The film was"
"Jürgen Prochnow Jürgen Prochnow ( ; born 10 June 1941) is a German-born actor. His best-known roles internationally have been as the good-hearted and sympathetic U-Boat captain in ""Das Boot"" (1981), Duke Leto Atreides in ""Dune"" (1984), the minor but important role of Kazakh dictator General Ivan Radek in ""Air Force One"" (1997), and the antagonist Maxwell Dent in ""Beverly Hills Cop II"" (1987). Prochnow was born in Berlin and brought up in Düsseldorf, the son of an engineer. He studied acting at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen. Thanks to his on-screen intensity and his fluency in English, he has"
"he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor; and Jack Ryan in the action films ""Patriot Games"" (1992) and ""Clear and Present Danger"" (1994). His career spans six decades and includes roles in several Hollywood blockbusters, including the epic war film ""Apocalypse Now"" (1979), the legal drama ""Presumed Innocent"" (1990), the action film ""The Fugitive"" (1993), the political action thriller ""Air Force One"" (1997), and the psychological thriller ""What Lies Beneath"" (2000). Seven of his films have been inducted into the National Film Registry: ""American Graffiti"" (1973), ""The Conversation"" (1974), ""Star Wars"" (1977), ""Apocalypse Now"" (1979), ""The Empire"
"stood in for a Boeing VC-137C, Air Force One, serialled ""62-6001"", in the 1971 ABC Entertainment Group telemovie ""The President's Plane Is Missing"", based on the 1967 novel of the same title by Robert J. Serling, in which the SAM flight carrying the President of the United States crashes in a storm in Arizona. Industrial Light and Magic constructed a large-scale model of a Boeing 727 of fibreglass and aluminum for use in the 1990 action film ""Die Hard 2"". The 1996 film ""Eraser"" includes an elaborate action sequence involving a parachute jump from a crippled Boeing 727. The 1998"
"Air America (film) Air America is a 1990 American action comedy film directed by Roger Spottiswoode, starring Mel Gibson and Robert Downey Jr. as Air America pilots flying missions in Laos during the Vietnam War. When the protagonists discover their aircraft is being used by government agents to smuggle heroin, they must avoid being framed as the drug-smugglers. The plot of the film is adapted from Christopher Robbins' 1979 non-fiction book, chronicling the CIA-financed airline to transport weapons and supplies in Cambodia, Laos and South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The publicity for the film, advertised as a light-hearted buddy"
"including Colin Hanks, Johnny Knoxville, Alex Pettyfer, Tracy Letts and Sky Ferreira. Pettyfer plays Elvis' best friend Jerry Schilling, who goes to Washington, D.C. with him, Hanks plays Egil Krogh, lawyer and official of President's administration, Knoxville plays Elvis' head of security, while Ferreira plays Jerry's love interest. On February 4, four more cast members included Ashley Benson, Tate Donovan, Poppy Delevingne, and Dylan Penn. Benson plays an American Airlines worker, Donovan plays White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman, Delevingne plays a stewardess flying with Elvis to D.C., while Penn would be playing a hotel worker. Principal photography"
"Con Air Con Air is a 1997 American action film directed by Simon West, written by Scott Rosenberg, and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. The film stars Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, and John Malkovich, with Steve Buscemi, Colm Meaney, Mykelti Williamson, Ving Rhames, Nick Chinlund, Jesse Borrego, Jose Zuniga, and Monica Potter in supporting roles. The picture was released theatrically on June 6, 1997 by Touchstone Pictures and was a box office success, grossing over $224 million against a production budget of $75 million. Critics gave the film mixed reviews, but praised Cage and the cast performances as well as its"
"Line of Fire"". Starring Clint Eastwood as an angst-ridden presidential Secret Service guard, ""In the Line of Fire"" gave Petersen the box office clout he needed to direct another suspense thriller, ""Outbreak"" (1995), starring Dustin Hoffman. The 1997 Petersen blockbuster ""Air Force One"" did very well at the box office, with generally positive critical reviews from movie critics. For both ""Air Force One"" and ""Outbreak"", Petersen teamed up with the German cinematographer Michael Ballhaus, who has also worked frequently with director Martin Scorsese. By 1998, Petersen was an established Hollywood director, with the power to both re-release his classic ""Das"
"One Eight Seven One Eight Seven (also known and abbreviated as 187) is a 1997 crime drama film directed by Kevin Reynolds. It was the first top-billed starring role for Samuel L. Jackson, who plays a Los Angeles teacher caught with gang trouble in an urban high school. The film's name comes from the California Penal Code Section 187. The original screenplay was written in 1995 by Scott Yagemann, a Los Angeles area high school substitute teacher with seven years of tenure. He wrote the screenplay after an incident when a violent transfer student had threatened to kill him and"
"driving job and focus on acting. Following ""Another 48 Hours"", Divoff landed antagonist roles in other significant projects, primarily in the action genre. These projects included ""Toy Soldiers"" and ""A Low Down Dirty Shame"". In rare instances, Divoff portrayed the protagonist or hero, such as in ""Running Cool"" and ""Interceptor"". 1997 proved to be another breakthrough year for Divoff, with the release of ""Air Force One"" and ""Wishmaster"". In his portrayal of a Russian terrorist henchman in ""Air Force One"", as in many other films, Divoff performed his own stunts. Divoff stated in an interview that he has performed his"
"Miguel Ferrer Miguel José Ferrer (February 7, 1955 – January 19, 2017) was an American actor and voice actor. His breakthrough role was the OCP Vice President Bob Morton in the 1987 film ""RoboCop"". Other film roles include Quigley in ""Blank Check"" (1994), Harbinger in ""Hot Shots! Part Deux"" (1993), Shan Yu in ""Mulan"" (1998), Eduardo Ruiz in ""Traffic"" (2000) and Vice President Rodriguez in ""Iron Man 3"" (2013). Ferrer's notable television roles include FBI Agent Albert Rosenfield on ""Twin Peaks"" (1990–1991, 2017), Dr. Garret Macy on ""Crossing Jordan"" (2001–2007), Tarakudo on ""Jackie Chan Adventures"" (2000-2005) and NCIS Assistant Director"
"Air Force (film) Air Force is a 1943 American World War II aviation film from Warner Bros., produced by Hal B. Wallis and Jack L. Warner, directed by Howard Hawks, starring John Garfield, John Ridgely, Gig Young, Arthur Kennedy, and Harry Carey. Made in the aftermath of the Pearl Harbor attack, it was one of the first of the patriotic films of the war, often characterized as a propaganda film. The story revolves around an actual incident that occurred on December 7, 1941. An aircrew is ferrying an unarmed Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber named the ""Mary-Ann"" across the"
"on an A+ to F scale. The film was also a commercial failure. In 1999 Figgis said ""[I] still don't quite know what happened with ""One Night Stand""."" One Night Stand (1997 film) One Night Stand is a 1997 American drama film by British director Mike Figgis. The film stars Wesley Snipes, Nastassja Kinski, Kyle MacLachlan, Ming-Na and Robert Downey Jr.. The first draft of the screenplay was written by Joe Eszterhas, who had his name removed from the project following Figgis's rewrite. The film is narrated by Max Carlyle (Wesley Snipes). Max lives in Los Angeles, where he has"
"Ullmann – ""Face to Face"" (""Ansikte mot ansikte"") 1. Jason Robards – ""All the President's Men""<br> 2. Harvey Keitel – ""Taxi Driver""<br> 3. Robert Duvall – ""Network"" and ""The Seven-Per-Cent Solution"" 1. Jodie Foster – ""Taxi Driver""<br> 2. Talia Shire – ""Rocky""<br> 3. Marie-France Pisier – ""Cousin, Cousine"" 1. John Berger and Alain Tanner – ""Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'an 2000"")<br> 2. Paddy Chayefsky – ""Network""<br> 3. Paul Mazursky – ""Next Stop, Greenwich Village""<br> 4. Harold Pinter – ""The Last Tycoon"" 1. Haskell Wexler – ""Bound for Glory""<br> 2."
"Clifton Collins Jr. Clifton Craig Collins Jr. (born June 16, 1970) is an American actor. Starting in 1990, with small roles in film and on television, Collins gained attention in the role Cpl. Ramon Aguilar, a prisoner “serving” under an imprisoned general played by Robert Redford in the 2001 film ""The Last Castle"". His extensive work includes featured roles in films such as ""Traffic"" (2000), ""Capote"" (2005), ""Star Trek"" (2009) and ""Pacific Rim"" (2013). Collins extensive work on television series includes ""Crisis Center"" (1997), ""Thief"" (2006), which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination, ""The Event"" (2010–2011), and ""Westworld"" (2016–)."
"Carl Weintraub Carl Weintraub (born March 27, 1946) is an American actor who appeared on numerous television shows from the 1970s to the 2000s in addition to several movies. Weintraub had a starring role in ""Coins in the Fountain"". He appeared in ""Beverly Hills Cop"" and ""Air Force One"". He has also been featured in guest appearances ""Without a Trace"", ""8 Simple Rules"", ""Judging Amy"", ""ER"", ""Days of Our Lives"", ""Baywatch Nights"", ""Cagney & Lacey"", ""Trapper John, M.D."", ""Remington Steele"", ""Hill Street Blues"", ""Barnaby Jones"" and ""Police Woman"". As a voice actor, Weintraub has appeared in ""Oliver & Company"". In"
"President Ethan Richards (Van Johnson), and the Vice President's wife Beth (Ava Gardner) before it detonates. Agent Shatner eventually gets one of Assanti's terrorist group members to turn on Assanti, which caused Assanti's sister to die. Agent Shatner learns Assanti's plan for the President and develops a plan for his own to help save the President - go through the engine and firewall with a cutting torch. Aubert Pallascio plays the Canadian Prime Minister, who is unnamed but bears a resemblance to real Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. William Shatner as Jerry O'Connor Hal Holbrook as President Adam Scott Van"
"""Capote"" as Truman Capote 2006: Forest Whitaker – ""The Last King of Scotland"" as Idi Amin 2007: Daniel Day-Lewis – ""There Will Be Blood"" as Daniel Plainview 2008: Sean Penn – ""Milk"" as Harvey Milk 2009: George Clooney – ""Up in the Air"" as Ryan Bingham 2010: James Franco – ""127 Hours"" as Aron Ralston 2011: George Clooney – ""The Descendants"" as Matt King 2012: Daniel Day-Lewis – ""Lincoln"" as Abraham Lincoln 2013: Matthew McConaughey – ""Dallas Buyers Club"" as Ron Woodroof 2014: Michael Keaton – ""Birdman"" as Riggan Thomson 2015: Leonardo DiCaprio – ""The Revenant"" as Hugh Glass 2016:"
"budget of 2,000,000 U.S. dollars. The film was released in the USA April 2, 2000, and months after it was released on DVD in other countries including France, England and Argentina. In Italy it was released in the first TV in 2001, A sequel called """" was filmed in 2002. The President's Man The President's Man is a 2000 American made-for-television action thriller film starring Chuck Norris and Dylan Neal. A sequel, """" was made in 2002. It was first shown on CBS on April 2, 2000. Joshua McCord is ready to think about retiring from his grueling job as"
"John D'Aquino John D'Aquino (born April 14, 1958) is an American film and television actor, best known for his role as Lieutenant Benjamin Krieg in ""seaQuest DSV"", Joel in the film ""Pumpkinhead"" and U.S. President Richard Martinez in the Disney Channel Original Series ""Cory in the House"". In 1985 he co-starred with William Smith, Howard Rollins, Meg Ryan and Terry Funk as Varges de la Cosa in the western series Wildside on ABC. He has made guest appearances on ""Baywatch"", ""Matlock"", ""Melrose Place"", ""Murder, She Wrote"", ""Seinfeld"", ""Sliders"", ""Quantum Leap"", """", ""Crossing Jordan"", ""Hannah Montana"", ""Monk"", ""Shake It Up"", and"