"governments. During his campaign for the Presidency of the United States in the 2016 presidential election, businessman and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said that ""Air Force One"" was his favorite film role of Ford's, because he ""stood up for America"", although he did not mention Ford’s character’s commitment to refugees which sharply contrasted with his own policies. Instead of thanking Trump for the compliment, Ford, adhering to his own left-wing political beliefs, reasoned that ""it was just a film"" and doubted that Trump's presidential bid would be successful. A ""Wall Street Journal"" poll in 2016 named Harrison Ford's James"
"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"
"– ""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 –"
"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"
"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"
"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. –"
"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 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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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,"
"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"
"when the District of Columbia is obliterated in two massive nuclear blasts. At the same time, Manhattan is flattened and becomes a nuclear wasteland along with Seattle and Los Angeles. NORAD commander Lt. General Charlie Briggs orders the evacuation of the vice president from his private residence in Jacksonville, Florida. Vice President Bill Oaks is sworn in as President of the United States on board ""Air Force One"". Oaks now becomes the forty-fifth President of the United States. Along with death of President MacPherson, the Republican and Democratic Party leadership, members of the United States Congress and the United States"
"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"
"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 deadly nerve agent called Bromax 36. Led by Carlos Gruber (Norton), the terrorists hijack Air Force Two (the aircraft of the Vice-President), a Boeing VC-25 en-route"
"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"
"movie is titled ""McHale' Navy Joins the Air Force"" and similar designations on the TV show are U.S.A.F. Since the movie is situated ""Somewhere in the South Pacific 1943"" this would be historically inaccurate. Until 1947 the Air Force was part of the U.S. Army and was known as the U.S. Army Air Forces (U.S.A.A.F) beginning in 1941. The movie was released to VHS on March 31, 1998. Joe Flynn ... Captain Wally Binghamton<br> Tim Conway ... Ensign Charles Parker<br> Bob Hastings ... Lt. Elroy Carpenter<br> Gary Vinson ... George Christopher<br> Billy Sands ... Motor Machinist Mate Harrison Bell<br> Edson"
"the United States has plunged into a state of civil and economic unrest. The military launches a coup d'état, led by Vice President Richard Hawk, and succeeds in gaining control of the nation's government institutions. During this time, Michael Wilson, a fictional relative of Woodrow Wilson, is serving as the 47th President of the United States. Wilson realizes he is the country's last hope for freedom, and he dons a special mech developed in secret by the military to fight Hawk and the rebel forces. Wilson flies aboard Air Force One to the west coast of the United States and"
"were used as VIP transports for the next five years until retired in July 1967. Two Bell 47J-2s were used during the 1966 film production of ""Paradise, Hawaiian Style"" starring Elvis Presley. Throughout the film Presley's character, Rick Richards, was flying a Bell 47J-2 over the Hawaiian Islands. Australia Slovenia Bell 47J Ranger The Bell 47J Ranger is an American single-engine single-rotor light helicopter manufactured by Bell Helicopter. It was an executive variant of the highly successful Bell 47 and was the first helicopter to carry a United States president. The 47J was a four-seat variant of the earlier three-seat"
"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"
"to his disrespect towards authority, and subsequently deems him ineligible for the job. Disguised as a janitor, a man detonates a bomb at the center of the US Capitol building, causing the White House to be on lockdown. Finnerty is sent to escort the Speaker to an underground command center in the Pentagon, while Vice President of the United States Alvin Hammond (Michael Murphy) is taken aboard Air Force One. At the same time, mercenaries led by Emil Stenz (Jason Clarke), having infiltrated the White House by disguising themselves as audio-visual repairmen, quickly overwhelm the Secret Service, take the tour"
"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"
"President William Walden (Jamey Sheridan), who falsely claimed that no children were killed in the drone strike. Brody swore revenge on Walden and agreed to kill him in a suicide attack. Brody is rescued by Delta Force troops during a raid on a terrorist compound in Afghanistan. He is flown back to the U.S., where he is reunited with his wife, Jessica (Morena Baccarin), and his children, Dana (Morgan Saylor) and Chris (Jackson Pace). He also meets Walden during a press conference at Andrews Air Force Base. During his debriefing, Brody finds himself interrogated by CIA officer Carrie Mathison (Claire"
"it appears impossible to achieve. Gil Peterson Gilbert Peterson (born February 28, 1936) is an American actor and singer best known for such films and television series as ""The Cool Ones"", ""The President's Plane is Missing"", ""The F.B.I."" and ""Valley of the Dolls"". He attended Mississippi State University and played halfback for the Mississippi State football team. Peterson appeared as Jim Otis, a determined young gold prospector who finds an unexpected bonanza in silver in the 1967 episode ""Solid Foundation"" of the syndicated television series, ""Death Valley Days"", hosted by Robert Taylor. Susan Seaforth Hayes, played his wife, Martha, who"
"the 1950s."" President Bill Clinton saw the film twice while in office and gave it good reviews. He noted, however, that certain elements of the film's version of Air Force One, such as the escape pod and the rear parachute ramp, did not reflect features of the actual Air Force One (though since many Air Force One features are highly classified and ""need-to-know"", these features cannot be completely ruled out). In the audio commentary, Wolfgang Petersen mused that although the real plane did not have those features at the time of the filming, they would probably be added by future"
"is president of the United States. In ABC's 2008 series ""Life on Mars"" (a remake of BBC's series of the same name), it is hinted that Malia Obama, the daughter of then-candidate Barack Obama, is the President in 2035. Actor Danny Glover played President Thomas Wilson in the 2009 movie ""2012."" NBC's 2010 series ""The Event"" features Blair Underwood in a starring role as Elias Martinez, an Afro-Cuban US President. Actor Jamie Foxx played President James William Sawyer in the 2013 movie ""White House Down"". Actor Samuel L. Jackson played William Alan Moore, the US President in the 2014 movie"
"served as Ryan’s driver and bodyguard. During Ryan's first term as president of the United States, Clark served as director of a multinational counter-terrorism unit code-named Rainbow, which is composed of elite soldiers from countries part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. After retiring from CIA and Rainbow, he then worked for The Campus, an off-the-books intelligence organization created by President Ryan, later acquiring a higher position as director of operations. On the big screen, Clark has been portrayed by Willem Dafoe and Liev Schreiber. Michael B. Jordan is slated to be the latest to play the character in his"