Air America
“The few. The proud. The totally insane.”
Air America was the CIA's private airline operating in Laos during the Vietnam War, running anything and everything from soldiers to foodstuffs for local villagers. After losing his pilot's license, Billy Covington is recruited, and ends up in the middle of a bunch of lunatic pilots, gun-running by his friend Gene Ryack, and opium smuggling by his own superiors.
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Cast
21 people
Mel Gibson
Gene Ryack
Known for
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Robert Downey Jr.
Billy Covington
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Nancy Travis
Corinne Landreaux
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Ken Jenkins
Major Donald Lemond
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David Marshall Grant
Rob Diehl
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Lane Smith
Senator Davenport
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Art LaFleur
Jack Neely
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Ned Eisenberg
Pirelli
Known for
Mare of Easttown
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Marshall Bell
O.V.
Known for
Total Recall
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David Bowe
Saunders
Known for
Rubber
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Burt Kwouk
General Lu Soong
Known for
Kiss of the Dragon
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Tim Thomerson
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Roger Spottiswoode Director · Richard Rush Screenplay John Eskow Screenplay
Worldwide gross $58M · Budget $35M · United States release August 10, 1990
Box office
Budget
$35,000,000
Worldwide gross
$57,661,269
Gross vs. budget
1.6×
Production
IndieProd Company Productions
Production
Carolco Pictures
Production
TriStar Pictures
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Lao
Release dates
United States · August 10, 1990
Theatrical
Australia
September 26, 1990 · Theatrical
Brazil
October 4, 1990 · Theatrical
Denmark
July 12, 1991 · Theatrical
France
November 14, 1990 · Theatrical
February 28, 2001 · Physical · DVD
January 1, 2016 · Digital · VOD
Germany
January 9, 1991 · Theatrical
Greece
December 15, 1990 · Theatrical
Italy
January 9, 1991 · Theatrical
Norway
October 2, 1990 · Theatrical
South Korea
December 5, 1992 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
January 4, 1991 · Theatrical
October 7, 2024 · Physical · 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray/DVD
XC
April 2, 1992 · Theatrical
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