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Air Force One

Rating:R (for violence)
Genre:Drama, Suspense/Thriller
Release Date:July 25, 1997
Running time:118 minutes
Cast:Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close, Wendy Crewson, Liesel Matthews
Director:Wolfgang Petersen
Producer:Armyan Bernstein, Jon Shestack, Wolfgang Petersen, Gail Katz
Writer:Andrew W Marlowe
Distributor:Columbia Pictures

Description: The President of the United States, James Marshall, takes a tough anti-terrorist stance and then becomes a hostage himself when Air Force One is taken over by terrorists from Kazakhstan, led by Ivan Korshunov, who demand the release of their fascistic leader General Radek. The President seems to escape from the plane in an emergency capsule yet is actually hiding on board. He silently kills a member of the terrorist group before establishing contact with F-15's to engage the hijacked plane. As passengers escape by parachute, Marshall is captured by Ivan and forced to release General Radek, setting in motion an international incident.

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