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Executive Decision
Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C., demanding the release of their imprisoned leader. Intelligence expert David Grant suspects another reason and he is soon the reluctant member of a special assault team that is assigned to intercept the plane and hijackers.
1996 · Directed by Stuart Baird · 132 min · Action · Adventure · Drama · Thriller · 11 frames
Tagline
Five miles above the earth, an elite team of six men must make an air to air transfer, in order to save 400 lives on board a 747...and 40 million below.
Crew
- Written by: John Thomas, Jim Thomas
- Cinematography: Alex Thomson
- Edited by: Stuart Baird, Frank J. Urioste, Kevin Stitt, Derek Brechin
- Music: Jerry Goldsmith
- Production design: Terence Marsh
- Produced by: John Thomas, Jim Thomas, Joel Silver
Cast
- Kurt Russell as David Grant
- Steven Seagal as Lt. Colonel Austin Travis
- Halle Berry as Jean
- John Leguizamo as Rat
- Oliver Platt as Cahill
- Joe Morton as Cappy
- David Suchet as Nagi Hassan
- BD Wong as Louie
- Len Cariou as Secretary of Defense Charles White
- Whip Hubley as Baker
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Silver Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Budget: $55,000,000
- Box office: $121,969,216
- Themes: rescue, airplane, panic, bomb, ransom, hostage, hijacking, terror cell, special unit, deception
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