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Blue Thunder
Los Angeles, California. Officer Murphy, a veteran Metropolitan Police helicopter pilot suffering from severe trauma due to his harsh experiences during the Vietnam War, and Lymangood, his resourceful new partner, are tasked with testing an advanced and heavily armed experimental chopper known as Blue Thunder.
1983 · Directed by John Badham · 110 min · Drama · Action · Thriller · 10 frames
Tagline
He's out there…
Crew
- Screenplay: Dan O'Bannon, Don Jakoby
- Cinematography: John A. Alonzo
- Edited by: Frank Morriss, Edward M. Abroms
- Music: Arthur B. Rubinstein
- Produced by: Gordon Carroll
Cast
- Roy Scheider as Murphy
- Warren Oates as Braddock
- Candy Clark as Kate
- Daniel Stern as Lymangood
- Paul Roebling as Icelan
- David Sheiner as Fletcher
- Joe Santos as Montoya
- Malcolm McDowell as Cochrane
- Ed Bernard as Sgt. Short
- Jason Bernard as Mayor
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Rastar Productions, Columbia Pictures
- Budget: $22,000,000
- Box office: $42,313,354
- Themes: vietnam veteran, high technology, high tech surveillance, los angeles, california, co-workers relationship, helicopter pilot, prototype, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, police surveillance, traumatized man
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