Nic Cage

Fire Birds (1990)

"The best just got better"

Movie Details

Overview
A joint task force operation between the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Army has been formed to dismantle one of the largest drug cartels operating in South America. Multiple attempts to assault the cartel's mountainous compound have been thwarted by a Scorpion-attack helicopter piloted by a cartel leader, Eric Stoller (Bert Rhine). After having several aircraft shot down, most notably a pair of UH–60 Black Hawks and their AH–1 Cobra escorts, the army turns to the new AH–64 Apache attack helicopter, which can match its enemies' maneuverability and firepower.
Genres
Action, Adventure
Release Date
1990/05/25
Runtime
85 min
IMDB
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Production Companies
Nova International Films, Touchstone Pictures
Production Countries
United States of America
Budget
$ 22,000,000
Poster
"Fire Birds" poster

Cast

  • Nicolas Cage (Jake Preston)
  • Tommy Lee Jones (Brad Little)
  • Sean Young (Billie Lee Guthries)
  • Bryan Kestner (Breaker)
  • Dale Dye (A.K. McNeil)
  • Illana Diamant (Sharon Geller)
  • Peter Onorati (Rice)
  • Marshall R. Teague (Doug Daniels)
  • Gregory Vahanian (Tom Davis)
  • Cylk Cozart (Dewar Proctor)
  • Charles Kahlenberg (Oscar De Marco)
  • Robert Lujan (Steward Rives)
  • Charles Lanyer (Darren Phillips)
  • Mary Ellen Trainor (Janet Little)
  • J.A. Preston (General Olcott)
  • Mickey Yablans (Butch Tippet)

Crew

  • Tony Imi (Director of Photography)
  • David Newman (Original Music Composer)
  • Norman Buckley (Editor)
  • David Green (Director)
  • Bill Badalato (Producer)
  • Donna Evans (Stunts)
  • Maria Norman (Producer's Assistant)
  • Judy Taylor (Casting)
  • Valorie Massalas (Casting)
  • Dale Dye (Co-Producer, Story)
  • Peter Afterman (Music Supervisor)
  • Mike Fenton (Casting)
  • Ellis Cohen (Costume Design)
  • John K. Swensson (Co-Producer, Story)
  • Jeffrey Wetzel (Second Assistant Director)
  • Step Tyner (Story)
  • R.J. Kizer (Sound Editor)
  • John O. Wilde (Sound Editor)
  • Susan Zwerman (Unit Production Manager)
  • Jon Poll (Editor)
  • Nick Thiel (Screenplay)
  • Mike Menzel (Special Effects Coordinator)
  • Philip A. Margraff (Construction Coordinator)
  • Stu Bernstein (Sound Editor)
  • Jeremy J. Gordon (Sound Editor)
  • Pat Tagliaferro (Art Direction)
  • Rick Galbraith (Construction Foreman)
  • Neal Thompson (Title Designer)
  • Keith Barish (Executive Producer)
  • Paul F. Edwards (Screenplay)
  • Marilyn Bailey (Script Supervisor)
  • Michael Hancock (Makeup Artist)
  • Brian O. Haynes (Location Manager)
  • Matt Earl Beesley (First Assistant Director)
  • Dennis Madalone (Stunt Coordinator)
  • John Ward (Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator)
  • Ken Deubel III (Painter)
  • Harriet Katz-Stevens (Production Accountant)
  • Debi Shirk Tagliaferro (Art Department Coordinator)
  • Kimberley Coy (Unit Publicist)
  • J.H. Arrufat (Sound Editor)
  • Gary Krivacek (Sound Editor)
  • Sherman Waze (Sound Editor)
  • Gene Poole (Key Grip)
  • Fred Judkins (Supervising Sound Editor)
  • Doug Jackson (Sound Editor)
  • Barry Rubinow (Sound Editor)
  • Dennis M. O'Connor (Editor)
  • Wade Daily (Assistant Makeup Artist, Assistant Hairstylist)
  • Logan R. Berkshire (Best Boy Grip)
  • David Menapace (Transportation Coordinator)
  • Brad Arensman (Executive In Charge Of Post Production)
  • Samuel C. Crutcher (Sound Editor)
  • Bill Rea (Set Designer)
  • Barbara Harris (ADR Voice Casting)
  • Joseph T. Garrity (Production Design)
  • Greg Hayden (Associate Editor)
  • Jerie Kelter (Set Decoration)
  • Tom C. McCarthy (Supervising Sound Editor)
  • Victor B. Lackey (Sound Editor)
  • Arnold Kopelson (Executive Producer)
  • Fríða Aradóttir (Hairstylist)
  • Karoly Balazs (Hairstylist)
  • Stuart Chasmar (Sound Editor)
  • Robert Lucas (Leadman)
  • Golden Felton (Sound Editor)