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