Air America Page #2

Synopsis: Air America was the CIA's private airline operating in Laos during the Vietnam War, running anything and everything from soldiers to foodstuffs for local villagers. After losing his pilot's license, Billy Covington is recruited into it, and ends up in the middle of a bunch of lunatic pilots, gun-running by his friend Gene Ryack, and opium smuggling by his own superiors.
Genre: Action, Comedy
Director(s): Roger Spottiswoode
Production: Live Home Video
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.7
Metacritic:
33
Rotten Tomatoes:
13%
R
Year:
1990
113 min
832 Views


Fresno. Youre a real f***ing hero.

You flew "eye in the sky"?

Excuse me, is that an Uzi?

That'd make a great ad:

"Excuse me, is that an Uzi?"

"Why yes

self defense is no joke.

That's why I pack an Uzi.

Accept no substitutes."

Show him your amulet, Gene!

What's in there?

The ashes of my big toe. Shot off

through the floor of the cockpit.

Not far from here.

You get shot here?

It was ugly.

He had it cremated.

Always has it with him.

Wait a sec.

No one told me about losing toes.

He never mentioned toe loss.

Who

The recruiter.

Why didn't you get it

sewn back on?

When a piece of me gets shot off

I don't want it back.

It's still with us in spirit.

You understand?

In spirit, toe ism.

Royal Asian Airlines Flight No. 744.

Arriving at gate 12.

Glad you could make it, sir.

A US senator? In my back yard?

On a fact finding mission?

He's not gonna find any facts.

I promise.

Certainly not about our little deal.

Besides, he's a dimwit.

He had a tractor dealership

before he got elected.

Harry Truman sold cheap suits

he wound up dropping an atomic bomb.

Welcome to Vientiane, sir.

Thank you, Ambassador Marloff.

Senator, this is major Lemond.

I'm sure you've heard of him.

Of course. Where's the uniform, Major?

Too hot for all those ribbons?

You going civvie on us?

I'm a civilian now.

With the Air Force at heart.

Thank you. Put bag in big car.

Senator...

I know.

Sorry

have no local dinero.

Give tip later OK?

Senator!

This is General Lu Soong

Supreme Commander of the Allies.

Hello?

Anybody home?

Get a load of Senator Tact here.

When you go to France, you have

General DeGaulle carry luggage?

Rob, the bag.

I'll take that, sir. Your jacket?

Thank you.

Lighten up on the stick.

We're gonna land.

Land? Where?

I'll show you.

Oh, come on.

That's not a strip, it's a mountain.

Full flap, 3 cranks.

Please don't do this.

That was great. How was it for you?

There're people in the jungle!

Don't, I know them.

Who are they?

Friends of my wife.

Little one's my brother in law

with a business proposition.

Don't do that.

Six crates of weapons.

I'll make you a good offer.

The Russians air dropped them

for the Pathet Lao.

We stole 'em. Brand new.

I'll give you 400 kips.

400? You want a slingshot?

800 kips!

600, and it's a deal.

Brother in laws are the same all over.

He's ripping me off...

Deal!

You use my orientation flight

for some private scam?

Welcome to the orient.

This is my retirement plan!

I've been flying fifteen years and

want my chunk of the American dream.

Running guns?

OK, this is the hard part.

I noticed, no radar.

Right, just dead reckoning.

I can handle it.

Good.

Gene, sit down. Check this out!

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John Eskow

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