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Synopsis: Blue Thunder is a specially modified helicopter. It is for police work, but is armed and designed to counter street insurgencies. Its makers want to show what it will do, but have to train Los Angeles Police pilot Frank Murphy to fly and use it in order to allow it to operate in the city. Murphy and the project pilot have differences going back to Vietnam. The conflict between them continues to heat up as Murphy begins to suspect that Blue Thunder is more than has been disclosed.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director(s): John Badham
Production: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
66
Rotten Tomatoes:
80%
R
Year:
1983
109 min
1,278 Views


-You scared the sh*t out of me.

-I'm sorry.

Came to make friends.

Here's your key.

Well, I guess that makes

that official.

Where's my blender? I need it.

At 3:
00 a.m.?

You have this problem.

You don't return phone calls.

In the kitchen.

Hold him for me.

This kid must be deaf.

-You coming?

-Where?

The Shocks' anniversary party.

You remember.

Annie's been open for a year now.

We're gonna have guacamole...

...and margaritas...

...and chili rellenos--

Fat chance, huh?

That must've been some leave

you had in Laguna.

What did you do? Spend all your

time on the pistol range?

Here it is!

What's this?

This is beautiful. Really!

-Could I please borrow this--?

-No.

I'll wash it.

It already belongs to you.

I bought it for your birthday.

-Really?

-I thought I gave you that damn thing.

Never mind. This is beautiful.

I love it!

Frank, I miss you.

I don't eat. I don't seem to sleep.

Maybe you ought to trade me

in on a surfer.

Well, I tried that once,

but it didn't work.

Come to think of it, neither did he.

Good night, Murphy.

Good night, you little faker.

Watch your legs.

We gotta get serious.

Now, I know you have a lot

of problems right now...

...and I'd really like to help you.

"You can run, but you can't hide."

-Joe Louis. That's very good.

-That's what I mean!

Frank, I'm gonna have to get tough

on you. Are you ready for that?

I'm ready.

Five, four, three, two, one....

Cue Mario, take one.

The top story is still the assault

and attempted rape of Diana McNeely...

... of the mayor's

Task Force on Urban Violence.

McNeely's still on

the critical list.

We spoke to Chief Jensen

about the latest news.

We have nothing

on the two assailants.

They were without identification...

...probably Latin American and almost

certainly illegal aliens.

Our fingerprint teams are going

over their car...

... which was stolen from

a Santa Monica parking lot.

It is unclear what impact

this incident will have...

... on the minority community, and

the increasing racial tensions that--

We've just received word...

... that Alf Hewitt is standing by

St. Joseph's for a live report.

Commissioner Diana McNeely

died at 8:
47 a.m...

... from a gunshot wound

which penetrated her neck...

...and lodged beneath

the third cervical vertebrae.

She never regained

consciousness...

...and if she had lived,

would've been paralysed.

This is Alf Hewitt,

from St. Joseph's Hospital.

I've been trying to reach you. Why

don't you answer your beeper?

I just want to tell you that next time

I'm suspended, so's my f***ing beeper!

-Feel better?

-Yeah, a little.

Get down here. We just came

up with a mince pie under each arm.

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Dan O'Bannon

Daniel Thomas "Dan" O'Bannon (September 30, 1946 – December 17, 2009) was an American film screenwriter, director, visual effects supervisor, and occasional actor, usually in the science fiction and horror genres.O'Bannon is best known for having written the screenplay for Alien, adapted from a story he wrote with Ronald Shusett. He also contributed computer animation to Star Wars, worked on cult classics such as Dark Star, Heavy Metal, and Total Recall, and wrote and directed the horror comedy The Return of the Living Dead. more…

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