Blue Thunder

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
1,249 Views


Satler.

Reiss.

Maloney.

Murphy.

Where the hell's Murphy?

Hey, Jafo!

-Go find Murphy.

-Yes, sir.

Sir, Lieutenant Kress

wants you on the pad.

Sir?

Lose something?

No. You're wanted on the pad.

Mind if I ask what you're doing?

I don't mind at all.

Murph, feeling any pressure?

Yeah, about 1 5 pounds per

square inch at sea level.

Where's Montoya?

Don't you check the duty board?

He's on days.

I forgot.

You're flying with

that new guy, Lymangood.

-The what?

-Me. Lymangood.

Outstanding.

Captain Maloney and Officer Reiss,

report to Operations.

If it was me, I'd ground him.

He'll be all right.

Personally, I wouldn't fly with him

for a bull that pissed Jack Daniels.

Is that right?

-All set?

-Yeah. Yes, sir.

You sure now?

Airship-12 rolling out at 1959 hours.

No, make that 2000 hours.

Murphy and Lymangood.

Where the hell's Montoya?

They say he put in for days after

that wingding that Murphy threw.

No sh*t. Let me call Departure.

L.A. Departure

Control Air-1 2 out at...

... 22000. VFR 5000 will be

coming to you 1. 25.

Traffic advisory.

Lymangood. Lymangood...

...what brings you to Air Support?

Oh, I don't know.

I just put in for observer.

I kind of liked the idea of it.

No guns. No kicking in doors.

You know, just quiet.

Oh, yeah.

All these people! What do you

suppose they're all doing down there?

According to the latest statistics,

1 ,000,775,000 of them...

...are getting it on.

That many, huh?

The rest are waiting

for Laverne and Shirley.

Well, let's see what we can see here.

I got a black guy in a beanie.

Looks like he's selling

dope out of a van.

-Is that a red beanie?

-Yeah, that's him.

This is primo, man.

You want it?

He's ours. Undercover Buy Program.

Right, right.

-You were at the briefing?

-Yes, sir. Guess I just forgot.

You're gonna fit right in.

Air-12, we have

a 21 1 in progress...

...at Burbank and Vineland.

Male Negro,

orange shirt and cowboy hat.

He's armed and has a hostage.

Well, call it in.

Air-1 2 to Central. Proceeding to

the 21 1 at Burbank and Vineland.

Let's get out of here, man!

B*tch!

You dumb idiot!

Your guy's heading for the junkyard.

Orange shirt and a cowboy hat, huh?

Whatever happened to inconspicuous?

Hit him! Hit him with the light.

I got him.

-Jesus Christ!

-Welcome to Air Support.

-Call an ambulance.

-Right.

Look at that guy.

Ground units! A man with

a gun is behind that dumpster.

No, the other way!

We're going down.

We gotta dust him.

Hit the ground, son. Hit it!

Code 4. They got it knocked.

Sir, what was the business

with the watch?

Back in the Ready Room,

with the watch?

Sort of a test.

If you think you're going

over the edge...

...you lose your sense of time.

With your eyes shut, you can't

tell 25 seconds from 5.

I get it, sir. Yes, sir.

Stop calling me "sir."

You sound like David Copperfield.

Yes, sir. I mean, okay, sir.

Check that ride at 1 0:00.

-Which one?

-Underneath the tree.

How do you see that sh*t?

See it?

-It's got no plates on it.

-Well, call it in.

Abandoned vehicle.

Air-1 2 to Central. Reporting

an abandoned vehicle. It's a--

Come on, what kind of car?

It's a light tan Chevy.

It's got no front plates.

It's got no plates at all.

It's near the top of the hill

on Linden Road.

Very good.

Oh, thanks.

What time have you got?

You got about 1 0:30?

Been talking to Montoya, haven't you?

Well, he did mention

something about Encino.

I suppose you deserve

full initiation.

You might as well

have your picture taken.

Montoya thinks she's

some kind of movie actress.

Just my damn luck if they

had her working overtime tonight.

Those bastards.

Slave drivers.

That's what they are.

They don't care how hard

they work you, as long--

Oh, my God! There she is.

She's fantastic! Do you think

she knows we're out here?

All she has to do is look

out the window.

1 0:
30, right on the dot!

If there's one quality that I admire

in a person, it's punctuality.

And flexibility.

If a person says that they're

gonna be at a certain place--

Oh, God!

How does she do that?

How does she do that?

Beats the hell out of me.

Don't push on the pedals!

Would you look at her tan?

It's so even!

Oh, my God!

What do you want?

Get the briefcase!

I think she doesn't know.

Somebody does.

All units in the vicinity handle a rape

in progress. 8792 Linden Road.

Damn it to hell. I knew it!

Identify and handle, code 3.

Come on, let's go, man!

Around the back.

Hold it! Freeze!

He's bought it.

Get on the other guy.

No, let them go!

Please, let them go!

-Over there.

-I got him.

Sir, you okay? Sir?

Fine.

Get an ambulance.

Air-1 2 requesting an ambulance

at 3920 Linden Road.

-How's the woman?

-She looks bad.

Oh, hell! It's gone.

The Chevy. The junker.

The Chevy.

It's gone.

For God's sake!

Air-1 2, wind 1 50 degrees at 22,

clear to land.

Air-1 4, 1 1 50 degrees at 1 2,

clear for takeoff.

The old man wants to see

both of you. Right now!

-I like your haircut.

-I like yours too.

You know, one of the really

fun things about this job...

...is reading the complaints

of the public.

For example, tonight here

we have a fella...

...that didn't appreciate us

disturbing his sleep.

I just hope I'm not called on

by the chief to explain...

...why two of my people were

hovering over Encino at 1 0:30...

...while Commissioner McNeely

Rate this script:4.7 / 6 votes

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…

All Dan O'Bannon scripts | Dan O'Bannon Scripts

0 fans

Submitted on August 05, 2018

Discuss this script with the community:

0 Comments

    Translation

    Translate and read this script in other languages:

    Select another language:

    • - Select -
    • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
    • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
    • Español (Spanish)
    • Esperanto (Esperanto)
    • 日本語 (Japanese)
    • Português (Portuguese)
    • Deutsch (German)
    • العربية (Arabic)
    • Français (French)
    • Русский (Russian)
    • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
    • 한국어 (Korean)
    • עברית (Hebrew)
    • Gaeilge (Irish)
    • Українська (Ukrainian)
    • اردو (Urdu)
    • Magyar (Hungarian)
    • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
    • Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Italiano (Italian)
    • தமிழ் (Tamil)
    • Türkçe (Turkish)
    • తెలుగు (Telugu)
    • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
    • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
    • Čeština (Czech)
    • Polski (Polish)
    • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Românește (Romanian)
    • Nederlands (Dutch)
    • Ελληνικά (Greek)
    • Latinum (Latin)
    • Svenska (Swedish)
    • Dansk (Danish)
    • Suomi (Finnish)
    • فارسی (Persian)
    • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
    • հայերեն (Armenian)
    • Norsk (Norwegian)
    • English (English)

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this screenplay to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "Blue Thunder" Scripts.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 19 Mar. 2024. <https://www.scripts.com/script/blue_thunder_4385>.

    We need you!

    Help us build the largest writers community and scripts collection on the web!

    Watch the movie trailer

    Blue Thunder

    Browse Scripts.com

    Blue Thunder

    Soundtrack

    »

    The Studio:

    ScreenWriting Tool

    Write your screenplay and focus on the story with many helpful features.