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'{{short description|1997 film by Wolfgang Petersen}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox film | name = Air Force One | image = Air Force One (movie poster).jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = [[Wolfgang Petersen]] | producer = {{Plainlist| * [[Armyan Bernstein]] * [[Gail Katz]] * [[Jonathan Shestack]] * Wolfgang Petersen }} | writer = [[Andrew W. Marlowe]] | starring = {{Plainlist| * [[Harrison Ford]] * [[Gary Oldman]] * [[Wendy Crewson]] * [[Paul Guilfoyle]] * [[William H. Macy]] * [[Liesel Pritzker Simmons|Liesel Matthews]] * [[Dean Stockwell]] }} <!--Glenn Close is uncredited in the poster billing board, so please do not add her here--> | music = [[Jerry Goldsmith]] | cinematography = [[Michael Ballhaus]] | editing = [[Richard Francis-Bruce]] | studio = {{Plainlist| * [[Columbia Pictures]] * [[Beacon Pictures]] * Radiant Productions }} | distributor = {{Plainlist| * [[Sony Pictures Releasing]] (North America) * [[Buena Vista International]] (International) }} | released = {{Film date|1997|07|21|[[Century City]]|1997|07|25|United States}} | runtime = 124 minutes<ref name="BOM">{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0118571/ |title=Air Force One (1997) |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=January 1, 2021 |archive-date=July 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714112526/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=airforceone.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> | country = United States | language = English<br>Russian | budget = $85&nbsp;million<ref name="BOM" /> | gross = $315.2&nbsp;million<ref name="BOM" /> }} '''''Air Force One''''' is a 1997 American [[political thriller|political]] [[action film|action]] [[thriller film|thriller]] film directed and co-produced by [[Wolfgang Petersen]] and starring [[Harrison Ford]], [[Gary Oldman]], [[Glenn Close]], [[Wendy Crewson]], [[Xander Berkeley]], [[William H. Macy]], [[Dean Stockwell]], and [[Paul Guilfoyle]]. The film was written by [[Andrew W. Marlowe]]. It tells the story of a group of terrorists who [[Aircraft hijacking|hijack]] [[Air Force One]] and the [[President of the United States|President]]'s attempt to rescue everyone on board by retaking his plane. The film was a box office success and received mostly positive critical reviews. It became the [[1997 in film#Highest-grossing films|fifth highest-grossing film of 1997]], earning $315.2 million worldwide. It also received two [[Academy Award]] nominations for [[Academy Award for Best Sound|Best Sound]] and [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]], losing both awards to ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]''. ==Plot== A joint operation between American and Russian Special Forces captures General Radek, the dictator of a rogue [[Neo-Sovietism|neo-Soviet]] regime in Kazakhstan that retained its [[nuclear weapon]]s, threatening war. Three weeks after the mission, [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] James Marshall attends a diplomatic dinner in [[Moscow]], Russia, during which he praises the operation and insists the U.S. will no longer negotiate with terrorists. Marshall and his entourage, including his wife Grace and daughter Alice, and several of his cabinet and advisers, prepare to return home on [[Air Force One]]. In addition, members of the press have been invited aboard, including six Radek loyalists disguised as journalists, led by Egor Korshunov. After takeoff, [[United States Secret Service|Secret Service]] agent Gibbs, a [[Mole (espionage)|mole]], enables Korshunov and his men to obtain weapons and storm the plane, killing many of the other security and military personnel before taking the rest hostage, including Grace and Alice. Marshall is raced to an [[escape pod]] in the [[cargo hold]] while pursued by Korshunov's men, but they are too late to stop the pod from ejecting. Korshunov breaches the cockpit and kills the crew, narrowly preventing the plane from making an emergency landing at [[Ramstein Air Force Base]] in Germany. A squadron of [[McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle|F-15s]] escort Air Force One as Korshunov has it piloted towards a Radek-loyal airbase in Kazakhstan. Unknown to all, Marshall, a [[Vietnam veteran|veteran of the Vietnam War]] and a [[Medal of Honor]] recipient, had hidden himself in the cargo hold instead of using the pod, and stealthily observes the loyalists. He covertly kills two of Korshunov's men and uses a satellite phone to communicate with [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] Kathryn Bennett, letting his staff know he is still alive and aboard the plane. Korshunov, assuming that it is merely a Secret Service agent that is in the cargo hold, contacts Bennett and demands Radek's release, threatening to kill a hostage every half-hour. Marshall and military advisors devise a plan to trick Korshunov to take Air Force One to a lower altitude for a [[Aerial refueling|mid-air refueling]], buying time for the hostages to parachute safely off the plane. As a [[KC-10 Extender|KC-10]] tanker docks with Air Force One, Marshall helps to capture another loyalist and escorts the hostages to the cargo hold, where the majority parachute to safety. Korshunov discovers the deception and forces Air Force One to break the connection with the tanker, causing the fuel to ignite and destroying the tanker; the consequent shockwave disrupts the escape process, and Korshunov is able to stop Marshall, [[White House Chief of Staff|Chief of Staff]] Lloyd Shepherd, Major Caldwell, and Gibbs from escaping. The captured loyalist and some of the hostages fall out of the plane without parachutes to their deaths. With the president and his family under his control, Korshunov violently berates Marshall for killing his men, and forces him to contact Russian President Petrov and arrange for Radek's release. Bennett is urged by Defense Secretary Walter Dean to declare the president incapable under the [[Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution|25th Amendment]], thus overriding Radek's release, but she refuses. While Korshunov and his men celebrate the news of Radek's release, Marshall breaks his bonds and kills Korshunov and his remaining henchmen. Marshall races back just in time to rescind his order, and Radek is fatally shot when he attempts to escape. Marshall and Caldwell direct the plane back to friendly airspace but are quickly tailed by a second batch of Radek loyalists in [[Mikoyan MiG-29|MiG-29s]]. The F-15s rejoin Air Force One and engage with the MiG-29s, with an F-15 pilot sacrificing himself to intercept a missile; the resultant explosion damages the plane's tail, and they start to lose altitude. A standby USAF Special Operations Command [[Lockheed MC-130|MC-130E]] with the callsign Liberty 24 is called to help, sending [[United States Air Force Pararescue|parajumpers]] on tether lines to rescue the survivors. Marshall insists that his family and the injured Shepherd be transferred first. When there is time for only one more transfer, Gibbs reveals himself as the traitor, killing Caldwell and the last parajumper. Marshall and Gibbs fight for control of the transfer line; Marshall attaches himself at the last moment. As the MC-130E airmen reel Marshall to safety, the now-inoperable Air Force One crashes into the [[Caspian Sea]], killing Gibbs. With Marshall and his family safe, Liberty 24 is given the callsign Air Force One as they fly back to safety. ==Cast== * [[Harrison Ford]] as [[List of fictional presidents of the United States (K-M)#President James Marshall|President James Marshall]], the popular President of the United States and a family man, who loves his wife, Grace, and daughter, Alice. Marshall is also a decorated helicopter-rescue pilot, [[Vietnam War|Vietnam veteran]] and [[Medal of Honor]] recipient who speaks reasonably fluent Russian. Feigning escape during Air Force One's hijacking, he attempts to retake his aircraft and rescue everyone. * [[Gary Oldman]] as Egor Korshunov, a ruthless Radek loyalist and terrorist ringleader, who leads the hijacking of Air Force One. Korshunov believes that the collapse of the Soviet Union has ruined his country. The character is erroneously named Ivan Korshunov in the end credits. * [[Glenn Close]] as [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] Kathryn Bennett, the first female Vice President of the United States, who commands the situation in the [[White House Situation Room]] * [[Wendy Crewson]] as [[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]] Grace Marshall * [[Liesel Pritzker Simmons|Liesel Matthews]] as Alice Marshall, the President's daughter * [[Paul Guilfoyle]] as [[White House Chief of Staff]] Lloyd Shepherd * [[William H. Macy]] as [[Major (United States)|Major]] Norman Caldwell, USAF, military aide to the President * [[Dean Stockwell]] as [[United States Secretary of Defense|Defense Secretary]] Walter Dean * [[Elya Baskin]] as Andrei Kolchak, Korshunov's best friend, trusted lieutenant and pilot * Levan Uchaneishvili as Sergei Lenski, Korshunov's henchman and communications expert * [[David Vadim]] as Igor Nevsky, Korshunov's henchman * [[Andrew Divoff]] as Boris Bazylev, Korshunov's henchman * [[Ilia Volok]] as Vladimir Krasin, Korshunov's henchman and close friend, whom he served with in the [[Soviet-Afghan War]] * [[Xander Berkeley]] as [[United States Secret Service|Secret Service]] Special Agent Gibbs, the head of the Presidential Protective Division and the hijackers' mole. The hijackers never reveal that Gibbs is their inside man. * Alan Woolf as [[President of Russia|Russian President]] Stolicha Petrov * [[Tom Everett]] as [[National Security Advisor (United States)|National Security Advisor]] Jack Doherty. Korshunov executes Doherty, the first hostage to die. * [[Jürgen Prochnow]] as General Ivan Radek, the [[military dictator]] of a rogue terrorist regime in [[Kazakhstan]], which has taken possession of stolen former [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[nuclear weapon]]s, threatening to start a new [[Cold War]]. Radek's regime is responsible for the killing of 200,000 people. Captured by a joint Russian–American military team, Radek is imprisoned in Russia, awaiting trial for his [[crimes against humanity]]. The terrorists who take over Air Force One demand his release, threatening to kill a hostage every half-hour. The character is erroneously named Alexander Radek by the end credits. * [[Donna Bullock (actress)|Donna Bullock]] as [[White House Press Secretary|Deputy Press Secretary]] Melanie Mitchell. Korshunov executes Melanie, the second hostage to die. * Michael Ray Miller as [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]] Axelrod, USAF, pilot of Air Force One * [[Carl Weintraub]] as [[Lieutenant Colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]] Ingraham, USAF, co-pilot of Air Force One * [[Spencer Garrett]] as White House aide Thomas Lee * [[Bill Smitrovich]] as [[General (United States)|General]] William Northwood, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff * [[Glenn Morshower]] as U.S. Secret Service Agent Walters * David Gianopoulos as U.S. Secret Service Agent Johnson * [[Dan Shor]] as [[University of Notre Dame|Notre Dame]] aide * [[Philip Baker Hall]] as [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] Andrew Ward * [[Richard Doyle (actor)|Richard Doyle]] as Colonel Bob Jackson, USAF, ''Air Force One'' Backup Pilot *[[Willard E. Pugh|Willard Pugh]] as White House [[Communications officer]] *[[Diana Bellamy]] as White House switchboard operator Pananides *[[Don McManus]] as Lt. Colonel Jack Carlton, F-15 "Halo Flight" Leader *[[J. A. Preston]] as [[Major General (United States)|Major General]] Samuel Greely. Having been President Marshall's commanding officer during the [[Vietnam War]], he is the first to anticipate that Marshall is battling the hijackers. *Michael Monks as Assistant [[White House Press Secretary]] ==Production== A large part of the crew took a tour of the real Air Force One before filming. They based some of the film's scenes on the touring experience when the terrorists disguised as journalists survey the plane's layout and begin to take their seats. The character of Deputy Press Secretary Melanie Mitchell was based largely on their real-life tour guide, and the crew felt uncomfortable having to film the character's execution by the terrorists.<ref name=commentary>Wolfgang Petersen audio commentary</ref> For the exterior scenes, the producers rented a [[Boeing 747|Boeing 747-146]] aircraft, N703CK from [[Kalitta Air]] and repainted it to replicate the ''Air Force One'' livery.<ref name="MakingOfAFO">{{cite news|last1=Larson|first1=George C.|title=The Making of Air Force One|url=http://www.airspacemag.com/flight-today/the-making-of-air-force-one-90271282/?no-ist|access-date=November 29, 2015|work=Air & Space|publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]]|date=September 1997|archive-date=December 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208065822/http://www.airspacemag.com/flight-today/the-making-of-air-force-one-90271282/?no-ist|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Larson">{{cite news |url=http://www.avweb.com/news/reviews/182370-1.html |title=The Making of Air Force One |last=Larson |first=Gary |date=November 1, 1997 |work=AVWeb |publisher=Aviation Publishing Group |access-date=January 11, 2010 |archive-date=December 18, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091218190210/http://www.avweb.com/news/reviews/182370-1.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Times-AFO">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/25/movies/just-a-little-turbulence-mr-president.html |title=Just a Little Turbulence, Mr. President |last=Maslin |first=Janet |date=July 25, 1997 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=January 16, 2010 |archive-date=August 10, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100810115457/http://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/25/movies/just-a-little-turbulence-mr-president.html |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Air Force One]] is shown as being equipped with a one-person escape pod for emergency use by the [[President of the United States]]. It was also done this way in at least three other films, ''[[Escape from New York]]'', ''[[Bermuda Tentacles]]'' and ''[[Big Game (2014 film)|Big Game]].'' The actual Air Force One does not have an escape pod.<ref>{{Cite magazine |author-link=Jef McAllister |last=McAllister |first=J.F.O. |date=July 28, 1997 |title=Cinema: On the Real Thing, No Pods and No Parachutes |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,986775,00.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/01/air-force-one-point-three/385037/ |title=Air Force One-Point-Three – After a quarter-century of service, the aging presidential airplanes are being replaced by a pair of state-of-the-art Boeing 747-8s |magazine=[[The Atlantic]] |author=Russell Berman |date=January 31, 2015 |access-date=November 12, 2016 |archive-date=November 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111061539/http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/01/air-force-one-point-three/385037/ |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Paul Attanasio]] was brought in as a [[script doctor]] to work on the film prior to shooting.<ref>{{cite web |title=Paul Attanasio Bio |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001921/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm |publisher=iMDB}}</ref> Scenes explaining Agent Gibbs' motivation for being the mole were cut from the final script. According to director Wolfgang Petersen, Gibbs was a former CIA agent who lost a lot after the end of the [[Cold War]] and thus became angry with the American government and wanted revenge. He knew the terrorists from his CIA days and so they included him in their operation. The scene was considered too long to tell and so it was cut from the film. The director also felt that it was unnecessary to have the scene in the film so it was removed as it was irrelevant to the plot. Petersen also said that in the original draft, Gibbs revealed himself as the mole early and joined the terrorists in hijacking the plane. The director felt it was more suspenseful to keep the audience guessing in the final cut and specifically pointed to the scene in which Marshall gives Gibbs a gun before escorting the hostages from the conference room to the parachutes in the cargo hold.<ref name=commentary/> Gary Oldman was hired to play the role as the film's villain after choosing not to have a role in ''[[Speed 2: Cruise Control]]''.<ref>{{cite news|date=August 11, 1996|title=Oldman puts the brakes on Speed&nbsp;2|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Oldman+puts+the+brakes+on+Speed+2.-a061178211|work=[[Daily Mirror|Sunday Mirror]]|access-date=March 17, 2011|archive-date=March 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305004147/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Oldman+puts+the+brakes+on+Speed+2.-a061178211|url-status=live}}</ref> He did not stay in character between the scenes. The director later said he called the filming experience "Air Force Fun" because of how comic and genial Oldman would be off-screen. He also said that Oldman would suddenly return to the menacing film persona "like a shot."<ref name=commentary/> Oldman used his acting fee for the film to help finance his directorial debut, ''[[Nil by Mouth (film)|Nil by Mouth]]''. [[Kevin Costner]] was offered the role of James Marshall but turned it down as he had other commitments, and the script was given to Harrison Ford who accepted it.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-jul-20-ca-14350-story.html|title=The Selling of the President|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=July 20, 1997 |access-date=January 6, 2022}}</ref> General Radek's palace, seen in the film's opening, was portrayed by two locations in [[Cleveland, Ohio]]: the exterior was [[Severance Hall]], and the interior was the [[Cuyahoga County Courthouse]]. The Russian prison where Radek was incarcerated was the [[Ohio State Reformatory]], previously seen in ''[[The Shawshank Redemption]]'' and also used for [[Godsmack]]'s music video for [[Awake (Godsmack song)|Awake]] in 2000. [[Ramstein Air Base]], Germany was portrayed by [[Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base]], Ohio. The diplomatic dinner scene was shot at the [[Ebell of Los Angeles]] while a second unit captured scenes in [[Red Square]] in [[Moscow]]. Scenes featuring [[Sheremetyevo International Airport]], the departure airport of Air Force One in the film, were shot at [[Los Angeles International Airport]]. [[F-15C Eagle]] aircraft from the [[33rd Operations Group]], [[33rd Fighter Wing]] at [[Eglin AFB]], Florida were used in the film.<ref>{{cite news|title=Local crew called on to defend 'Air Force One' (film)|work=[[Northwest Florida Daily News]]|date= July 13, 1997|page= 1B}}</ref> ==Reception== ===Critical response=== On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''Air Force One'' has an approval rating of 78% based on 63 reviews, with an average rating of 7/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "This late-period Harrison Ford actioner is full of palpable, if not entirely seamless, thrills."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/air_force_one/ |title=''Air Force One'' |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=January 10, 2023 |archive-date=February 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209035159/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/air_force_one |url-status=live}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a weighted average score of 61 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/air-force-one |title=''Air Force One'' reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=October 16, 2017 |archive-date=October 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024202255/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/air-force-one |url-status=live}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |title= Cinemascore |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date= December 20, 2018 |access-date= August 30, 2019}}</ref> [[Peter Travers]] of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' awarded the film 3.5/4 stars, describing it as "superior escapism", and concluding, "''Air Force One'' doesn't insult the audience. It is crafted by a film-maker who takes pride in the thrills and sly fun he packs into every frame. Welcome to something rare in a summer of crass commercialism: a class act."<ref>[[Peter Travers|Travers, Peter]]. "[https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/air-force-one-19970725 Air Force One] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017044007/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/air-force-one-19970725 |date=2017-10-17}}". ''[[Rolling Stone]]''. July 25, 1997. Retrieved May 12, 2012.</ref> [[Todd McCarthy]] of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' described the film as "a preposterously pulpy but quite entertaining suspense meller [melodrama]" that is "spiked by some spectacularly staged and genuinely tense action sequences". He lauded the film's antagonist: "[Gary] Oldman, in his second malevolent lead of the summer, after ''[[The Fifth Element]]'', registers strongly as a veteran of the Afghan campaign pushed to desperate lengths to newly ennoble his country."<ref>{{cite web |date= July 27, 1997 |last= McCarthy |first= Todd |author-link= Todd McCarthy |title= Air Force One |url= https://variety.com/review/VE1117329619 |website= [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date= August 30, 2019 |archive-date= September 1, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120901234944/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117329619/ |url-status= live}}</ref> In a mixed review, [[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' gave the film 2.5 stars out of 4 and found it flawed and cliché-ridden yet "well-served by the quality of the performances&nbsp;... ''Air Force One'' is a fairly competent recycling of familiar ingredients, given an additional interest because of Harrison Ford's personal appeal."<ref>{{cite web|first=Roger|last=Ebert|url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/air-force-one-1997|title=Air Force One Review|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017140115/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/air-force-one-1997|newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|archive-date=October 17, 2015|date=July 25, 1997|access-date=May 12, 2012}}</ref> Adam Mars-Jones of ''[[The Independent]]'' was more critical, calling it "so preposterous that it begins to seem like a science-fiction artifact&nbsp;... the product of a parallel-universe 1990s which somehow by-passed the decades since the 1950s."<ref>{{cite news |access-date=October 5, 2010 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/get-me-out-of-here-1238525.html |title=Get me out of here – Air Force One – Review – The Independent |location=London |first=Adam |last=Mars-Jones |date=September 11, 1997 |archive-date=November 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104153904/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/get-me-out-of-here-1238525.html |url-status=live}}</ref> President [[Bill Clinton]] saw the film twice while in office and gave it good reviews. He noted that certain elements of the film's version of Air Force One, such as the escape pod and the rear parachute ramp, did not reflect features of the actual Air Force One (though since many Air Force One features are highly classified and "need-to-know", these features cannot be completely ruled out).<ref name="dark">{{cite web |url=http://www.garyoldman.twistedlogic.nl/item5b.html |title=The Dark Side of Gary Oldman. 'Air Force One (1997)' |publisher=Garyoldman.twistedlogic.nl |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223202306/http://www.garyoldman.twistedlogic.nl/item5b.html |archive-date=February 23, 2012 |access-date=September 28, 2016 |url-status = dead}}</ref> In the [[audio commentary]], Wolfgang Petersen mused that although the real plane did not have those features at the time of the filming, they would probably be added by future governments.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}<!-- commentary reference and timestamp --> During his [[Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016|campaign for the Presidency of the United States]] in the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 presidential election]], businessman and [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] presidential candidate [[Donald Trump]] said he admired Ford for his role in ''Air Force One'' because he "stood up for America". Ford responded by reasoning that "it was just a film" and doubted Trump's presidential bid would be successful.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/11/entertainment/harrison-ford-donald-trump-air-force-one-feat/|title=Harrison Ford has a fan in Trump|date=December 11, 2015|first=Melonyce|last=McAfee|work=CNN|access-date=June 7, 2017|archive-date=January 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160119043533/http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/11/entertainment/harrison-ford-donald-trump-air-force-one-feat/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.today.com/popculture/harrison-ford-reminds-donald-trump-air-force-one-was-only-t61036|title=Harrison Ford reminds Donald Trump that 'Air Force One' was only a movie|first=Randee|last=Dawn|date=December 11, 2015|work=[[Today (American TV program)|Today]] |access-date=June 7, 2017|archive-date=December 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151214025906/http://www.today.com/popculture/harrison-ford-reminds-donald-trump-air-force-one-was-only-t61036|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/03/us/politics/voters-worried-about-terrorism-look-for-leaders-at-home-on-silver-screen.html|title=Voters, Worried About Terrorism, Look for Leaders at Home on Silver Screen|date=December 2, 2015|last1=Healy|first1=Patrick|work=The New York Times|access-date=August 23, 2017|archive-date=August 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809033212/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/03/us/politics/voters-worried-about-terrorism-look-for-leaders-at-home-on-silver-screen.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In turn, Trump played the theme of Air Force One prior to his introduction speech as President-elect.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSlWZpZXeOU|title=Donald Trump introduced for the first time as President-elect|date=November 9, 2016|last1=|first1=|work=YouTube|access-date=July 2, 2023|archive-date=August 9, 2017|archive-url=|url-status=live}}</ref> A ''[[The Wall Street Journal|Wall Street Journal]]'' poll in 2016 named Harrison Ford's James Marshall as the greatest fictional president.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=44 Fake Presidents From Worst to Best |url=http://graphics.wsj.com/image-grid/44-fake-presidents/ |newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |access-date=July 24, 2016}}</ref> ===Box office=== One of the most popular [[List of action films of the 1990s|action films of the 1990s]], ''Air Force One'' earned $37.1 million during its opening weekend and ranked number one at the box office, beating ''[[Men in Black (1997 film)|Men in Black]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1997/07/28/air-force-one-flies-to-top-of-list/|title=Air Force One' flies to top of list}}</ref> At the time, the film had the fourth-highest opening weekend of that year, behind the latter film, ''[[The Lost World: Jurassic Park]]'' and ''[[Batman & Robin (film)|Batman & Robin]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108633734/presidential-bravery-triumphs-at-box/ |title=Presidential bravery triumphs at box office |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902221737/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108633734/presidential-bravery-triumphs-at-box/ |newspaper=[[The Reporter (Fond du Lac, Wisconsin)|The Reporter]] |page=13 |date=July 28, 1997 |access-date=September 2, 2022 |archive-date=September 2, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> It scored the highest opening weekend for an R-rated film, surpassing ''[[Interview with the Vampire (film)|Interview with the Vampire]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108633236/air-force-one-tops-box-office/ |title='Air Force One' tops box office |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903171858/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108633236/air-force-one-tops-box-office/ |newspaper=[[The Commercial Appeal]] |page=15 |date=July 28, 1997 |access-date=September 3, 2022 |archive-date=September 3, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> The film would hold this record for three years until it was surpassed by ''[[Scary Movie]]'' in 2000.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jul-11-ca-50737-story.html|title='Scary Movie' Makes a Gross Statement |work=Los Angeles Times|date=July 11, 2000 }}</ref> Additionally, the film achieved the highest opening weekend for a [[Harrison Ford]] film, surpassing the former record held by ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109139946/hjack-thriller-at-top/ |title=Hjack thriller at top |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907220251/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109139946/hjack-thriller-at-top/ |newspaper=[[Iowa City Press-Citizen]] |page=18 |date=July 29, 1997 |access-date=September 7, 2022 |archive-date=September 7, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> For a decade, it would go on to hold this record until 2008 when it was taken by ''[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Rich|first=Joshua|title='Indiana Jones 4' digs up big box office|url=https://ew.com/article/2008/05/28/indiana-jones-4-digs-big-box-office/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=May 31, 2022|date=May 28, 2008|archive-date=May 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531131431/https://ew.com/article/2008/05/28/indiana-jones-4-digs-big-box-office/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Air Force One'' went on to make $172,650,002 (54.9%) domestically and $142,200,000 (45.1%) in other countries, bringing the total gross to $315.2 million.<ref>{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=G.I. Jane' Proves Its Mettle in Second Week at Box Office |work=Los Angeles Times |date=September 2, 1997 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-sep-02-ca-28038-story.html |access-date=December 27, 2010 |archive-date=August 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807060440/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-sep-02-ca-28038-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref> ===Accolades=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! Award ! Category ! Subject ! Result |- |rowspan=5|[[Academy Awards]]<ref name="Oscars1998">{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/70th-winners.html |title=The 70th Academy Awards (1998) Nominees and Winners |access-date=November 19, 2011 |work=oscars.org |archive-date=October 1, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141001073921/https://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/70th-winners.html |url-status=live}}</ref> |rowspan=4|[[Academy Award for Best Sound|Best Sound]] |[[Doug Hemphill]] |{{nom}} |- |[[Rick Kline]] |{{nom}} |- |[[Paul Massey (sound engineer)|Paul Massey]] |{{nom}} |- |[[Keith A. Wester]] |{{nom}} |- |[[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]] |rowspan=2|[[Richard Francis-Bruce]] |{{nom}} |- |[[American Cinema Editors|ACE Eddie]] |Best Edited Feature Film |{{nom}} |- |[[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers|ASCAP Award]] |Top Box Office Films |[[Joel McNeely]] |{{won}} |- |rowspan=2|[[Bambi Award]] |Direction |[[Wolfgang Petersen]] |{{won}} |- |Actor |rowspan=2|[[Harrison Ford]] |{{won}} |- |rowspan=3|[[Blockbuster Entertainment Awards]] |Favorite Actor – Action/Adventure |{{nom}} |- |Favorite Supporting Actor – Action/Adventure |[[Gary Oldman]] |{{nom}} |- |Favorite Supporting Actress – Action/Adventure |[[Glenn Close]] |{{won}} |- |colspan=3|[[Bogey Awards|Bogey Award]] |{{won}} |- |[[Broadcast Music, Inc.]] |BMI Film Music Award |[[Jerry Goldsmith]] |{{won}} |- |[[Japan Academy Prize (film award)|Japan Academy Prize]] |[[Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film|Outstanding Foreign Language Film]] |[[Joel McNeely]] |{{nom}} |- |rowspan=3|[[MTV Movie & TV Awards|MTV Movie Awards]] |rowspan=2|[[MTV Movie Award for Best Fight|Best Fight]] |Harrison Ford |{{nom}} |- |rowspan=2|Gary Oldman |{{nom}} |- |[[MTV Movie Award for Best Villain|Best Villain]] |{{nom}} |- |[[Satellite Awards|Satellite Award]] |[[Satellite Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]] |Richard Francis-Bruce |{{nom}} |- |} The film is recognized by [[American Film Institute]] in these lists: * 2001: [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills]] – Nominated<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/thrills400.pdf |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills Nominees |access-date=August 20, 2016 |archive-date=July 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706070532/http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/thrills400.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> == Home media == ''Air Force One'' was released on [[VHS]], [[LaserDisc]], and [[DVD]] on February 10, 1998,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dvdsreleasedates.com/movies/121/Air-Force-One.html|title=Air Force One DVD Release Date February 10, 1998|website=DVDs Release Dates|access-date=November 23, 2018|archive-date=November 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124162230/https://www.dvdsreleasedates.com/movies/121/Air-Force-One.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=LaserDisc Database - Air Force One: Special Edition [71886]|url=https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/08129/71886/Air-Force-One:-Special-Edition|access-date=July 20, 2020|website=www.lddb.com|archive-date=July 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720055959/https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/08129/71886/Air-Force-One:-Special-Edition|url-status=live}}</ref> and on [[Blu-ray]] on June 2, 2009.<ref>{{Citation|title=Air Force One Blu-ray|url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Air-Force-One-Blu-ray/4842/|access-date=November 23, 2018|archive-date=November 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124055224/https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Air-Force-One-Blu-ray/4842/|url-status=live}}</ref> A 4K UHD Blu-ray followed on November 6, 2018.<ref>{{Citation|title=Air Force One 4K Blu-ray|url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Air-Force-One-4K-Blu-ray/211420/|access-date=November 23, 2018|archive-date=November 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124055227/https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Air-Force-One-4K-Blu-ray/211420/|url-status=live}}</ref> The US LaserDisc release of the film is notorious among LaserDisc collectors as being extremely prone to "[[Laser rot]]", a form of optical disc degradation, due to repeat production issues at the Sony [[Sony Digital Audio Disc Corporation|DADC]] facility where the discs were produced.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Disc Rot: What Happens When Discs Die|url=https://tedium.co/2017/02/02/disc-rot-phenomenon/|access-date=July 20, 2020|website=Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet.|archive-date=August 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802163939/https://tedium.co/2017/02/02/disc-rot-phenomenon/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=LaserDisc Database - Laser Rot - Explanation|url=https://www.lddb.com/laserrot.php|access-date=July 20, 2020|website=www.lddb.com|archive-date=June 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630031951/https://www.lddb.com/laserrot.php|url-status=live}}</ref> ==Score== {{Infobox album | name = Air Force One: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | type = soundtrack | artist = [[Jerry Goldsmith]] | cover = | alt = | released = July 29, 1997 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Film score]] | length = 34:37 | label = [[Varèse Sarabande]] | producer = | prev_title = [[Fierce Creatures]] | prev_year = 1997 | next_title = [[L.A. Confidential (soundtrack)|L.A. Confidential]] | next_year = 1997 }} [[Randy Newman]] was initially hired to write the [[film score]]; however, Petersen considered his composition to be almost a parody and commissioned [[Jerry Goldsmith]] to write and record a more somber and patriotic score in just twelve days, with assistance from [[Joel McNeely]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.moviemusicuk.us/af1rancd.htm |title=Air Force One (rejected score) (review) |access-date=August 21, 2009 |work=Movie Music U.K. |last=Broxton |first=Jonathan |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206072109/http://www.moviemusicuk.us/af1rancd.htm |archive-date=December 6, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soundtrack-express.com/osts/aforeject.htm|title=Air Force One (rejected score)|access-date=August 21, 2009|work=Soundtrack Express |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020811193529/http://www.soundtrack-express.com/osts/aforeject.htm |archive-date=August 11, 2002}}</ref> After the experience, Goldsmith vowed to never again take on such a last-minute task.<ref name="filmtracks">{{cite web|url=http://www.filmtracks.com/titles/air_force_one.html|first=Christian|last=Clemmensen|title=Air Force One|date=July 28, 1997|access-date=August 21, 2009|publisher=Filmtracks Publications|work=[[Filmtracks.com]]|archive-date=March 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319151238/http://www.filmtracks.com/titles/air_force_one.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The music label [[Varèse Sarabande]] released a soundtrack album featuring Goldsmith's music. McNeely receives a credit on the back cover for "Additional Music in the Motion Picture", but none of his work is on the CD, although his cues include the material heard when Air Force One is under attack.<ref name="filmtracks"/>{{Original research inline|date=December 2015}} On September 27, 2019, a 2-CD release featuring the full score was released.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.varesesarabande.com/products/air-force-one-the-deluxe-edition?_pos=3&_sid=4e428e442&_ss=r|title = Air Force One: The Deluxe Edition (CD)}}</ref> The first track of the soundtrack, "The Parachutes", was used by [[Donald Trump]] during [[Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016|his campaign]] for president of the United States in [[2016 United States presidential election|2016]]. The track was played in the background at the [[New York Hilton Midtown]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/11/02/trump-to-spend-election-night-at-hilton-midtown-hotel-in-manhattan/|title=Trump to spend election night at Hilton Midtown hotel in Manhattan|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=November 2, 2016|access-date=June 19, 2017|last1=Sullivan|first1=Sean|archive-date=April 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170408144647/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/11/02/trump-to-spend-election-night-at-hilton-midtown-hotel-in-manhattan/|url-status=live}}</ref> prior to Trump's victory speech, following [[Hillary Clinton]]'s concession.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mullin|first=Gemma|title=Victorious Donald Trump walks out to Air Force One movie soundtrack as he's elected US president|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/victorious-donald-trump-walks-out-9224156|newspaper=[[Daily Mirror]]|publisher=MGN|date=November 9, 2016|access-date=January 20, 2017|archive-date=January 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105014428/http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/victorious-donald-trump-walks-out-9224156|url-status=live}}</ref> The track was used repeatedly at campaign events with the Trump plane as background, leading the film's producer to ask him to stop using it.<ref name="TrumpUsage">{{cite news| url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/donald-trump-asked-stop-using-914481| author1= Cassidy, Kevin| title= Donald Trump Asked to Stop Using 'Air Force One' Music for Campaign (Exclusive)| website= The Hollywood Reporter| date= July 25, 2016| access-date= July 26, 2018| archive-date= July 26, 2018| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180726170213/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/donald-trump-asked-stop-using-914481| url-status= live}}</ref> ==Novelization== A [[novelization]] of the film was published in June 1997 by author [[Max Allan Collins]]. Although the book has the same central plot and outcomes as the film, its main storyline has additional scenes and lines not in the film. The book develops characters more than the film. Marshall is described as possessing a smile that is described in the novel as "the most valuable weapon in his public relations arsenal" (p.&nbsp;11). He promotes an [[interventionism (politics)|interventionist]] line on foreign policy and a strong stance against terrorism (met with political opposition from opposition [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the House]], Franklin Danforth, in the novel). He is described as a first-term President, up for re-election later on in the year that the film is set in. Marshall's home state is [[Iowa]]. A two-term former governor of Iowa in the novel, he first campaigns in the film for the US House. He graduated from [[University of Iowa]] in the early 1970s in the novel and may also have attended the [[University of Notre Dame]]. His senior Staff and Cabinet include Vice President Kathryn Bennett (former congresswoman and trial attorney from [[New Jersey]]), [[White House Chief of Staff|Chief of Staff]] Lloyd Shepherd (an old friend from [[University of Iowa|U of I]]), [[National Security Advisor (United States)|National Security Advisor]] Jack Doherty, [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]] Walter Dean, [[Deputy Director of the National Security Agency|Deputy NSA Director]] Thomas Lee, Deputy [[White House Press Secretary|Press Secretary]] Melanie Mitchell, [[Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff|Chairman of the Joint Chiefs]] Northwood, Air Force General Greeley (under whom Marshall served in Vietnam). His Party is [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] in the novel. Marshall is described in the novel as "a moderate-Republican version of [[Bill Clinton]], minus the womanizing reputation, and without a hint of personal or professional scandal" (p.&nbsp;99–100). Korushunov's family is expanded upon, and it is revealed that Korushunov is not his real name. Unlike the movie, Gibbs's identity as the traitor is not revealed until the end of the book. It also hints at his motivation: "What he did remember, as he sipped his coffee, was that he knew these men, had worked with these men, and it was a damn shame they had to die so that he could be wealthy." Korushunov later tells Marshall he "paid" him off. It also presents a slightly alternative ending: in the novel, Air Force One crashes in the Russian countryside, but in the film, it crashes into the [[Caspian Sea]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/663082.Air_Force_One|title=Air Force One review|publisher=[[Goodreads]]|access-date=November 18, 2015|archive-date=November 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151101235747/http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/663082.Air_Force_One|url-status=live}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Further reading== * {{cite web |access-date=September 28, 2011 |url=http://garyoldman.info/Movies/thumbnails.php?album=18 |title=''Air Force One'' Movie Gallery |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208095140/http://www.garyoldman.info/movies/thumbnails.php?album=18 |archive-date=December 8, 2008}} * {{cite web |access-date=October 5, 2010 |url=http://www.rad.net.nz/index.php?id=843 |title=Air Force One as Political Communication|first=Richard|last=Davis|work=Radiescent}} * {{cite web |url=http://www.filmscouts.com/scripts/matinee.cfm?Film=air-for&File=productn |work=Film Scouts |author=Film Scouts |title=''Air Force One'': About The Production |year=1999 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000106101418/http://www.filmscouts.com/scripts/matinee.cfm?Film=air-for&File=productn |archive-date=January 6, 2000}} ==External links== {{Wikiquote|Air Force One (film)|Air Force One}} {{portal|Film}} * {{AFI film|60488|Air Force One}} * {{IMDb title|0118571|Air Force One}} * {{tcmdb title|328888|Air Force One}} * {{Allmovie title|156948|Air Force One}} {{Wolfgang Petersen}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Air Force One}} [[Category:1997 action thriller films]] [[Category:1997 films]] [[Category:1990s disaster films]] [[Category:1990s political thriller films]] [[Category:American action thriller films]] [[Category:American aviation films]] [[Category:American disaster films]] [[Category:American political thriller films]] [[Category:Beacon Pictures films]] [[Category:Columbia Pictures films]] [[Category:1990s English-language films]] [[Category:Films scored by Jerry Goldsmith]] [[Category:Films about aviation accidents or incidents]] [[Category:Films about fictional presidents of the United States]] [[Category:Films about aircraft hijackings]] [[Category:Films about terrorism]] [[Category:Films directed by Wolfgang Petersen]] [[Category:Films set in the Caspian Sea]] [[Category:Films set in Germany]] [[Category:Films set in Kazakhstan]] [[Category:Films set in Moscow]] [[Category:Films set in the White House]] [[Category:Films set in Washington, D.C.]] [[Category:Films set on airplanes]] [[Category:Films shot in Cleveland]] [[Category:Films shot in Los Angeles]] [[Category:Films shot in Moscow]] [[Category:Films shot in Washington, D.C.]] [[Category:Films produced by Gail Katz]] [[Category:Touchstone Pictures films]] [[Category:Films about the United States Air Force]] [[Category:United States presidential succession in fiction]] [[Category:Films about Air Force One]] [[Category:1990s American films]] [[Category:Films with screenplays by Andrew W. 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