Wings of the hell

Wings of the hell (in Quebec: Air Convicts ; titrate original: Con Air ) is an American film carried out by Simon West left in 1997.

Synopsis

Cameron Poe (Nicolas Cage) is Rangers of the army of theplain ones. The evening of its civil return to the life, wanting to defend his wife of the attacks of a drunkard, it kills it involuntarily and must spend 8 years under the bolts. To its coming out of prison, it is returned at his place on a penitentiary aircraft. But the plane contains also extremely dangerous criminals who manage to take the control of the apparatus. Whereas the federal ones on the ground plan to destroy the plane, Marshall Vince Larkin (John Cusack) is opposed to it, persuaded that Cameron is their ally.

Data sheet

Title: Wings of the hell
original Title: Idiot Air
Québécois Title: Air Convicts
Realization: Simon West
Scenario: Scott Rosenberg
Production: Jerry Bruckheimer
Music: Mark Mancina and Trevor Rabin (additional: Nick Glennie-Smith and Martin Tillman)
Image: David Tattersall
Assembly: Chris Lebenzon, Steve Mirkovich and Glen Scantlebury
Comings out date:

the United States: June 6th 1997
Belgium: July 9th 1997
France: August 20th 1997

Distribution

Nicolas Cage: Cameron Poe
John Malkovich: Cyrus Grissom (Cyrus the Virus)
John Cusack: Vince Larkin
Monica Potter : Tricia Poe
Landry Allbright : Casey Poe
M.C. Gainey: Swamp Thing
Danny Trejo : Johnny Baca
Steve Buscemi : Garland Greene
Steve Eastin : Falzon
Dave Vault: Joe Parker
Ving Rhames: Nathan Jones
Renoly Santiago: Ramon Martinez
Nick Chinlund : William Bedford
Mykelti Williamson: Mike O' Dell

Rewards

Price

1998 : Razzie Award of film missing the most respect towards the human life and the public edifices

Nominations

1998 : Nomination with the Oscar of the best sound for Kevin O' Connell, Greg P. Russell and Art Rochester
1998: Nomination with the Oscar of the best original song for How C I Live? of Diane Warren
1998: Nomination with the Razzie Award of the worst original song for How C I Live? of Diane Warren
1998: Nomination with the Saturn Award of the male best supporting role for Steve Buscemi

Around film

the scenes of Las Vegas were turned in a famous hotel which was to be demolished fine 1996, also the production line team benefitted from opportunity and financed the demolition with the great pleasure of the promoters.
According to the letter that Cameron Poe receives his/her girl, the flight takes place the July 14th, date of the catch of the Bastille whose 7 prisoners were released in 1789.
One notes the appearance of Don S. Davis ( which plays the Hammond General in Stargate SG-1) the driver of the car which receives the body.
plate AZZ KICKR of the car is also shown in the series Code LISA, for the Jeep of Chett.

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