Air America (1990)

Air America

1990 ‧ Comedy/Action ‧ 1h 53m

MOVIE INFO

Despite having just had his Los Angeles pilot's license revoked, Billy Covington (Robert Downey Jr.) is hired by Air America, a clandestine airline operating out of Laos run by the CIA. He soon discovers that his mission is to covertly transport illicit goods in and out of Southeast Asia and that his copilot will be the wild-flying Gene Ryack (Mel Gibson). But when Covington begins expressing doubt about the dubious morality of their operation, the two hotheaded pilots become at odds.

• Rating: R

• Genre: Action, Comedy

• Original Language: English

• Director: Roger Spottiswoode

• Producer: Daniel Melnick

• Writer: John Eskow, Richard Rush

• Release Date (Theaters): Aug 10, 1990  Wide

• Release Date (Streaming): Aug 26, 2016

• Box Office (Gross USA): $29.2M

• Runtime: 1h 52m

• Distributor: TriStar Pictures

• Production Co: TriStar Pictures, Carolco Pictures Inc.

• Sound Mix: Surround, Magnetic Stereo 6 Track

CAST & CREW

Mel Gibson

Gene Ryack

Robert Downey Jr.

Billy Covington

Nancy Travis

Corinne Landreaux

David Marshall Grant

Rob Diehl

Lane Smith

Senator Davenport

Ken Jenkins

Major Donald Lemond

Burt Kwouk

General Lu Soong

Art LaFleur

Jack Neely

Tim Thomerson

Babo

Sinjai Plengpanich

Gene's Wife

Roger Spottiswoode

Director

Mario Kassar

Executive Producer

Andrew G. Vajna

Executive Producer

Jon Jashni

Associate Producer

Roger Cook

Original Music

Roger Greenaway

Original Music

Charles Gross

Original Music

Roger Deakins

Cinematographer

John Bloom

Film Editing

Janet Hirshenson

Casting

Jane Jenkins

Casting

Daniel Melnick

Producer

John Eskow

Screenwriter

Richard Rush

Screenwriter