Air America
1990 · directed by Roger Spottiswoode
- Rating
- 44/100
- Hit
- no
Air America was the CIA's private airline operating in Laos during the Vietnam War, running anything and everything from soldiers to foodstuffs for local villagers. After losing his pilot's license, Billy Covington is recruited, and ends up in the middle of a bunch of lunatic pilots, gun-running by his friend Gene Ryack, and opium smuggling by his own superiors.
Air America (1990), directed by Roger Spottiswoode, rates 44/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Mel Gibson
- Robert Downey Jr.
- Nancy Travis
- Ken Jenkins
- David Marshall Grant
- Lane Smith
- Art LaFleur
- Ned Eisenberg
- Marshall Bell
- David Bowe
Crew
- Roger Deakins — Director of Photography
- John Bloom — Editor
- Lois Freeman-Fox — Editor
- Charles Gross — Original Music Composer
- John Eskow — Screenplay
- Richard Rush — Screenplay
More from Roger Spottiswoode
- And the Band Played On (1993) — 83/100 · hit
- Under Fire (1983) — 74/100
- A Street Cat Named Bob (2016) — 72/100
- Shoot to Kill (1988) — 71/100
- Shake Hands with the Devil (2007) — 66/100
- The Beach House (2018) — 64/100 · TV film, not counted
How these numbers work: Methodology