Con Air

Year:

1997

Duration:

115 min | USA:123 min (extended version)

Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

IMDB rate:

6.8

Director:

Simon West

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 7 wins & 9 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1997-06-06

Filming Locations: Utah, USA

Earnings

Budget: $75,000,000

Opening Weekend: $24,131,738 (USA) (8 June 1997)

Gross: $101,087,161 (USA) (5 October 1997)

Cast

Actor

Character

Danny Trejo

Richard L. Duran

Eddie Perez

Lauren Pratt

David Ramsey

Colm Meaney

Duncan Malloy

Mykelti Williamson

Baby-O

Nick Chinlund

Billy Bedlam

Renoly Santiago

Ramon 'Sally-Can't Dance' Martinez

John Malkovich

Cyrus 'The Virus' Grissom

Ving Rhames

Diamond Dog

Dave Chappelle

Pinball

Rachel Ticotin

Guard Sally Bishop

Steve Eastin

Guard Falzon

Steve Buscemi

Garland 'The Marietta Mangler' Greene

M.C. Gainey

Swamp Thing

Landry Allbright

Casey Poe

John Cusack

Vince Larkin

Monica Potter

Tricia Poe

Nicolas Cage

Cameron Poe

Brendan Kelly

Conrad

Jesse Borrego

Francisco Cindino

Carl Ciarfalio

Con #1 (as Carl N. Ciarfalio)

Mongo Brownlee

Ajax (as Jerry Mongo Brownlee)

José Zúñiga

DEA Agent Willie Sims (as Jose Zuniga)

Ned Bellamy

Chopper Pilot

John Marshall Jones

Gator

John Roselius

Skip Devers

Fredric Lehne

Pilot (as Fredric Lane)

Marty McSorley

Mack the Co-Pilot (as Martin McSorley)

Dylan Haggerty

Starkey

Dan Bell

Fuel Jockey

Bob Stephenson

Ted, Pilot (as Robert Stephenson)

Scott Ditty

Bus Guard

Tommy Bush

Sheriff

Steve Hulin

Ronnie

Don Charles McGovern

Smoke (as Don McGovern)

Angela Featherstone

Ginny

Doug Hutchison

Donald

Jeris Poindexter

Watts

Conrad Goode

Viking

Emilio Rivera

Carlos

Mario Roberts

Mongoose

Ty Granderson Jones

Blade

Earl Billings

Guard #1

Greg Collins

Guard #2

Billy Devlin

Guard #3

Mark Ginther

Guard #4

Joseph Patrick Kelly

Guard #5

Jeff Olson

Uncle Bob

Dawn Bluford

Female Baggage Handler

Charlie Paddock

Transportation Officer #1

Randee Barnes

Stickman

Don S. Davis

Man in Car (as Don Davis)

Barbara Sharma

Woman in Car

Thomas Rosales Jr.

Cindino Gunman #1 (as Thomas Rosales)

Scott McCoy

Cindino Gunman #3

Brian Hayes Currie

Vegas Cop

Ashley Smock

Huey Pilot

Charles Lynn Frost

DEA Agent

Joey Miyashima

Tech Guy

Scott Burkholder

Air Traffic Controller

Kevin Cooney

Judge

Gérard L'Heureux

Guard Renfro

Pete Antico

Guard Garner

John Robotham

Guard Ryan

Gilbert Rosales

Ramirez

George Randall

Old Con on Plane

Jamie Bozian

Con #2 (as James Bozian)

Harley Zumbrum

Con #3

Doug Dearth

Con #4

David Roberson

Supervisor

Alexandra Balahoutis

Waitress

Dick 'Skip' Evans

Airplane Pilot

Sheldon Worthington

Co-Pilot

Robert Taft

Soldier #1

Robert White

Soldier #2

Chris Ellis

B.O.P. Official Grant

John Campbell

B.O.P. Bus Driver

Brian Willems

Paramedic #1

Bill Cusack

Paramedic #2

Dabbs Greer

Old Man Under Truck

Marco Kyris

Cindino's Pilot

Matthew Barry

Chambers (uncredited)

Powers Boothe

Officer at Leaving Ceremony (voice) (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

Dennis Burkley

Dale (uncredited)

Kira Burt

Police Officer (uncredited)

Christopher William Chamberlin

Extra (uncredited)

John Diehl

Public Defender (uncredited)

Marty Fresca

Bald Prisoner (uncredited)

Kevin Gage

Billy Joe

Christopher Robin Hood

Crash Witness (uncredited)

Walter Ludwig

Firefighter (uncredited)

Bob Pepper

Crash Victim (uncredited)

Mark Rodney

Vegas Cop (uncredited)

Scott Rosenberg

Garland's Craps Dealer (uncredited)

Dan Rudert

Army Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)

Jay So

Tourist (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

In the trailer for this movie, the flying scene where the 2 AH-1 Cobras escort Jailbird 1 during their landing in the Las Vegas strip included the dialog "Where are they going to land this thing?" spoken by one of the Cobra pilots, and the response by John Cusack's character: "How about the blackjack tables". Neither dialog was included in the final cut.

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The Jailbird C-123 used during the filming of the taxi scenes is now on display at Wendover Airfield which is also used to film the scenes of Lerner Airfield.

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Don Simpson reportedly hated the film's concept; when he and Jerry Bruckheimer ended their longtime producing partnership, Simpson was happy to relinquish any ties to the film, while Bruckheimer got the green light from BV to begin filming for a summer 1997 release. The film was therefore unaffected by Simpson's death in January 1996.

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Goofs

The C-123 aircraft does not have lower compartments as depicted in the movie.

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When the three agents first see the airplane dragging Malloy's Corvette in the air the plane is a good ways away from them yet after while the Corvette hits a building and is released from the plane and lands next to the three agents. The plane would of had to do an impossible turn and fly back toward the agents. It is does not show the plane turning at all, it was taking off and was trying to gain altitude.

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After the prisoner's plane crash lands at Lerner Field, there is a shot of the plane's rear hatch being lowered that shows the underside of the aircraft. If you look closely, you can clearly see two tires on each side of the plane, even though the rear landing gear only has one tire for each side in several previous shots. The outer one is obviously the landing gear tire while the second, inner tire is obviously a truck tire. You can also see a large exhaust pipe and other suspension components that suggest that for this scene, the plane is actually just a mocked-up body that was built on a large truck chassis (likely a large box truck of some sort) in order to be driven towards the propane tank.

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Quotes

Guard Falzon: It smells like someone shit in your mouth.

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Baby O: Hey, lady!

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Baby O: [refering to Garland Greene] What's wrong with him?

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Faq

Q

How did Cameron get such a harsh sentence for self-defense?

A

Poe plead guilty to all charges. Therefore there was no trial. Therefore no evidence of self-defense was heard.Also, he was Special Operations. They are trained when and when not to use lethal force. Even though it was self defense that would be a factor in his sentence. The judge even brings that up during sentencing.

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