Con Air

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Arnie, Jakob, and Stuart satisfy their itch to travel somewhere exotic this July by buying tickets aboard Con Air, the raucous 1997 action-comedy that pits Nicolas Cage against John Malkovich and a plane full of hardened criminals. Will the wrongfully imprisoned Army Ranger make it home in time to celebrate his daughter’s birthday, and watch her pull a dirty, wet bunny out of a box? And can serial killer Steve Buscemi, arsonist Dave Chappelle, or anyone else in this epic cast of tough guys get away with stealing the spotlight? Become a July Patron and Find Out!

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Nicolas Cage John Cusack John Malkovich Ving Rhames Mykelti Williamson Colm Meaney Monica Potter Rachel Ticotin Steve Buscemi Nick Chinlund M.C. Gainey Danny Trejo Renoly Santiago Steve Eastin Brendan Kelly Carl Ciarfalio José Zúñiga Ned Bellamy John Marshall Jones John Roselius Fredric Lehne Dan Bell Bob Stephenson Tommy Bush Don C. McGovern Angela Featherstone Doug Hutchison Jeris Poindexter Emilio Rivera Mario Roberts Earl Billings Greg Collins Billy Devlin Mark Ginther Joseph Patrick Kelly Jeff Olson Charlie Paddock Don S. Davis Thomas Rosales Jr. Eddie Perez Brian Hayes Currie Joey Miyashima Scott Burkholder Kevin Cooney Pete Antico John Robotham Richard L. Duran Chris Ellis Bill Cusack Dabbs Greer Marco Kyris Kevin Gage Dennis Burkley Matthew Barry Scott Rosenberg Dylan Haggerty Powers Boothe

Con Air

1997 R 1h 56m

Newly-paroled former US Army ranger Cameron Poe is headed back to his wife, but must fly home aboard a prison transport flight dubbed "Jailbird" taking the “worst of the worst” prisoners, a group described as “pure predators”, to a new super-prison. Poe faces impossible odds when the transport plane is skyjacked mid-flight by the most vicious criminals in the country led by the mastermind — genius serial killer Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom, and backed by black militant Diamond Dog and psychopath Billy Bedlam.

Release Date

June 5, 1997

Director

Simon West

Writer

Scott Rosenberg, Matsune Suzuki

Stars

Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Ving Rhames, Mykelti Williamson, Dave Chappelle, Colm Meaney, Monica Potter, Landry Allbright, Rachel Ticotin, Steve Buscemi, Nick Chinlund, M.C. Gainey, Danny Trejo, Renoly Santiago, Steve Eastin, Brendan Kelly, Jesse Borrego, Carl Ciarfalio, Mongo Brownlee, José Zúñiga, Ned Bellamy, John Marshall Jones, John Roselius, Fredric Lehne, Martin McSorley, Dan Bell, Bob Stephenson, Scott Ditty, Tommy Bush, Lauren Pratt, Steve Hulin, Don C. McGovern, Angela Featherstone, Doug Hutchison, Jeris Poindexter, David Ramsey, Conrad Goode, Emilio Rivera, Mario Roberts, Ty Granderson Jones, Earl Billings, Greg Collins, Billy Devlin, Mark Ginther, Joseph Patrick Kelly, Jeff Olson, Dawn Bluford, Charlie Paddock, Randee Barnes, Don S. Davis, Barbara Sharma, Thomas Rosales Jr., Eddie Perez, Scott McCoy, Brian Hayes Currie, Ashley Smock, Charles Lynn Frost, Joey Miyashima, Scott Burkholder, Kevin Cooney, Gérard L'Heureux, Pete Antico, John Robotham, Gilbert Rosales, Richard L. Duran, George Randall, Jamie Bozian, Harley Zumbrum, Doug Dearth, David Roberson, Alexandra Balahoutis, Dick 'Skip' Evans, Sheldon Worthington, Robert Taft, Robert White, Chris Ellis, John Campbell, Brian Willems, Bill Cusack, Dabbs Greer, Marco Kyris, Kevin Gage, Dennis Burkley, Matthew Barry, Scott Rosenberg, Dylan Haggerty, Powers Boothe

Producer

Jerry Bruckheimer

Cinematography

David Tattersall

Music

Mark Mancina

Genre

Action, Crime, Thriller

Country

United States of America

Language

English

Budget

$75,000,000

External Links

IMDb | TMDB

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