Airwolf (1984) (TV)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Donald P. Bellisario

Writer:

Donald P. Bellisario (written by)

Release Date:

22 January 1984 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure

Plot:

A scientist who has created a super helicopter has defected to Libya and taken the machine with him...

Plot Keywords:

Helicopter | Aviation | TV Series Pilot

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy.

Cast

Jan-Michael Vincent	...	Stringfellow Hawke
Ernest Borgnine	...	Dominic
Alex Cord	...	Michael Coldsmith Briggs III
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Frank Annese	...	Major Mufta Ben-Kamal
Belinda Bauer	...	Gabrielle Ademaur
Philip Bruns	...	Mitch, the Director
John Calvin	...	Blaze
John Davis Chandler	...	Gentry
Tina Chen	...	Faye
Gary Epper	...	Red Star Controller
Nick Faltas	...	Libyan Officer
Steve Greenstein	...	Libyan Controller (as Steven Greenstein)
David Hemmings	...	Dr. Charles Henry Moffet
Herb Jefferson Jr.	...	Carrier Commander
Monty Jordan	...	Army Officer
Paul La Greca	...	Arab Boy
Robert McRay	...	Parking attendent
Kyle Nakamura	...	Brandon Oshiro
Toby Norton	...	USS Enterprise Radar Operator
Helene Phillips	...	Angela
Deborah Pratt	...	Marella
Dee Dee Rescher	...	Mona Kahn, Reporter
Eugene Roche	...	Senator William Dietz
W.K. Stratton	...	Chuck Gordon
Victor Warren	...	Museium official
Dean Wein	...	Mark, Co-Pilot
Dan Woren	...	Red Star Army Lieutenant

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Netherlands:12 (video rating) | Iceland:16 | Norway:16

Company:

Belisarius Productions

Goofs:

Continuity: While Moffet tortures Gabrielle next to the jeep, she has her shoes on. When Hawke finds her, she appears to be barefoot.

Quotes:

Major Mufta Ben-Kamal: [Major Ben-Mufta and Dr. Moffet are watching a scantily clad dancer in a nightclub] I don't understand what you Westerners see in women with such skinny bodies, in the desert a body like this would wither and die in a matter of hours.
Dr. Charles Henry Moffet: After a few hours with such a body, what would it matter?
Dr. Charles Henry Moffet: [watches the dancer intently] I want her...
Major Mufta Ben-Kamal: Ah... That will be difficult, we believe she is an American spy.
Dr. Charles Henry Moffet: Perhaps I can question her for you...
Major Mufta Ben-Kamal: I could do that... Of course, Brother Kadafi was most pleased with your exploits this afternoon against the French on behalf of our beleaguered freedom fighters in Chad. Your destruction of two French Mirage fighters will be told about in the camps of our people until the desert sand turns to water...
Dr. Charles Henry Moffet: But that's still not enough to pay for her?
Major Mufta Ben-Kamal: [laughs] There are many women here who are just...
Dr. Charles Henry Moffet: [snaps] What is?
Major Mufta Ben-Kamal: An American Destroyer...
[...]

Movie Connections:

Followed by "Airwolf" (1987)

Soundtrack:

Moonshadow

What a Superb film!

I would most certainly recommend this film to anybody who has yet to see an episode of Airwolf, the best acting in the film is by Jan-Michael Vincent- who plays moody loner Stringfellow Hawke, and David Hemmings- The choppers insane creator Charles Moffat. The ending of the film includes a great battle scene, and i love the film that much that the tape is worn out. My favourite film of all time and made me a solid fan of the series. This was the pilot episode, and its a shame that Jan-Michael Vincent ended up the way he did. It would have been nice to see the Hawke brothers work together in the chopper, instead of how the 4th series turned out (a load of rubbish and a slap in the face to hardcore fans of the show). Thumbs way up for this one!