Flight of the Intruder (1991)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

John Milius

Writers (WGA):

Stephen Coonts (novel)
Robert Dillon (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

18 January 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Action | War

Tagline:

The only thing they can count on is each other.

Plot:

After his bombardier is killed, Jake Grafton, a carrier-based Intruder pilot, questions the purpose of Navy bombing missions...

Plot Keywords:

Navy | Vietnam | Aviation | US Navy | Aircraft Carrier

Cast

Danny Glover	...	Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli
Willem Dafoe	...	Lt. Cmdr. Virgil 'Tiger' Cole
Brad Johnson	...	Lt. Jake 'Cool Hand' Grafton
Rosanna Arquette	...	Callie
Tom Sizemore	...	Boxman
J. Kenneth Campbell	...	Lt. Cmdr. 'Cowboy' Parker
Jared Chandler	...	Lt. (j.g.) Jack 'Razor' Barlow
Dann Florek	...	Lt. Comdr. Mad Jack / Doc
Madison Mason	...	C.A.G.
Ving Rhames	...	CPO Frank McRae
Christopher Rich	...	Morgan 'Morg' McPherson
Douglas Roberts	...	Guffy
Scott N. Stevens	...	Hardesty (as Scott Newton Stevens)
Justin Williams	...	Lt. Sammy Lundeen
John Corbett	...	Big Augie

Runtime:

115 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Australia:M | New Zealand:PG | Finland:K-14 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Kaua'i, Hawaii, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

This film was filmed partly on the USS INDEPENDENCE CV-62. It went out for two weeks of filming in November of 1989.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: At Po City, when Jake Grafton goes on the hanging chair, CPO Frank McRae is watching. His mouth is silent but you simultaneously hear his voice cheering Jake on.

Quotes:

[In the briefing room]
Cdr. Camparelli: "Movie officer, what's the film tonite?"
Pilot: "They Shoot horses, Don't They, Sir!"
Cdr. Camparelli: "Any skin?"
Pilot: "No Sir."
Cdr. Camparelli: "Cancel it!"

Movie Connections:

Featured in Computerbilleder - udfordring til virkeligheden (1992) (TV)

BRAD JOHNSON AND MORGAN MCPHERSON IN THE SAME COCKPIT

FLIGHT OF THE INTRUDER reminds me of the ODYSSEY by HOMER. Both books take the reader on a quest. Stephen Coonts is a gifted writer. He was once stationed on the Aircraft Carrier USS INDEPENDENCE(CV-62) like his book is set on the INDY in 1972. Director John Milius (RED DAWN) makes yet another anti-communist movie about American A-6 INTRUDER Pilots during the Vietnam war. The talented Danny Glover plays Commander Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli an African-Italian-American and squadron commander. Christopher Rich plays Morgan 'MORG' McPherson who is the bombadier for Lt Jake 'COOL HAND' Grafton played by Brad Johnson. McPherson is killed by small arms fire on a useless bombing mission that leads Grafton to doubt whether the bombing runs are worth it. Lt Cmdr Virgil 'TIGER' Cole smoothly played by Willem Dafoe replaces 'MORG' and together the new A-6 team dreams of attacking Hanoi to the tune of DOWNTOWN. Rosanna Arquette is the perfect Navy wife as Callie. I gave FLIGHT OF THE INTRUDER a 9 out of 10.