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[@shreknet]

She had it on the money with "Action President".

[@Cadinho93]

"GET OFF MY PLANE!" Fun Fact: Gary Oldman's performance earned him the nickname "Scary Gary" during production. However, he did not stay in character between the scenes. Wolfgang Petersen called the filming experience "Air Force Fun" because of how comedic and genial Gary Oldman and Harrison Ford would be off-screen. He also said that Gary Oldman would suddenly return to the menacing film persona instantly. Harrison Ford has since named Gary Oldman as his favorite on-screen nemesis. Also, Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman are actually hitting each other during their fight scenes.

[@bigdream_dreambig]

The ability to completely "turn on and off" the villain like that is quite impressive. I was once the villain in a production, and I was disappointed that some of the other actors whose company I enjoyed didn't socialize with me much. It was only later that I realized that, even though I _did_ "turn off" my villain character when appropriate, I retained some of his stand-offish glower-iness, which kept the "hero actors" at a distance.

[@coadacatalin4510]

@@bigdream_dreambig I can't imagine anything more fun than playing the villain.

[@Trenchcoat3]

@@bigdream_dreambigNot exactly the same thing since it wasn’t acting related, but it does remind me of the time I was working in catering and one of the girls halfway through the event finally gained the courage to ask what my problem was. Totally confused I asked what she meant. Turned out everyone thought I was glaring at them menacingly. I had to explain that I was wearing contacts and needed a new prescription, I wasn’t glaring, I was squinting in an attempt to see 😭 We had a laugh about it after that and all was well. I made sure to apologize and explain to the rest of the crew in case any others thought I was glaring at them as well. Suddenly everyone was so much more social with me after that 😂

[@bigdream_dreambig]

@@Trenchcoat3 It's amazing (and sad) what misunderstandings happen between people every day. I once was at my first day of a new job, and I gave some of my completed paperwork to the receptionist -- but she didn't understand what I expected her to do with it. I apologized and took it back, but she came away with the impression that I was arrogant, acting "above my station" and assuming that everyone was there to do my bidding. You see, at every small-company job I'd worked at previously, the receptionist had doubled as a secretary for the CEO, so without even realizing it I had (incorrectly) assumed the same was true here. I later learned that _this_ CEO was such a control freak that he never delegated anything to her; she was only tasked with being a receptionist. Eventually, after she'd realized that I was actually one of the least arrogant, most "status-blind" employees there, she told me about how wrong her first impression of me had been. Although I was glad her impression had been corrected, I was VERY unsettled by how off it had been in the first place.

[@gabedamien]

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is a popular children's book. The mouse's requests keep escalating humorously.

[@maximillianosaben]

I'm 33 and I still have my little copy of it.

[@t.c.thompson2359]

That book gave alot of people the wrong message. People that ask for help are just being lazy and trying to get your stuff.

[@fleetadmiralj]

"Once you give the mouse a napkin, what does he ask for?" "Healthcare..."

[@bigsarge8795]

There was also another book along the same lines called "if you give a moose a muffin"... my kids loved that book when they were younger

[@McPh1741]

My daughter loved those books and the cartoons on Amazon.

[@kebernet]

In the books, Jack Ryan eventually becomes president. I like to think this is a Jack Ryan story the way The Rock is a James Bond story.

[@NandR]

Same!

[@prollins6443]

Never thought of it that way!

[@MrMarioski]

Yes! I thought I was alone in thinking this is an unofficial Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan sequel.

[@nrkgalt]

After 9/11 there was no way they would do a movie version of Debt of Honor, the book where Jack Ryan becomes president.

[@TregMediaHD]

Me also, the harrison trilogy complete . PATRIOT GAMES is one of my favourites

[@underAtack]

Common quote in our household growing up when you wanted someone to leave you alone: "Get off my plane."

[@kingscorpion7346]

during filming, in one of the few scenes that have Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman together, Gary broke character and asked Harrison, "Aren't you Indiana Jones?"😃

[@McPh1741]

The girl playing his daughter is Liesel Matthews. She only has 3 acting credit to her name. She was in a movie called " A Little Princess" before this movie and is worth checking out. She quit acting, went to college, and does philanthropy work now. Apparently her family (The Pritzker family) is loaded.

[@waterbeauty85]

I saw :A Little Princess" and thought she was very good in it, but until you mentioned it, I didn't notice it was the same actress.

[@citydweller99]

One of her cousins is current governor of Illinois as well

[@secularmonk5176]

Jennifer Pritzker and others in the family utilize their wealth for transgender advocacy

[@Anthony-kw4en]

Rich Jew uses connections to get a movie role? No way!

[@Gameflyer001]

The Pritzkers are owners of the Hyatt chain of hotels and have been since 1957. She's a scion of that family. She chose Matthews as her stage surname after her brother, Matthew Pritzker.

[@jculver1674]

30:20 Not only is it possible, a stuntman actually did it for real while filming the Sly Stallone movie Cliffhanger, which absolutely should be on your list to react to. The Defense Secretary saying "I'm in charge here" and repeatedly trying to control the situation is a reference to Alexander Haig, who was Secretary of State to President Reagan and infamously said the same quote while trying to assert control of the government while Reagan was in the hospital after being shot. Also, the President having a military background and a teenage daughter is probably inspired by Bush Sr. and Clinton, respectively.

[@fredfredburger5150]

IIRC the stunt guy in Cliffhanger was paid a million dollars for that stunt.

[@whawaii]

Not only is it possible, it's the reverse use of the Fulton Skyhook that can be seen in the Batman film "The Dark Knight". This insertion from plane to plan was originally demonstrated in the movie "Airport 1975".

[@WhiskyCanuck]

@@fredfredburger5150 I thought the cost of the whole stunt (including plane rentals, etc) was $1M, not the stuntman fee. Regardless, I think it was the most expensive stunt ever at that time.

[@fredfredburger5150]

@@WhiskyCanuck From googling "how much did the stuntman in cliffhanger get": "Stuntman Simon Crane was paid $1 million to cross once between two planes at fifteen thousand feet, without the aid of any safety devices or trick photography." Sylvester Stallone paid the fee out of his own salary for the movie. Further research says the cost of the stunt (a world record for the most expensive aerial stunt) was one million dollars so it seems we're both right. The stunt cost the studio a million, the cost of paying the stuntman to do it cost Stallone one million.

[@kingleech16]

@@fredfredburger5150 It's nice when the internet lets two people be right. Especially with regards to an awesome stunt! 😀😀

[@LokRevenant]

So, IIRC, the Vice President does basically 3 things: 1. Provides an instant succession to the office of POTUS if the President is incapacitated or dies while in office. 2. Presides over the Senate in the same way the Speaker of the House does for the House of Representatives. 3. Casts the deciding vote in Senate votes in the event of an even 50/50 split. I’m sure there are other powers and responsibilities the VP has, but the original function was to always have a person leading the Executive Branch of the government in the event the President is unable to perform his duties. Originally, this meant in the event the President died or was removed from office. Later, the 25th Amendment to the Constitution added a proviso whereby the power of the Presidency could be taken from the President or given by the President if the President was incapacitated. The movie uses the example of the President having a stroke, but a more common example would be when George W. Bush was going to have surgery and be under anaesthesia and therefore be unable to perform the duties of the President, so he invoked the 25th amendment and signed his duties and powers to his VP, Dick Cheney, until Bush was out of surgery and off anaesthesia.

[@noahwolfe7071]

This is what I like about The Internet. Thank you @lokrevenant

[@wwoods66]

The Vice Presidency is the spare tire of the American government. Originally, the position was given to the loser of the presidential election -- it made sense to the people who wrote the Constitution that the guy who came in second should succeed the guy who came in first. Later, people realized it didn't, so they amended the Constitution to make the VP someone chosen by the President..

[@_Curanes_Rex]

4. Laughs manically.

[@TheDancerMacabre]

Perfect explanation! Officially, they preside over the Senate and are a backup. Unofficially: Politically, they balance the party's ticket. Obama for Example was seen as too young and inexperienced, So Biden was his VP pick as he would have someone who was more involved in Washington Politics. JFK was seen as a wealthy northerner elite, so LBJ was given the VP slot as a Texan. Further "Unofficially" it was given as either a consolation prize or a way to limit someone's political power. Theodore Roosevelt was a great example as he was picked to be McKinley's running mate to get him out of NY's Governor's office. When McKinley was assassinated, Senator Mike Hanna was quoted as being upset that "a damned cowboy" was going to be President

[@danielwarrenguitar]

You are correct as to points 1 & 3. As to #2, the role of presiding is much less than the Speaker of the House. The first VP John Adams spoke too often, so the Senate rules were changed so the VP can’t make speeches in the Senate.

[@richiecabral3602]

There's another similar movie from about the same time, maybe a year before this, with Kurt Russel called "Executive Decision". It's not exactly the same, but also a fun action one on a plane. Actually maybe even has a little more going on than this one. It's a little cheesy 90s action maybe, but a real fun watch.

[@eatsmylifeYT]

This was the only realistic movie Steven Seagal ever made.

[@karlmortoniv2951]

It’s by far my favorite Seagall flick for obvious reasons. 😜

[@shadowfrost__]

Also don't forget about Passenger 57 that was 5 years earlier, and while doesn't have the President of the United States element, Passenger 57 is very much a source of inspiration in both Executive Decision, and Air Force One.

[@kingleech16]

@@karlmortoniv2951 Definitely my favorite.

[@reneedennis2011]

It's a good action movie 🎬!

[@jp3813]

'97 was an exciting year for action movies: Air Force One, Con Air, Face/Off, Starship Troopers, The Fifth Element, Conspiracy Theory, Tomorrow Never Dies, etc... The first two are some of my favorite Die Hard clones. This film's music was by the legendary Jerry Goldsmith (Poltergeist, First Blood, Gremlins, Total Recall, Mulan, The Mummy, etc...) who was only given a couple of weeks but was still able to rush out a great score. Other great Wolfgang Petersen films are Das Boot, The NeverEnding Story, & In the Line of Fire.

[@brucechmiel7964]

You forgot Jerry Goldsmith’s iconic Star Trek compositions.

[@jp3813]

@@brucechmiel7964 "etc..."

[@mattkandel2449]

That list of movies makes any recent year's list sound like crap.

[@weepingscorpion8739]

Also forgot Alien. The original J.G. score is amazing. His work on Outland and Total Recall is really good too.

[@jp3813]

@@weepingscorpion8739 That's what the et cetera is for. His filmography is a vast one.

[@robertshields4160]

7:26 The nuclear football. My mom was a singer in our small college towns choir. She was telling me about some of the new members and she mentioned one of the new tenors carried the football for President Reagan, when he was in the Secret Service years before. She thought he played football on Reagans team when he was in college. No, he had the nuclear codes handcuffed to his wrist. He's retired now but still a good singer!

[@jculver1674]

I liked the reference to it in Iron Man 2 when Tony referred to his suitcase suit as "the football".

[@jp3813]

Would it be called "nuclear rugby" in Europe?

[@McPh1741]

The terrorist that catches The President on the phone is the awesome Andrew Divoff. He has played the villain in several movies including "Toy Soldiers" (with Sean Astin and Will Wheaton) , "Another 48 Hours", and is his most iconic role as the evil Djinn (Gin) in the Wishmaster movies. He's down right creepy in those movies.

[@jculver1674]

He also played a memorable henchman on Lost.

[@kingleech16]

I loved him in the pilot episode of "The Good Guys"!

[@mayorjimmy]

I remember watching this in the base theater when I was stationed in Germany. The cheering during the fighter plane scene was huge. Also that wasn't Ramstein cuz that's where I was stationed. That looks more like Randolph AFB in San Antonio.

[@waterbeauty85]

23:00 George: "Please don't kill William H. Macy." That actually made me sad. I wanted his character to make it out too, but at least he died trying to save Harrison Ford.

[@okgo620]

Well at least he didn't kill himself like he did in Boogie Nights.

[@nickhewes6860]

"Real peace is not just the abscence of conflict but the presence of justice!" Great movie president speech! Right up there with Independence Day.

[@k.delpino1124]

Makes you wonder. AFO was being made while ID4 was in theaters. You think the screenwriter of AFO heard the speech in ID4 and said, "i gotta write something that's as close to that speech as possible for Mr. Ford". Feels like it.

[@ch44227]

I saw this in theaters when I was 12 at Disney World. They have a regular AMC movie theater there. I didn't think it was going to be great because I thought the whole movie being on the plane would be boring. Or like George said theres not many places to go. I was blown away. And it's still one of my favorite movies today.

George's comment at the beginning about the patriotic-sounding music is very apt: it is a very patriotic film. Just like Independence Day which came out the year before. And someone from the US around the time commented that the two most patriotic (for the US) films in (then) recent times were both by directors from Germany.

[@kingleech16]

"Ve like our strong und decisive leaders!!!"

[@dylanhamilton7190]

“Action President” is THE best description

[@MyargonautsJason]

the director of this film is Wolfgang Petersen - a great action filmmaker. You should try his German-language film about a German submarine crew in WW2 called "Das Boot." Great film! He also directed the exceptional In The Line of Fire with Clint Eastwood.

[@thegunslinger1363]

Wolfgang Petersen sadly died recently. Nevertheless, Das Boot is a masterpiece.

[@bigsarge8795]

Das Boot is absolutely film gold

[@jculver1674]

The actor who played General Radek was Juergen Prochnow, who was the star of Das Boot.

[@tolkienismaster]

Hope they will react to Das Boot. Masterpiece. Classic.

[@k.delpino1124]

The Neverending Story, The Perfect Storm, Troy. Legendary.

[@andcouncil1]

''That was close, Glen.'' Very good.

[@ch44227]

Interesting fact: No plane is offically called Air Force One. Air Force One is the Call Sign of ANY plane the President is currently on. When he was finally on the rescue plane, the cockpit announced that they were changing their call sign to Air Force One, and the War Room at the White House celebrated knowing what that meant.

[@stephenzepp6536]

Facts.

[@robertlovlie5194]

It occurs to me that Independence Day could have had the President give a FOX call with the Air Force One callsign. Would have been an interesting detail.

[@veeli1106]

@@robertlovlie5194…Jesus, how could I missed this piece of detail for over a quarter century?!

[@jp3813]

@@veeli1106 Because it wasn't used by the film.

[@orlandoruizjr3834]

I remember this being a very fun time at the movies. The summer of 1997 had a great line of of movies. The Lost World, The Fifth Element, Con Air, Men In Black, Anaconda, Face/Off, Spawn, and this film. Nevermind Speed 2 and Batman & Robin.

[@kingleech16]

Batman and Robin is SO bad, but I can actually watch and laugh with/at it, unlike many other terrible films.

[@jp3813]

Spawn is also generally disliked.

[@bigsarge8795]

"If you give a mouse a cookie" has a sister book called "if you give a moose a muffin"... my kids loved that book.

[@blablubs9987]

"Maybe drop some parachutes into the plane" plus her face while saying that was just gold. Never change, Simone!

[@jaycarp5]

The succession of power goes 1) President, 2) Vice-President, 3) Speaker of the House. While the president is active, the Vice-president is a figurehead. They are all together during the State of the Union. President at the podium and vice-president with the Speaker sitting behind.

[@kebernet]

Yeah, the thing is unless the president signs a letter, or is removed by the cabinet, for national security situations the Secretary of Defense is in charge of the president is unavailable.

[@xerex21212]

They are also mirroring what happened when Reagan was shot. Bush was VP but by force of personality it was Secretary of State Haig who was calling the shots. Started the "wimp factor" problem for Bush.

[@Villa22Lobos2]

One of the only duties of the VP is that they kind of presided over the senate. Mostly in the capacity to only cast a vote in the case of there is a tie. The VP is a tie breaker.

[@erbaldwin1]

Haig actually thought he was next in line. Guy needed to take a high school civics class...@@xerex21212

[@Arxane]

That, and protect the space time continuum. Read the constitution…so says Futurama.

[@moreanimals6889]

There is a book that came out in the early 90's that is still a popular children's book, called, If You Give A Mouse A Cookie. It follows what happens when a boy adopts a mouse and attempts to babysit the mouse. One thing we all learn, is that if you give the Mouse a cookie, he will want a glass of milk.

[@vladyvhv9579]

Also parodied to extreme in Robot Chicken, with the mom explaining to her kid that she had to kill the dad cause he gave the mouse a cookie, as it would lead to a zombie apocolypse.

[@JoseGonzalez-gx9rv]

I don’t think the vice president and “no more power than the queen” thing is real, or even real in the movie, but that that guy was trying to stall, negotiate, save someone else, kinda thing, also I like how you mentioned Die Hard, as ppl describe this movie as “Die Hard on a plane”, not to mention Speed as “Die Hard on a bus” etc etc

[@tremorsfan]

The origin of the name Air Force One came when the plane Eisenhower was flying had the same call letters as a commercial airline flying in the same space, which caused confusion.

[@MoMoMyPup10]

That doesn't explain anything

[@tremorsfan]

@@MoMoMyPup10 ATC had no way of knowing which plane the President was on.

[@DocuzanQuitomos]

@@MoMoMyPup10 The incident happened on 1953: the presidential airplane (then a Lockheed Constellation "Columbine II") got a call sign like any other plane gets one: the name of the airline plus a random number (Air Force 8610). But along the route, it crossed paths with Eastern Air Lines 8610; regularly, to save time, ATC sometimes just mentions the number of the flight they want to talk to (because, regularly, there are no matching numbers in the same airspace); but, in this case, just saying "Flight 8610, descend and mantain altitude" didn't make clear to which plane ATC was talking to (and you don't want that kind of confusion, specially involving the presidential transport). The nickname/call sign Air Force One later became an informal element, until it became, in 1962, the official call sign for any aircraft transporting the President of the United States (that's another interesting thing: the call sign goes with the President, not with the plane).

[@anthonytobin2337]

Around the same time, Harrison Ford played Jack Ryan in two movies. Jack Ryan has been played by Alec Baldwin, Ben Affleck and Chris Pine in different movies and played by John Krasinski in a current TV series.

[@DollarDude]

Some actors coast through their entire careers playing variations of the same character in every movie. Not Gary Oldman. I don't think he's ever had two roles that are even remotely similar.

[@stevenhernandeznon-profitf968]

What I appreciate about him is for not being a big guy he is scary intense!

[@paulp9274]

You gotta hand it to anyone who can play Sid Vicious and Winston Churchill (admittedly 30+ years apart, but still...)

[@kingleech16]

@@stevenhernandeznon-profitf968 Even more than that, he can go "big"/intense without taking you out of the movie. So many actors go so big so badly that I immediately lose suspension of disbelief and see it as "Oh, that's so and so acting to the back row".

[@jp3813]

I've always said that he would've played a great Batman villain.

[@DollarDude]

@@jp3813 He would have been a great older version of Riddler. But he did such a good job as Commissioner Gordon that I wouldn't want to give up him in that role.

[@notjustforhackers4252]

Executive Decision (1996). 'Nuff Said.

[@fenix6297]

The VP basically has two purposes: - Tie breaker vote in the Senate and preside over any impeachment - Next in line when the President is killed or incapacitated. There are other roles, and in modern America it's not uncommon for the President to assign extra duties to the VP - like "border czar" or "go negotiate this deal for us" but those are the big ones. In the movie - don't know how real this is - the Secretary of Defense was claiming that in a "time of war" if the President is out of touch, he gets to make the call. But, if the President is dead, compromised, or incapacitated - the VP is in charge. This actually happens on occasion when the President goes in for a surgery or some procedure where they are put under general anesthesia. The duties of the President are taken over by the VP until the President is functional again.

[@WhiskyCanuck]

Technicality: if the president is dead, the VP isn't in charge per se, the VP becomes the new president & the president is in charge. I don't know about other situations, like if the president is wounded enough that they can't serve for a longer period of time, or if they're captured, are they removed from office, or are temporary accommodations made like in your other examples?

[@fenix6297]

@@WhiskyCanuck Yeah, you are correct. When a President is permanent disabled or killed - technically speaking the VP doesn't serve as President, they become President and a new VP is approved. This is how Gerald Ford became President..both Nixon and his VP resigned before the VP role could be filled...so he became President since he was Speaker of the House But any time the President is incapacitated for any length of time, the VP serves as President until they become viable again or are elevated to the Presidency permanently. This is necessary because in the case of an nuclear attack, we only have minutes to respond - so even if the President was available for even an hour, it could be disastrous.

[@MoMoMyPup10]

@@fenix6297 so, what you're saying is the movie is incorrect?

[@fenix6297]

@@MoMoMyPup10 My own statements don't contradict the movie. The movie is very obviously Hollywood but it is pretty close to accurate regarding the Constitution. The US Presidency doesn't really allow the President to be unavailable for any amount of time. Which is why when they KNOW the President is going to be incapacitated (like for a surgery) - they transfer the power to the VP for that time under Clause 3 of the 25th Amendment. They submit in writing that they will be unable to discharge the duties and transfer power to the VP until they submit another written statement taking them back. When the incapacitation is unplanned (like in the movie), they have to get the VP and the Cabinet - to agree the President is incapacitated under clause 4 of the 25th Amendment. That can actually take some shuffling to do. When Reagan was shot in 1981, Bush was in Texas and the details of Reagan's condition was largely unknown - so it was difficult to get Bush and the rest of the Cabinet to all agree on incapacitation. When Bush arrived back in Washington - Reagan was already out of surgery so he never invoked Clause 4. There were some worries about enemy movements and IF necessary, they could have immediately transferred power to Bush to make a response. But, under the circumstances - they opted not too. So "officially" the President was out of contact for several hours because they never actually transferred power under clause 4, and Reagan was never able to transfer it himself under clause 3. But, under the Constitution and our security status, that is never supposed to happen.

[@ProgressiveRoxx]

Harrison Ford is amazing at playing the wounded warrior. His ankle wobble when punched in the face (best portrayed in Templle of Doom when fighting the huge barechested German who gets propellered) is iconic.

[@mitchellmelkin4078]

@ProgressiveRoxx, The scene you described was in Raiders, not Temple of Doom.

[@jp3813]

No Germans in Temple of Doom, which takes place in Asia.

[@Neo6364]

Such a good movie. Growing up, my family used to rent a condo in the summer in Michigan and the place had two VHS tapes - Independence Day and Air Force One. This movie is such a big part of my childhood. This and Executive Decision are IMO, two of the best "airplane" movies in cinema.

[@motorcycleboy9000]

Executive Decision is a masterpiece, best Steven Seagal movie ever.

[@kingleech16]

We had WAY older VHS tapes... the silent era "Wings" was my go-to airplane movie as a kid. And now I feel downright elderly.

[@alfredstimoli2590]

Fun Fact: The plane and plot of Air Force One is referenced and used in Season 1 Episode 1 of NCIS.

[@TheBlond49]

Action movies in the 90's were so incredible

[@reneedennis2011]

Yup.

[@jobanh7ify]

“Get off my plane” is a meme for a reason Edit: The Peacemaker is another movie from that era that is also good to watch

[@thegunslinger1363]

Another flim from the late Wolfgang Petersen is Das Boot. A German film set in a U Boat during WW2. Btw, there is no escape pod on Air Force One.

[@bigsarge8795]

Wait.. what ?... so Hollywood lied to me ?.

[@WhiskyCanuck]

It wasn't done for this movie (being soundstage stunts + VFX), but a couple years earlier in the movie Cliffhanger that plane-to-plane zipline stunt was done in real life.

[@earthien]

14:35 FUN FACT: The first terrorist (Ilia Volok) that the President (Harrison Ford) kills appears on a Season 6 episode of "FRIENDS" ("The One Where Paul's the Man", featuring Bruce Willis) as a dry cleaner who tells Joey he has never seen "Air Force One".

[@byzmack1334]

An all time great. "Get off my plane!" That's been played on a few times. I grew up with "if you give a moose a muffin."

[@jobbo_]

I was literally eating beef when you said "what's with the beef"... had an internal mini crisis

[@houseofsledge6891]

I saw this in a giant packed theatre on the Friday night of opening weekend and the audience erupted in laughter at the crashing of the ridiculously bad CGI airplane. So u were not alone in that response.

[@bujin1977]

I like the little "easter egg" in that episode of Friends with regard to this film, where Joey wants his picture put up on the wall in the dry cleaners, but the Russian owner of the shop won't let him because he doesn't provide him with enough business. Joey points to the picture of Harrison Ford on the wall and mentions him in Air Force 1, but the owner says that the film was offensive to his people. (Joey: Dry cleaners? Owner: RUSSIANS!). The actor who played the owner is the same one who also played the first bad guy that Harrison Ford takes out after it is shown that he is still on the plane.

[@jessodum3103]

As I recall, it was Joey saying that the movie was offensive to "your people", but the owner said he never saw the movie... and Joey says "Oh, you should! It's so great!"

[@bujin1977]

@@jessodum3103 Ah yes, you are correct. It's been a while since I saw that episode! 😁

[@jamielandis4308]

Fun fact: if you ever watch the pilot episode of NCIS, it takes place on Air Force One and they use the movie set.

[@karlmortoniv2951]

Wolfgang Petersen told a story about how they were given a tour of the real Air Force One while preparing this movie and they pretty much saw everything except this one locked off section in the bowels of the plane were they weren’t allowed to go. The Secret Service just said that bit was classified or whatever and Petersen and the writers decided there was no reason that an escape pod might not have been in there so that’s what they went with. No idea what the reality is though. Another thing I remember is that Harrison told Gary to really hit him in that one close up. Oldman did and you can see it really fucking hurt. They had to not shoot Harrison Ford’s face for a few days after that. There’s a fair amount of tricky camera work to make Harrison Ford seem less imposing than Gary Oldman - I think Harrison is about five inches taller, isn’t he? Kinda keen.

[@rbyapok9158]

I remember Bill Clinton being asked if it was real and he said with a smile "No, but I think it's a good idea." Still not sure if it's true or not.

[@chrisgorman1652]

@@rbyapok9158A Finnish movie “Big Game” uses the escape pod on Air Force One idea too. But they also had ejector seats on Air Force One, so probably not something to reliably base facts on 😊

[@waterbeauty85]

"Executive Decision" (1996) starring Kurt Russell (playing against type as a non-badass consultant who is forced to rise to the occasion when terrorists hijack and airliner), John Leguizamo and Halle Berry is another mid-flight hostage rescue movie you should check out.

[@Viic86]

Not to mention seeing David Suchet (who we all know as Hercule Poirot) playing an arab terrorist. And being SCARY good in that role :))

[@reneedennis2011]

It's a good movie 🎬.

[@kyleshockley1573]

I think Oldman's supposed to be saying "Blyat!" but it sounds like "Payat!" It'd be like if a Russian actor played the same role as an American in that scene and yelled "FORK!"

[@tudorjason]

15:14 - Ageed. When a movie takes place mostly in a confined space like a plane and the audience is captivated, that's sign of a good movie. Red Eye is a great movie for this reason.

[@superlum]

Yes! This was such a fun movie to watch in the theater. Love the “OMG” counter on the screen haha

[@jessodum3103]

​@@jgrey8959I think if it had just been a "shit" counter, it would be higher... At one point she rapid fired 3 or 4 of those and the bleeps were continuous.

[@rneelymedia9152]

The late Jerry Goldsmith was brought in last minute to score the film. Brought in his family along with teams of orchestrators to help and another experienced arranger/conductor (Joel McNeely). All done and recorded in about 3 1/2 weeks!!

[@CallOfCutie69]

15:49 Oldman’s Russian is pretty horrible, especially his *blyat*, but the Rent Mr. Ditkovich guy from Spider-Man (the pilot) seems to be a native speaker. As well as couple of other bad guys.

[@LordVolkov]

Elya Baskin (Mr Ditkovich) is Latvian born. Odds are pretty good he's fluent in Russian.

[@Gameflyer001]

​@LordVolkov he speaks Russian in the movie "Heartbreakers" as a waiter (or Maitre'd perhaps) at a Russian club opposite Sigourney Weaver.

[@monolithsoft_guy]

Sometimes it's hard to believe you're watching a movie for the first time, because come on, how could you have reached adult age without having seen masterpieces like this?! :D Anyway, watching now!

[@gregoriancatmonk6904]

Airforce one has ARCM missile jammers, Radar scramblers, Flares and Chaff launchers, has a Faraday Cage built into its substructure, has an office, a work out room, a full medical bay with Surgical Equipment....and probably stuff we don't even know about.

[@CallOfCutie69]

31:24 Because it’s not about Radek and hijacking anymore, he just wants to survive.

[@texasdustfart]

Cool trivia point, this movie was directed by Wolfgang Peterson who also directed Das Boot, the submarine commander in Das Boot played Ridick in this movie.

[@Nixtsuga]

"Some crazy martial artist who can overpower everybody" Thats every Steven Seagal movie lol

[@hadoken95]

Definitely the 'crazy' part, at any rate.

[@josefstalin9678]

Steven Seagal could definitely overpower quite a few people with as much mass as he'd have behind him. Idk about the actual martial arts though

[@waterbeauty85]

They should watch "Executive Decision" starring Kurt Russell which has what many consider Steven Seagal's best performance.

[@bcn1gh7h4wk]

I mean, to be fair, using close-quarters martial arts in a cramped environment like a plane (or, train... or, boat) is valid... especially the fist and grab techniques that Seagal favored. him doing that against a dozen trained mercenaries and _succeeding?_ not so much.

[@arifeannor9573]

Steven Seagal just eats cheeseburgers and pretends to be a cop while affecting his racist perceived accent of the person he is talking to.

[@maximillianosaben]

The 90's had some great damn action movies!

[@raydurz]

I don't know if the aerial transfer from plane to plane is a thing, but back in the 50s the CIA developed the Skyhook program, where an airplane would snatch people from the ground via a balloon and cable without having to land. I remember reading about it being done in the 1st Gulf War to retrieve a wounded Special Forces soldier from deep behind enemy lines.

[@karlmortoniv2951]

Yeah, it’s a thing. They did it between a helicopter and an airplane in “Airport ‘75” and it’s kind of amazing to see given the times. Not that “Airport ‘75” is a terribly good movie, but that one sequence is rather notable from a ‘they really did that’ perspective. My Dad said Skyhook was a not uncommon thing in Vietnam to quickly extract people from the deep jungle for whatever reason. He said it was great fun! 😊

[@tohafi]

80`s and 90`s action movies were so comfortably simple 😂 I like a complex story every once in a while, but simple is sometimes better!

[@mikshin9825]

And comic book movies in the 2020s are wonderfully complex? Or Godzilla films? Rom coms with Jonah Hill? I don't think complex films are even produced anymore, apart from arthouse and/or foreign films few people watch. You don't need to be over 15 to watch most films that hit cinemas today. At least in the 90s, you had a choice.

[@tohafi]

@@mikshin9825 Yeah, "complex" might have been the wrong word to use here...I meant, that modern movies are trying to say too many things that go beyond the movie itself. Older movies were much more simple: Bad guy bad, kill bad guy, explosions! Nowadys there always needs to be a twist or some grey morality stuff in movies. You know what i mean? And as i said, i don't want every movie to be "dumb", but i haven't seen any in recent years. Godzilla was awesome, but there was quite a lot of themes and messages in it. Great ones, but still not a "dumb" movie like AirForceOne 🤣

[@Blaiyan]

Mid to late 90s. the best decade for movies. And they reached a video quality that you can't even tell it was 20-30 years ago.

[@waterbeauty85]

For a midair transfer scene in "Airport '75" stuntman Joe Canutt was really dangled from a helicopter to a few meters in front of a flying 747. It would have been extremely difficult to get him close enough to make actual contact with the plane without slamming him into it like a bug on a windshield, but I suppose, theoretically, it could be done. Stuntman Simon Crane did actually zipline down a weighted rope from one plane to another in midair in "Cliffhanger" (1993), but rope was dangled down to and pulled into the door of the other plane first so Crane could use it to zip down rather than risking him slamming into the plane while trying to get the rope and himself into the door at the same time. Come to think of it, redoing the scene in "Air Force 1" by having the lower the line to (without the pararescueman) to Air Force 1 and having Harrison Ford or William H. Macy grab it and attach it to the door, then having the pararescueman zipline down would have been a better and more plausible way to do the scene.

[@craigwheller]

Couldn't they have just ziplined some parachutes?

[@waterbeauty85]

@@craigwheller That's a good question. The actual filmmaker's answer is surely that that just wouldn't be as exciting. "In story" reason: the rescue plane was a strike team that was on its way home from a completely different mission in Turkey when it was diverted midflight to go help Air Force 1, so it wasn't carrying any parachutes on board that it could send over to Air Force 1.

[@kenlangston3451]

Gary Oldman had a two year stretch with three of the most memorable over the top villain performances with The Fifth Element, Air Force One and Lost in Space.

[@mitchellmelkin4078]

@kenlangston3451, Don't forget The Professional!!!

[@kenlangston3451]

@@mitchellmelkin4078 that too. He is such a great actor in any genre of movie.

[@sammylane21]

I had a thought, what if AIR FORCE ONE (this movie) was actually a documentary on how the Presidential plane is put together and Harrison Ford is the narrator with a misleading exciting poster? 😂🤣

[@kingleech16]

What is this madness, a documentary NOT narrated by David McCullough or Morgan Freeman!? Hersey!

[@animalm4st3r]

This Briefcase attached to the dudes wrist is indeed the "nuclear football" it does not only contain codes its a launch device.

[@theaikidoka]

I'm not American, but the opening music ('Parachutes' on the soundtrack) is a belter. Brass and wind instruments are so good for this kind of thing.

[@ZachLorton]

If you'd like to see another thriller set on board a plane, I HIGHLY recommend Red Eye. Not only does it star Cillian Murphy and Rachel McAdams, who have mad chemistry together, but it's also one of Wes Craven's last films. At just under 90 minutes, it's a tight movie, but it is well-written and contains superb performances from just about everyone involved.

[@waterbeauty85]

0:50 "Action President." That reminds me that there used to be a DePatie-Freleng cartoon "Super President." about a U.S. president who was secretly a superhero.

[@ASK2286]

You must read "If you give a mouse a cookie" It's classic and the drawings are so cute!

[@andynator501]

When he gave the machine gun to the rogue Secret Service agent.....everybody in our theater including my wife screamed NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@recifebra3]

Have you guys seen True Romance? Best movie ever??

[@agarven1]

The crew called Gary Oldman scary Gary lmao he was so scary playing his role and when getting out of character he is his normal self. It’s just crazy how nice of a person is and then goes straight character

[@G3rnsback]

What everyone else said about the line of succession is correct. I think the Secretary of Defense claiming he's in charge is a little dig at a real-life incident. When Ronald Reagan was shot and under general anesthesia, Alexander Haig, the Secretary of State, gave a now-infamous press conference where he said that he was in charge despite the VP being next in the line of succession.

[@SyzygyNoon]

I have a deep love of and for this movie. I didn’t see it in the theater, but in a weird way, watching it at home (and friend’s place) made it even more special. Now, if you’ll permit me, *_GET OFF MY PLANE!!_*

[@stephenzepp6536]

True story: I was an Air Force pilot at Eglin AFB (flying MC-130P's) when they filmed the Air Force 1/MC-130E scenes. The crew members you see were actual members of the 8th Special Ops Squadron stationed a few miles down the road at Hurlburt Field. While the actual rescue mission as filmed wasn't actually performed (during this filming), they did spend several weeks flying over the Gulf of Mexico to get the various formation flying shots between AF 1 and the MC-130 seen the movie.

[@tarzapopohead]

The first Episode of NCIS is a cutdown version of this movie. Also, IN Scary Movie 3 when Leslie Neilson says I wonder what President Ford would have done refers to this movie and not Gerald Ford.

[@brom00]

I'm not sore of it's an actual thing but an Air Forde One escape pod was also used in 'Escape From New York'.

[@waterbeauty85]

The presidential escape pod is also used in the 2014 Samuel L. Jackson film "Big Game."

[@DocuzanQuitomos]

The US Air Force swears that it's not a thing. And some practical elements may indicate they don't lie; but, of course they would never confirm or deny which (if any) protocols exist to evacuate the president, if needed.

[@Johnmyork23]

Cue inspiring music: IN THE 80's we learned Where's the Beef? and now at long last we'll learn What's with the Beef!

[@ironhide238]

14:48 you miss the Sound was Jerry Goldsmith Style and he past away in 2004. RIP Jerry Goldsmith and Wolfgang Petersen.

[@princesilver1387]

i'm so happy you guys like this movie. it's so underrated

[@paulcochran1721]

You missed the big call... When Harrison Ford was brought on board the C130, It became "Air Force One" - When the pilot gave that call sign, the White House knew the President was alive. The CGI of the plane off-roading in Germany and its final crash was wonky, but good otherwise.

[@jonathancunningham8739]

To think Jürgen Prochnow the one who played Radek also played Jesus in The Seventh Sign he's got range.

[@agp11001]

And also in Wolfgang Petersen's greatest film, "Das Boot", Prochnow plays the "Old Man" or "Kaleun", the captain of U96.

[@TreewwwyYzzerdd]

He also played Duke Leto in the original Dune.

[@k.delpino1124]

One of my favorite films from the summer of 1997. Much like Independence Day (1996), we were given a U.S. president that spoke truth with heart and as an former soldier, no holding back in kicking some serious a**. Gary Oldman in the 1990s was one of the greatest actors to play villains and as fanatic Egor Korshunov, perfect. Glenn Close as the first-lady vice president (a first on film, pre-Kamala Harris) felt really believable in how she handled the situation. The two main separate-sets, AFO (airborne) and Situation Room (on the ground) are directed very well. The camerawork matches and moves along every space perfectly just as they are IRL. I like the action sequences between the aerial battles and the confrontations on AFO, especially with Ford doing most of it and just being the rugged actor he is. Lastly, Harrison Ford as P.OT.U.S. is considered to be one of many beloved presidential portrayals (why not?). It's because Ford can pull off real performances in action/suspense films and nothing wrong with that. Hopefully you'll check out other classics by The late Wolfgang Petersen:Shattered (1991), In The Line of Fire (1993) with Clint Eastwood, The Perfect Storm (2000) with Wahlberg & Clooney and Troy (2004) which is amazing.

[@Trigiron]

That big stunt with the guy on a zipline going from the cargo plane to air force one was all done for real, at the time I believe that stunt was one of if not the highest paid stunt gigs ever. He actually almost fell off the plane and had a real chance of being sucked into a jet engine.

[@jculver1674]

True, but not for this movie. A stuntman did it for real while filming Cliffhanger. This movie's scene was done with special effects on a soundstage.

[@MikeTaffet]

Nicholas Cage: “We’re gonna steal Air Force One”

[@alexmacdougall5700]

Local friendly aviation maintenance engineer here. All large boeing commercial aircraft have 3 fuel tanks at least. 1 in each wing and 1 in the belly between the fore and aft cargo pits. All 3 can share fuel between them with internal pumps.

[@grife3000]

1:38 "Give me back my plane!"

[@PrivatePAuLa29a]

I watch this movie like once a year and am still getting tense when watching it. Even this cut-up version made me tens.

[@jculver1674]

I remember it was so intense on the big screen. The audience was so into it all the way through.

[@PrivatePAuLa29a]

@@jculver1674 i can only imagine. When this movie came out I was only 14 and my parents wouldn't let me watch it. So I missed it on the big screen. It's still fun watching it on the telly, though

[@NathanJasper]

Check out Plane with gerard Butler and Mike Colter. It's surprisingly solid

[@waterbeauty85]

I don't know about Simone and George, but I'm going to check out that movie based on your recommendation.

[@superby1]

I waited all week for this and you both did not disappoint! This is officially one of my favorite reactions you've done since finding your channel. I love Air Force One!

[@DigitalSketcher]

"Is he gonna be like...the Action President?" >.> lol

[@STOCKHOLM07]

That lady with the faxes saved everyone and it's such a small part. That's how you write a strong female character. This was my first R-rated movie and we rented it from Blockbuster but I bet there was cheering in the theater when she was in a parachute.

[@alexbrunner1900]

He has one of the greatest lines in movie history

[@JamesASharp]

Other than the CGI Air Force One plane crash in the water, this film has aged very well. Great reaction! 👍🏿

[@markmaioli4]

"That was close Glenn" 😂

[@roguedravidan2746]

You folks, NEED to watch The American President (1995), directed by Rob Reiner, and written by Aaron Sorkin. A quintessential 90s "high ideal President" movie with a fantastic cast.

[@zhen3142]

Harrison Ford once landed a plane on a taxi way and got a pilot deviation for it. The conversation between him and air traffic control is floating around the internet somewhere.

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

I know it's a serious movie but when he yells "Get off my plane" I can't help but laugh

[@brucechmiel7964]

It’s Die Hard on a plane. It’s not supposed to be taken seriously.

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

@@brucechmiel7964 I meant in the sense that it's not a comedy

[@brucechmiel7964]

@@A-small-amount-of-peas I saw this in theaters and I got a kick out of it as a kid. I was kind of laughing at this movie. I had a lot of fun with it. The only part of the movie that really stood out to me in a really bad way was when they executed the press secretary that scene was horrific. Then the movie became Star Wars for a second and it was back to being fun. Even now as an adult I still can’t help but laugh at the really terrible CGI plane crash. I just wish they built a model.

[@DocuzanQuitomos]

One liners are cool, but (if you think about it) they have a cheesy element anyway: in a life or death situation... how many times you can come up with the perfect punchline before delivering the final blow?

[@CheLGaZm]

Heard this song for the first time watching Tell me that you Love me Junie Moon....excellent movie before its time...just like this song. Love it ❤