Firefox | Stealing the Soviet MiG-31 Fighter Jet | Warner Classics

[@EnglishMagic777]

I actually went to the movies with my wife (RIP) to watch this in Los Angeles when it first came out. Loved it then. Love it now more than forty years later.

[@carypyke935]

I'm so sorry for your loss.. same here.

[@em23]

I saw this in la..at the Sherman oaks galleria when it came out

[@larryh6934]

@@carypyke935Love lives on forever. ❤❤

[@陈大侠-c6q]

I watched on the TV ,but I loved it just like your guys😊

[@andyreggio4250]

When movies were actually good

[@Hansprivate]

I honestly think Firefox is one of Eastwood’s most underrated films.

[@seancowhie6951]

Not underatted

[@arbiterclan]

This scene is so emotional - just like the book ; all is lost, everyone shot, but in the moment of total despair just before death, Baranovich looks and with a last breadth sees Grant in the pilot suit walking and dies knowing they will likely succeed - I love how the music changes and goes quiet - just epic - gets me every time!

[@matthewpaulden9604]

😂so agree ..gets me every time

[@smiddywesson2703]

I was a kid when I read the book, the movie was a good approximation. Clint makes everything work better.

[@davidscott820]

Did you read Firefox Down as well?

[@Hungryman97sCollectibles]

You are in command now Admiral Piett!

[@willc1294]

@@Hungryman97sCollectibles lol more likely a firing squad here

[@andyh.6317]

Another awesome film, TESB!

[@lizardkingwalking]

Everyone can get promoted if you are under the guy who came out of light speed too close to a targeted star system.

[@ChadRewski]

I remember watching Firefox on HBO when I was a kid. This film captured the dark backdrop of early the 1980’s Soviet Union perfectly.

[@gan9e]

I've watched this film over ten times now, I loved it back in the 80s and still do.

[@DKS225]

Especially The Uncut version.

[@xaero76]

only 10 ? lol But yeah, one of my all time Favorites from the 80s for sure!

[@gravyboat2370]

Great film, very underated

[@buckspan]

Been a pilot for 24 years and have flown everything from Airliners to warbirds. Every time I get in front of an airplane that opening synth always go through my mind. Love this movie.

[@davidsmith1162]

First Time I Saw This Movie, I Was Blown Away. FIREFOX, What A Machine, Awesome😊.

[@xaero76]

yeah, always loved this one as a Kid in the 80s / 90s

[@Christopherblack1122]

Watched this in the drive inn. With my uncle and cousin. Good memories, both gone now ❤

[@michaelnaisbitt7926]

I know what you mean I saw this movie with my brother and wife Little did I know that within 5 years I would have both taken from me RIP Seeing this clip brought back to me the fracility of our lives and how you are alive one minute and gone forever the next

[@jond1965]

Another great Clint flick. Saw this with my father in the theater. He loved cold war movies.

[@broadswordcallingdannyboy]

God, I loved this movie as a kid.

[@carlosamerico6452]

Filme sensacional demais. Pena que não tem na Netflix não 😮. E não achei o DVD . Um dos melhores filmes de ação de Clint de quem sou fã, apesar de estar no Brazil país onde tudo é difícil.

[@channelwhywhywhy]

Same! I watched it over and over again!

[@sammywestenberger9303]

Michael: Amen 🙏

[@LRS905]

Hey Kid, this is God, thank you for the comment...

[@xaero76]

we had the best stuff as Kids in the 80s...

[@cp4512]

Loved this film 😊

[@HungryAndorian]

Classic. I appreciate the slow build up of tension.

[@kandoo1316]

I watched this movie with my when I was a young teen, I remeber it so vividly. He was a big Clint Eastwood fan. RIP dad.

[@Izavos]

Here in Brazil we watched it on TV in the 80s. I remember my mother "RIP" checking to see if I had already gone to sleep. I was flying the MIG31.

[@lukestevens8735]

I read the book when it came out in 77. Very exciting for a 9 year old!

[@xaero76]

yeah was a great movie back in the 80s too

[@julianaylor4351]

There is also a sequel book.

[@jimmycelt8441]

@@julianaylor4351 Firefox Down its good as well id love that to get made into a movie sequel

[@DaOozi9mm]

Such a faithful adaption of the Craig Thomas book. I really wish they would make a movie adaptation of Winter Hawk. Mitchell Gant just doesn't quit.

[@willc1294]

13:00 Once again Captain Piett lets his prey escape...

[@beangrff]

I've always loved that there was a real MiG-31 in the 80s that looked nothing like this lol

[@daviddaugherty5528]

At least he got to see Gant go for the plane before he died.

[@raven-jn8yn]

In the novel he didn't .

[@trooperdgb9722]

What was Sir Humphrey doing working on that aircraft? LOL

[@frostyrobot7689]

lol, has 'Yes, Minister' been popping up in your YT feed as well !?

[@simonbridges3835]

Deeearrr Lady... Surely, the more pertinent question ought to be, how did Harris the nerk gain security clearance to be here? Humphrey obviously got the gig because he's a member of the same London club as " my dear friend, Hay-stings" 🤣

[@julianaylor4351]

Nigel Hawthorn one of the great actors of his generation.

[@doorswhofan]

I remember seeing this in the theater -- I think my dad took me -- I was 13. What a different time that was.

[@professor.moriarty9803]

Wouldn't it make sense to close the hanger's gate AS SOON AS YOU KNOW THERE'S A SPY PILOT ON THE LOOSE? He sent himself to the Gulag

[@jjryan1352]

Suspension of disbelief required

[@warblerblue]

Dont be thinking logically. It ruins the movie. :)

[@2069evertry]

Russians are incompetent in the movies and real life.

[@todub781]

@@jjryan1352 Pretty much required for all action movies. You have to put yourself in the movies world and just believe this how things work.

[@SherrieLujan]

Can you really fly it, can you fly the plane........ I'm the best there is.✈️

[@davidbutler1857]

In the book he’s even cockier than that. Talks about himself constantly

[@FrancisKinsleyJr]

Almost like a cult classic, but very underrated. All of the silence and darkness really captures the 80s cold war vibes.

[@stevennevins6643]

Watched this aboard a ferry crossing from Zeebrugge to Felixstowe during a severe North Sea gale. The pitching of the ship added another dimension to the flying scenes!

[@ThomasHoward-yj3te]

I was born in 1999 but this is one of my favorite movies. I was lucky to have a Das from 1962 who was a huge Clint Eastwood fan. I am as well because of him.

[@stanlee-eq7lu]

Every time I try to Google this movie, all I get are searches for the Firefox browser. A definite favorite of mine.

[@thejamesasher]

got to include mig 31 in the search

[@christophercooper4149]

Kenneth Colley… very fine actor. Was class in Star Wars and made a very fine exiled Napoleon.

[@andyh.6317]

An awesome film. Then and still is now. I think one of the scientist technicians with the glasses was one of the SS officers in Raiders of the Lost Ark!

[@railtrolley]

Ronald Lacey. Played Arnold Ernst Toht in Raiders

[@anilles2001]

This was always a classic to me. Wasn't perfect but good enough.

[@aspalovin]

A lot of shoe noise in this clip lol. Love this movie

[@IgorKlajo]

One of my favourite Eastwood movies

[@scottkronenberg]

5:25 ‘Walther PPK…Standard issue, British Secret Service. License to kill…or be killed. Take him away!’

[@turbofanlover]

In retrospect, I actually find this movie to be just a bit cheesy...but I do still love to watch it. Never gets old.

[@jjryan1352]

A fun dose of cold war propaganda 😂

[@SirCliffy]

I have the movie and watch it over and over. With me right now on the road as a truck driver.

[@TylerSargent-jb1nm]

Lacey from raiders also was in it 👌👌

[@_-xp7hh]

Thank you for uploading such a great scene. I remember that right after this, our local collaborator saw a Firefox flying over his head and pulled out a gun.

[@351cleavland]

In the original script his copilot was going to be an orangutan. Eventually, cooler heads prevailed.

[@railtrolley]

Right Turn, Clyde.

[@alanstrong55]

I was never sneaky enough to pull off such a stunt. I left those things alone. Still alive today

[@arislabra3929]

I actually felt i was Clint whenever i slid my bicycle between a street post and a gutter, with but inches to clear my wheel on either side. It was my way of mimicking the way he flew the jet in between two cliffs! I was so thrilled back then each time I pulled it off! Now I feel really dumb having taken the risk! Well I was just 10 that time, so I guess I could cut myself some slack! 😁😁😁 But i really love this movie! 👍👍👍

[@JohnInBlack1]

Great movie ! Pity there was never a film made of the 2nd book.

[@FIREBRAND38]

The sequel was even more ludicrous than the first.

[@sammywestenberger9303]

Michael: Amazing 😻

[@lowellcalavera6045]

I concur

[@lowellcalavera6045]

@@FIREBRAND38Nah. The ice floe refueling was perfectly feasible, as was the Soviets sending the second one after him. And this one was absolutely possible. Infiltration and theft, assisted by inside players. Happens every day.

[@wolfen7577]

He speaks perfect English to the guards and no one suspects him as a spy, love the old movies

[@eugenebuckley7657]

There wasn't much point in him speaking Russian when the cinema audience couldn't understand the dialogue 🤣🤣🤣

[@deildegast]

Yeah, because speaking perfect russian in an american movie would get everyone involved anywhere.

[@Richard-GaryButler]

I was thinking the very same thing.

[@PeterT-i1w]

at least the Americans didn't send a black guy this time

[@detangojet]

Bugs me every time. At least give him a Russian accent.

[@gec-o2167]

"Gant, can you fly that plane? Really fly it?" "Yeah, I can fly it. I'm the best there is."

[@stratman103]

I saw this in the theater a few times. It was quite the experience. I always thought this movie was underrated.

[@LRS905]

Hey, that soviet colonel is one of Darth Vader's subordinates, LOL

[@robertmorris8997]

Empire pay isn't what it used to be. Material losses you know.

[@dangermouse957]

Still a great movie , eastwood is a legend actor.

[@marcghiggeri4965]

Had no idea Nigel Hawthorne (as a Russian no less) was in this movie...Wow....

[@michaelriebandt6754]

I was teenager when saw Firefox with Friend, Great Movie, still great 🎬.

[@rodsharp8346]

Make it again with current day special effects. Clint might not get up the ladder .😢

[@johnsutcliffe3209]

The new version would be a drone he could fly it from the rest home. 😂

[@FP194]

His son could and he looks a lot like Clint

[@carloscolon1916]

Wow...this movie came out in the 80s ....82/83... I remember i was in the army ....we had a full bird Colonel Timberlake who will come to visit us at the office... get coffee that i prepared and say ....hey u people see that movie last night???? He loved this one....Every morning he will like to discuss movies that we saw the night before....from Showtime....HBO....The movie Channel...miss the army days...62 yrs now....

[@markwilliams2620]

Fall of 1982 in the theater. Summer of 1983 on HBO.

[@TheQuirkyCharacter]

Warner Bros. seems to peek behind my shoulder into my Cline Eastwood binge-watching list. . .

[@ArunSudama-ur2cd]

Everything about Firefox was so well done. My one ‘complaint’ would be the Soviet scenes, the actors/actresses spoke Russian.

[@donavantew8278]

Such a great movie. Saw this in the 70s at the theater and I was blown away.

[@stephenauty2402]

Pretty sure it was 80's but yes it was incredible for the time.

[@iainclark5964]

Early 80s, I think 1983

[@sammywestenberger9303]

Michael: Thank You 😊

[@stuartwald2395]

My high school friends and I saw this and Star Trek II several times shortly after they were released in 1982.

[@donavantew8278]

@ awesome. I saw at the theater and I thought it was late 70s but you’re spot on 1982. Great movie and great year. Thanks for sharing brother

[@majobis]

That twitch in the face at 1:30 mark. Classic Clint Too bad you cut the movie right before takeoff of the Mig This is a good movie to watch in full audio with the booming subwoofer

[@mattheworr1000]

This was my very first Clint Eastwood movie 🍿🎥

[@mattb8754]

Its an older code but it checks out

[@jamesmusisca7547]

and someone just stole yer aircraft heads will roll

[@krishnamurthyn3444]

I have read the novel by Craig Thomas. It was a compelling page-turner. I enjoyed it immensely. That was decades back then. I thoroughly enjoyed the short video clip.

[@davidscott820]

Anyone here read the follow up book by Craig Thomas ....Firefox Down?

[@GumbysClay53]

To think a jet design like this is completely obsolete now - I remember how enthralled we all were at the time. If you loved the movie, the book is even better. There’s an ending in the book that Clint left out of the movie.

[@medikpac7105]

Never saw this movie before, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if Hitman 2016's tutorial took inspiration from this scene. The setting and premise is very similar.

[@keithallver2450]

My favorite Clint Eastwood movie.

[@bikeny]

As someone who only speaks English and can curse a little in Italian, the whole 'think in Russian' to be able to control the jet really impressed me back then.

[@johnk1639]

Good job speaking in English with an American accent didn’t give him away

[@iain075]

I find it more concerning that all the guards speak fluent English with really disturbing efforts at a Russian accent.

[@sammywestenberger9303]

Michael: Thanks 🙏

[@thomaspelton7740]

​@@iain075it's like The hunt for Red October movie. They are on a Soviet Sub and they are speaking English . Lol. It kinda ruins the mood. Lol

[@wishcj00]

This movie is influential in the ideas and development of AI and human interaction with computers (think also Wargames of the same era). The early 80’s we were on the cusp of a great advancement of computing power and ability. We are now on that great horizon again!

[@carlrobinson2183]

'This movie is influential in the ideas and development of AI and human interaction with computers . . .' It is absolutely no such thing. The novel--and movie--had zero influence on concepts that had, even then, been conceived, and were working up--even if more primitively compared to the last twenty years.

[@MichaelDelaware]

I remember watching this movie when it came out. It was so intense. Such a great film.

[@JohnBerry-q1h]

This was one of the first movies to have an arcade video game, of the same name, simultaneously show-up in the video arcades. The video game, of course, was based on the movie.

[@KenHackathorn-m2v]

Have his son Scott redoing some of his dads movies he is almost a body double hes perfect

[@someguydino6770]

once upon a time; the world thought of ruzzia as a "super power"; these days everyone knows that ruzzia is just a bad joke

[@channelwhywhywhy]

Great film! I need to go watch it all now!

[@CMHernandez-qq9zu]

I saw this the weeknd it came out at the movies when I was stationed at camp Pendleton me and about three other Marines thought it was badass I remember thinking maybe I should have gone in the Air Force and then I came to my senses

[@physc0tr00per]

Brilliant movie. Loved it when I saw it as a kid. Used to have the Firefox F7 tabletop game.

[@willywilmouth]

3FireFox....."l"Arme absolue"..........................Très bon film !!!

[@TimothyBall-mv3lp]

11-20-2024. Oh wow, would it be super to see Ironman chase this jet. But no way will this happen. But I can play it in my head, fantastic!!!!!

[@rospencer611]

You know AI is getting a little too creepy when yesterday you are simply "thinking" about a good movie you saw years ago, and it pops up 1st on your suggested KZbin feed today. Didn't talk, search, nothing - just a thinking about a memory.

[@tdpro3607]

this could be done without a model, simply marks you with other people pf similar intrests, then when they dive in a nostalgia wave every once in while, the algorithm takes note and delivers you those contents before you even think of looking for

[@Docv400]

Jet Engines, or ornamental Patio Burners? 🤣

[@SeanOHanlon]

Fun Fact: The basic design of the fictional Firefox in this movie was almost identical to the real XB-70 Valkyrie bomber that was designed, built, and flight tested in the mid to late 1950's and intended for use by the Air Force.

[@PopulismIsForBottomFeeders]

Real fact: It has a similar wing configuration. That's where the similarities end entirely.

[@johncampbell3979]

No where near the XB-70 in design. Far closer to the Blackbird, with the exception of engine placement, which is more like the F-18.

[@FP194]

Not even close to the XB-70 which is about 3 times the size

[@SeanOHanlon]

@@johncampbell3979 Look again. The Firefox looks nothing like the SR-71 while having the same basic canards and drop winglets of the Valkyrie. (Just FYI: I was in the Air Force and got to see the Blackbird up close.)

[@whammo11224]

Now we have most if this tech in real life now!

[@alanroberson9749]

Excellent work dudes!!!

[@frankmilitary]

Good drinking game…. Take a drink any time someone is asked to show their “papers” in this movie.

[@SurG30n]

best jet of this era mig 25

[@l337pwnage]

One of the more epic movies of the time.

[@amunra5330]

the Mig31 is an awesome plane.

[@spuwho]

The build up of tension at the start of this movie was so high, that when the plane came out of the hangar you could hear the collective relief of the entire theater. The rest was nearly anti-climatic.

[@groupersti]

Amazing how it looks alot like the SR 71....

[@simonbridges3835]

Only built from washing machine panels...

[@flitsertheo]

It wouldn't be the first time the Russians borrowed a western design. They built their own version of the B-29 and Concorde.

[@shaunb93291]

Looking at that jet, it's eerily similar to today's jets in appearance.

[@DanWint]

Clint the man, Plane's design look familiar, the real one flew about the same time, but a lot slower.

[@spike-bubble]

Actually met Mr. Eastwood during the filming of this movie when stationed at Edwards Air Force Base.

[@paulcastillo1310]

This my favorite movie

[@Stan0824]

A причёска то граждаская...

[@zzodr]

0:29 That is one dirty windscreen

[@darrensmith6999]

Love this movie !

[@dougbrowne9890]

Never seen the entire film. After watching this, I know I never will. If you like it, watch it. Your opinion is the only one that matters.

[@davidscott820]

Love this movie

[@shawnbyers6291]

This movie was ahead of its time

[@gunnersubbu]

Love how he talks in an american accent and yet, nobody's at all suspicious of that.

[@RobHardin-eu5vl]

I remember reading the book and the sequel.

[@johnny71cUK]

Awesome film