Air America

– Air America was the CIA's private airline operating in Laos during the Vietnam War, running anything..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
5.80 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 53 Minutes
Release Year:
1990
Air America (1990)

Air America was the CIA's private airline operating in Laos during the Vietnam War, running anything and everything from soldiers to foodstuffs for local villagers. After losing his pilot's license, Billy Covington is recruited into it, and ends up in the middle of a bunch of lunatic pilots, gun-running by his friend Gene Ryack, and opium smuggling by his own superiors.

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Producing Country:
USA
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Air America (1990) - Trailer

Release Date:

10 Aug 1990

Language:

English, Lao

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Roger Spottiswoode

Writer:

Christopher Robbins (book), John Eskow (screenplay), Richard Rush (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Mel Gibson, Robert Downey Jr., Nancy Travis, Ken Jenkins

Plot:

Air America was the CIA's private airline operating in Laos during the Vietnam War, running anything and everything from soldiers to foodstuffs for local villagers. After losing his pilot's license, Billy Covington is recruited into it, and ends up in the middle of a bunch of lunatic pilots, gun-running by his friend Gene Ryack, and opium smuggling by his own superiors.

Awards:

1 nomination.

Production:

Live Home Video

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
5.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
13%
Metacritic:
33%