Air America
The few. The proud. The totally insane.
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, 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.
- Director
- Roger Spottiswoode
- Worldwide
- $58M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
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What It's About
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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, 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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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Air America returned 1.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $35M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $58M
- Release date
- Aug 10, 1990
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English, Lao
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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