Air America DVD 1990 / Directed by Robert Spottiswoode / Starring: Mel Gibson, Robert Downey, Jr.

UPC 5996051090037

MADE IN HUNGARY

REGION 2 PAL DVD

Audio: Hungarian 2.0, English 2.0

Subtitles: Hungarian, Romanian

Runtime: 108 minutes

English Summary:

Air America is a 1990 American action comedy film directed by Roger Spottiswoode and starring Mel Gibson and Robert Downey Jr. as Air America pilots flying missions in Laos during the Vietnam War. When the protagonists discover their aircraft is being used by government agents to smuggle heroin, they must avoid being framed as the drug-smugglers.

The plot of the film is adapted from Christopher Robbins' 1979 non-fiction book, chronicling the CIA-financed airline to transport weapons and supplies in Cambodia, Laos and South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

In late 1969, Billy Covington (Robert Downey Jr.) works as a helicopter traffic pilot for a Los Angeles radio station. When he breaks several safety regulations by flying low, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration suspends his pilot's license. However, his piloting skills, bravery and disregard for the law are noticed by a mysterious government agent, who tells Billy that he can get his license back if he accepts a job in Laos, working for a "strictly civilian" company called Air America. It is readily apparent that Air America is a front for CIA operations in Laos.

Unemployed and unable to find work, Billy takes the job. In Laos, he is introduced to Air America's unorthodox pilots and aircraft, being taken under the wing of Gene Ryack (Mel Gibson), a cynical and eccentric pilot and an arms dealer who uses official flights to buy black market weapons for his private cache. His dream, which he refers to as his "retirement plan", is to make a sale big enough so that he can afford to quit his job at Air America.

Hungarian Summary:

Emilio Correnónak az észak-amerikai olajmágnások sok pénzt fizetnek azért, hogy biztosítsa az olajvezetékek épségét. Correno jól végzi a munkáját, de túllő a célon. Már senkiben sem bízik, mindenkit gerillának vél. Túlbuzgósága sok szegény parasztot tesz földönfutóvá. A helyzet tisztázására az agilis riporternő vállalkozik. Egyedül azonban nem képes megoldani az ügyet. Henry Stanley - természetesen nem véletlenül - Riót rendeli az újságírónő mellé.

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