Fire Birds (1990)
The best just got better
85 min
A joint task force operation between the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Army has been formed to dismantle one of the largest drug cartels operating in South America. Multiple attempts to assault the cartel's mountainous compound have been thwarted by a Scorpion-attack helicopter piloted by a cartel leader, Eric Stoller (Bert Rhine). After having several aircraft shot down, most notably a pair of UH–60 Black Hawks and their AH–1 Cobra escorts, the army turns to the new AH–64 Apache attack helicopter, which can match its enemies' maneuverability and firepower.
- Release date
- November 15, 1990
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $22,000,000
Trailer
Cast
- Nicolas Cage as Jake Preston
- Tommy Lee Jones as Brad Little
- Sean Young as Billie Lee Guthrie
- Bryan Kestner as Breaker
- Illana Diamant as Sharon Geller
- Dale Dye as A.K. McNeil
- Mary Ellen Trainor as Janet Little
- J.A. Preston as General Olcott
- Peter Onorati as Rice
- Charles Lanyer as Darren Phillips
Crew
- David Green · Director
- Step Tyner · Writer
- John K. Swensson · Writer
- Dale Dye · Writer
- Nick Thiel · Writer
- Bill Badalato · Producer
- David Newman · Composer
- Tony Imi · Cinematographer
- Norman Buckley · Editor
- Dennis M. O'Connor · Editor
- Jon Poll · Editor
- Mike Fenton · Casting director
- Valorie Massalas · Casting director
- Judy Taylor · Casting director
- Joseph T. Garrity · Production designer