Con Air

Description

From the hit-making producer of THE ROCK and CRIMSON TIDE
comes the hard-hitting blockbuster CON AIR, starring Academy Award(R)-winner
Nicolas Cage (LEAVING LAS VEGAS, Best Actor, 1995; THE ROCK), John Cusack
(GROSSE POINTE BLANK), and John Malkovich (IN THE LINE OF FIRE)! A prison
parolee (Cage) — on his way to freedom — faces impossible odds when the
maximum security transport plane he’s on is skyjacked by the most vicious
criminals in the country … led by the infamous murderer Cyrus “The Virus”
Grissom (Malkovich)! Buckle up and hang on tight as explosive high-flying
action soars to new heights … and delivers high-caliber motion picture
entertainment! Con Air is proof that the slick, absurdly overblown
action formula of Hollywood mega-producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer
(Top Gun, Days of Thunder, The Rock, Crimson Tide) lives on, even after
Simpson’s druggy death. (Read Charles Fleming’s exposé, High Concept: Don
Simpson and the Hollywood Culture of Excess, for more about that.) Nicolas
Cage, sporting a disconcerting mane of hair, is a wrongly convicted prisoner
on a transport plane with a bunch of infamously psychopathic criminals,
including head creep Cyrus the Virus (John Malkovich), black militant Diamond
Dog (Ving Rhames), and serial killer Garland Greene (Steve Buscemi, making the
most of his pallid, rodent-like qualities). Naturally, the convicts take over
the plane; meanwhile, on the ground, a U.S. marshal (John Cusack) and a DEA
agent (Colm Meaney) try to figure out what to do. As is the postmodern way,
the movie displays a self-consciously ironic awareness that its story and
characters are really just excuses for a high-tech cinematic thrill ride. Best
idea: the filmmakers persuaded the owners of the legendary Sands Hotel in Las
Vegas to let them help out with the structure’s demolition by crashing their
plane into it. –Jim Emerson

Features:

Product Details:

• Genre: Action/Adventure
• Format: Multiple Formats, Color, Widescreen, Closed-captioned, Letterboxed, NTSC, Subtitled
• Contributor: Scott Rosenberg, John Malkovich, Steve Eastin, Steve Buscemi, Monica Potter, Landry Allbright, Simon West, Renoly, M.C. Gainey, Ving Rhames, Colm Meaney, Nick Chinlund, David Tattersall, Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, Dave Chappelle, Rachel Ticotin See more
• Language: English, French
• Runtime: 1 hour and 55 minutes
• Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 2.35:1
• Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
• MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
• Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 Ounces
• Item model number ‏ : ‎ 1386000
• Director ‏ : ‎ David Tattersall, Simon West
• Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Color, Widescreen, Closed-captioned, Letterboxed, NTSC, Subtitled
• Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 55 minutes
• Release date ‏ : ‎ March 25, 1998
• Actors ‏ : ‎ Nicolas Cage, John Malkovich, John Cusack, Steve Buscemi, Steve Eastin