Firefox (1982)

Director:

Clint Eastwood

Writers:

Craig Thomas (novel)
Alex Lasker (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

18 junio 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Thriller | Sci-Fi

Frase comercial:

His job...Steal it.

Plot:

A pilot is sent into the Soviet Union on a mission to steal a prototype jet fighter that can be partially controlled by a neuralink

Plot Keywords:

Directed By Star | Mind Control | Aerial Combat | Hyper Speed | Underground

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Arguably the least interesting of Eastwood's self-directed films.

Cast

Clint Eastwood	...	Mitchell Gant
Freddie Jones	...	Kenneth Aubrey
David Huffman	...	Captain Buckholz
Warren Clarke	...	Pavel Upenskoy
Ronald Lacey	...	Semelovsky
Kenneth Colley	...	Colonel Kontarsky
Klaus Löwitsch	...	General Vladimirov
Nigel Hawthorne	...	Pyotr Baranovich
Stefan Schnabel	...	First Secretary
Thomas Hill	...	General Brown
Clive Merrison	...	Major Lanyev
Kai Wulff	...	Lt. Colonel Voskov
Dimitra Arliss	...	Natalia
Austin Willis	...	Walters
Michael Currie	...	Captain Seerbacker

También conocida como:

Firefox (Spain) [es]

Duración:

136 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sonido:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)

Clasificación:

West Germany:16 | Australia:PG (DVD rating) | USA:PG (certificate #26725) | Spain:T | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 (1982) | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Cut Bank, Montana, USA

Company:

Malpaso Company, The

Trivialidades:

The footage of the "Mother One" submarine breaking the surface is recycled from Ice Station Zebra (1968).

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When leaving the Moscow Hotel, Gant purchases a Havana cigar and smokes it on his way to the meeting. Later at the Russian scientists' house, Gant says that he has not smoked for years and is told to learn again as this will provide credibility to his disguise as a Russian officer.

Quotes:

Col. Voskov: The American is a dead man, First Secretary.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Back to the Future Part II (1989)

Arguably the least interesting of Eastwood's self-directed films.

It's not often that Clint Eastwood serves up a boring film, but Firefox is certainly one of his few mis-steps. Clint the director seems excessively fussy about the complexities of the plot while Clint the actor seems so indifferent that one wonders if he wishes he were somewhere else. The original Craig Thomas novel on which the film is based is actually an exciting and well-crafted piece of fiction (I know because I've read it) but this big-screen adaptation sadly misfires on all cylinders.

Former American pilot Mitchell Gant (Eastwood) has moved to a secluded corner of Alaska following his traumatic ordeal in a Vietnamese prison camp. He is approached for a highly sensitive mission when the Western governments learn that the Russians have developed a new, incredibly advanced supersonic fighter jet. Gant's extraordinarily dangerous mission involves going behind the Iron Curtain and stealing the new super plane from its impregnable hangar.

The film trundles along for 136 minutes, but it actually feels much longer. The first 100 minutes of that running time is particularly hard to endure, with an interminable series of cloak-and-dagger exchanges, tediously repetitive flashbacks, and the usual murky plot build-up that goes with he territory in these ubiquitous spy thrillers. The final half an hour or so is slightly more tolerable as it shows Gant piloting the jet out of Russia, pursued by a duplicate jet across the Arctic skies. The aerial special effects are rather unconvincing during this climactic showdown, but at least there's a little excitement (something markedly lacking from the rest of the movie). Maurica Jarre provides a good music score which is probably the best thing about the film. Firefox is a failure on most levels and is strictly one for Clint's most die-hard fans.