I actually went to the movies with my wife (RIP) to watch this in Los Angeles when it first came out. Loved it then. Love it now more than forty years later.
LMAO, there is a joke about that in Crocodile Dundee, Paul Hogan, with the help of 2 Japanese tourists overcomes a mob guy, "You know who that was ?, Clint Eastwood !".
Yep, I drag it out every couple of years -- it's an action movie to be sure with a major Hollywood spin; but has a good story in case anyone sorta remembers the cold war... when it was truly cold
I agree. People born after 1980 don't have a concept of the cold war and what it was about. I showed this to my adult nephew (he's a combat vet in his forties but born in 1982) and he thought the movie was terrible. He just didn't seem to appreciate that back then the Soviet Union really was a scary place to be if you were a foreign agent. All the build up of Clint dealing with the KGB shadows and agents before he gets the plane was completely lost on him. When I was kid watching this in the theater I found it quite a thriller before it became an action film!
Been a pilot for 24 years and have flown everything from Airliners to warbirds. Every time I get in front of an airplane that opening synth always go through my mind. Love this movie.
This scene is so emotional - just like the book ; all is lost, everyone shot, but in the moment of total despair just before death, Baranovich looks and with a last breadth sees Grant in the pilot suit walking and dies knowing they will likely succeed - I love how the music changes and goes quiet - just epic - gets me every time!
Actually, in the book, Baranovich never knew that Gant made it to the plane. He died before he got to the plane. The movie added this fact to make the emotional connection more complete.
My one disappointment was the final fight scene. In the book he is thinking, “I wish I had a missile I could shoot backwards.” The thought-controlled system dutifully ejected a flare which got sucked into the other engine. It was all accidental. In the movie he not only did it on purpose, but they tried to add suspense by making him “think in Russian,” whatever that means. Still a decent approximation of the book.
@@diamondbill7556 That's just a minor detail, but I know what you mean about a change at the wrong time. It's like when I saw The Hunt for Red October in the theater, I was so looking forward to Ramius ramming the V.K. Konovalov, but ended up with the rather cheesy scene where they're hit by their own torpedo - though the scene with Dallas luring the torpedo and then doing the emergency surface was outstanding, I still would have preferred the book's ending with the ramming!
I know what you mean I saw this movie with my brother and wife Little did I know that within 5 years I would have both taken from me RIP Seeing this clip brought back to me the fracility of our lives and how you are alive one minute and gone forever the next
Watched this aboard a ferry crossing from Zeebrugge to Felixstowe during a severe North Sea gale. The pitching of the ship added another dimension to the flying scenes!
Me too on HBO I must’ve watched it 20 times anything Clint Eastwood from the good the bad and the ugly to any which way, but loose I was a fan of . In retrospect, I find it interesting that the film portrayed the Soviet Union in lock step with the views of the United States government. there is no doubt they were evil however the idea that our government was fighting the forces of dictatorship for democracy has been proven to be wishful thinking. In addition, that our lives were so much better as citizens the United States, as opposed to citizens of the Soviet Union, and that our economic system was clearly better does not have the same shine as it did 35 years ago.
Same here. My family did not have cable but an uncle that lived two houses down did. I remember watching it multiple times at his house while him and my dad sat outside drinking beer on the weekends. All those channels run together for me so I couldn't remember if it was HBO, Showtime or the The Movie Channel.
@@doublestrokeroll It did, but there was a lot of accuracy there, as well. The Soviet Union certainly wasn't the worker's paradise most leftist morons believe it was these days. Half the free world LONGS to be ruled like Soviet style peasants - but only because they think it was a million times better than it actually was.
Filme sensacional demais. Pena que não tem na Netflix não 😮. E não achei o DVD . Um dos melhores filmes de ação de Clint de quem sou fã, apesar de estar no Brazil país onde tudo é difícil.
This was one of the first movies to have an arcade video game, of the same name, simultaneously show-up in the video arcades. The video game, of course, was based on the movie.
Remember the book cover with the nose, canards, an intake and a TSR2 style wing appearing out of a cloud?.. As a young lad whose uncle was RAF and took me to every Airshow I was obsessed with fighter aircraft and saved pocket money to get the book on that image alone! P.S. anyone remember the sit-in arcade game? That cost me a LOT of pocket/birthday/Christmas money!
Yup. Ironically, while the Soviets were very good at making planes as a whole, their electronics were 20 years behind. They did have amazing electronic projects like the OGAS system and first Pentium processors were based on research by former Soviet engineers hired by Intel, but practical execution of new designs got stuck in early 70s due to bureaucracy and inherent problems of centrally planned economy.
I was born in 1999 but this is one of my favorite movies. I was lucky to have a Das from 1962 who was a huge Clint Eastwood fan. I am as well because of him.
You know AI is getting a little too creepy when yesterday you are simply "thinking" about a good movie you saw years ago, and it pops up 1st on your suggested RUclips feed today. Didn't talk, search, nothing - just a thinking about a memory.
this could be done without a model, simply marks you with other people pf similar intrests, then when they dive in a nostalgia wave every once in while, the algorithm takes note and delivers you those contents before you even think of looking for
I know this film, I have been re-watching this film for several years now. For me, this is the only film with Clint Eastwood that I not only watched to the end, but also re-watched 5 or 6 times already. A very stylish film, for my taste.
An awesome film. Then and still is now. I think one of the scientist technicians with the glasses was one of the SS officers in Raiders of the Lost Ark!
Deeearrr Lady... Surely, the more pertinent question ought to be, how did Harris the nerk gain security clearance to be here? Humphrey obviously got the gig because he's a member of the same London club as " my dear friend, Hay-stings" 🤣
Thank you for uploading such a great scene. I remember that right after this, our local collaborator saw a Firefox flying over his head and pulled out a gun.
As someone who only speaks English and can curse a little in Italian, the whole 'think in Russian' to be able to control the jet really impressed me back then.
Remember that there were dignataries coming to see the test flight and the colonel in charge didn't want to delay the schedule. The plane was well guarded, so they were confident no spy could get close.
as an 80s kid the arcade game for this movie was absolutely epic! the graphics where far better than most of the other black background screens at the time.
That's because it was a LaserDisc game...the only computer generated effects were the cursor and the rings of the bullets...ruclips.net/user/shortsFPoLiZ6uobA
I actually felt i was Clint whenever i slid my bicycle between a street post and a gutter, with but inches to clear my wheel on either side. It was my way of mimicking the way he flew the jet in between two cliffs! I was so thrilled back then each time I pulled it off! Now I feel really dumb having taken the risk! Well I was just 10 that time, so I guess I could cut myself some slack! 😁😁😁 But i really love this movie! 👍👍👍
This film is so underrated including the excellent supporting cast. But the star is that stunning MIG-31 FireFox - it never fails to give me goosebumps when Michel Gant starts its up - supposedly it was based on recordings on Clint’s own Bell helicopter - is that true!?!
@@FIREBRAND38Nah. The ice floe refueling was perfectly feasible, as was the Soviets sending the second one after him. And this one was absolutely possible. Infiltration and theft, assisted by inside players. Happens every day.
The pacing , tension buildup and the Cold War backdrop is simply top notch. Probably Clint Eastwood's most underrated movie. Hopefully it gets more love from now onwards. ❤
Brilliant film, one of Clint's best and he made some great movies, if only the CGI was a little more advanced, but hey that was back in the day. I read the sequel book years later, could have made a good film too.
Never saw this movie before, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if Hitman 2016's tutorial took inspiration from this scene. The setting and premise is very similar.
I was working at Thule airbase in the early 80s when they came up to do some of the filming in the area. The local AFRTS station, if you can call at a station. Actually interviewed Clint Eastwood I never got a chance to see it, but I heard it was pretty bad.
I actually went to the movies with my wife (RIP) to watch this in Los Angeles when it first came out. Loved it then. Love it now more than forty years later.
I'm so sorry for your loss.. same here.
I saw this in la..at the Sherman oaks galleria when it came out
@@carypyke935Love lives on forever. ❤❤
I watched on the TV ,but I loved it just like your guys😊
When movies were actually good
Wouldn't Commies have recognized him as Clint Eastwood, he's very famous.
And he speaks American instead of Russian.
Russians weren't allowed to watch anything from America, they weren't even allowed jeans.
Hahaha
And this is not a MIG-31.
LMAO, there is a joke about that in Crocodile Dundee, Paul Hogan, with the help of 2 Japanese tourists overcomes a mob guy, "You know who that was ?, Clint Eastwood !".
I honestly think Firefox is one of Eastwood’s most underrated films.
Not underatted
Yep, I drag it out every couple of years -- it's an action movie to be sure with a major Hollywood spin; but has a good story in case anyone sorta remembers the cold war... when it was truly cold
I love it
I wish they had made the follow up to the book 'Firefox Down'
I agree. People born after 1980 don't have a concept of the cold war and what it was about. I showed this to my adult nephew (he's a combat vet in his forties but born in 1982) and he thought the movie was terrible. He just didn't seem to appreciate that back then the Soviet Union really was a scary place to be if you were a foreign agent. All the build up of Clint dealing with the KGB shadows and agents before he gets the plane was completely lost on him. When I was kid watching this in the theater I found it quite a thriller before it became an action film!
Been a pilot for 24 years and have flown everything from Airliners to warbirds. Every time I get in front of an airplane that opening synth always go through my mind. Love this movie.
That opening synth is perfect for getting on a 737-MAX.
Okay
That's hysterical!....
Happy travels, Sky Man.
@@jceezee1084 agree.. I build the max 8 and 9 at spirit aerosystems in Wichita. That music fits perfectly with the doom I feel at work..
This scene is so emotional - just like the book ; all is lost, everyone shot, but in the moment of total despair just before death, Baranovich looks and with a last breadth sees Grant in the pilot suit walking and dies knowing they will likely succeed - I love how the music changes and goes quiet - just epic - gets me every time!
😂so agree ..gets me every time
Actually, in the book, Baranovich never knew that Gant made it to the plane. He died before he got to the plane. The movie added this fact to make the emotional connection more complete.
The tension and acting are very underrated throughout the movie. That scene you mentioned has it all.
This movie convinced me to download and install the Firefox browser.
woow good one
Yes, because they have become just as oppressive as the Soviets
@@knerduno5942 Now just a minute....!
@@knerduno5942 Firefox is the not oppressive one. Chrome is the one keeping you from installing the good extensions (like ad blockers)
😅
You are in command now Admiral Piett!
@@Hungryman97sCollectibles lol more likely a firing squad here
Another awesome film, TESB!
Everyone can get promoted if you are under the guy who came out of light speed too close to a targeted star system.
"Thank You Lord Vader."
He is as clumsy as he is stupid…
I've watched this film over ten times now, I loved it back in the 80s and still do.
Especially The Uncut version.
only 10 ? lol
But yeah, one of my all time Favorites from the 80s for sure!
Great film, very underated
I think I liked it as a kid but then I grew up and figured out it's was just nonsense American propaganda.
An all star cast for the senior members and an exceptional cold war era based thriller, excellent design for the plane too
First Time I Saw This Movie, I Was Blown Away. FIREFOX, What A Machine, Awesome😊.
yeah, always loved this one as a Kid in the 80s / 90s
Me too!
I was a kid when I read the book, the movie was a good approximation. Clint makes everything work better.
Did you read Firefox Down as well?
@@davidscott820
That wasnt bad either but I hardly remember it.
@@davidscott820 No, and I haven't even heard of it. Thanks, I will look it up
My one disappointment was the final fight scene. In the book he is thinking, “I wish I had a missile I could shoot backwards.” The thought-controlled system dutifully ejected a flare which got sucked into the other engine. It was all accidental. In the movie he not only did it on purpose, but they tried to add suspense by making him “think in Russian,” whatever that means. Still a decent approximation of the book.
@@diamondbill7556 That's just a minor detail, but I know what you mean about a change at the wrong time. It's like when I saw The Hunt for Red October in the theater, I was so looking forward to Ramius ramming the V.K. Konovalov, but ended up with the rather cheesy scene where they're hit by their own torpedo - though the scene with Dallas luring the torpedo and then doing the emergency surface was outstanding, I still would have preferred the book's ending with the ramming!
Watched this in the drive inn. With my uncle and cousin. Good memories, both gone now ❤
I know what you mean I saw this movie with my brother and wife Little did I know that within 5 years I would have both taken from me RIP Seeing this clip brought back to me the fracility of our lives and how you are alive one minute and gone forever the next
Watched this aboard a ferry crossing from Zeebrugge to Felixstowe during a severe North Sea gale. The pitching of the ship added another dimension to the flying scenes!
I remember watching Firefox on HBO when I was a kid. This film captured the dark backdrop of early the 1980’s Soviet Union perfectly.
Me too on HBO I must’ve watched it 20 times anything Clint Eastwood from the good the bad and the ugly to any which way, but loose I was a fan of . In retrospect, I find it interesting that the film portrayed the Soviet Union in lock step with the views of the United States government. there is no doubt they were evil however the idea that our government was fighting the forces of dictatorship for democracy has been proven to be wishful thinking. In addition, that our lives were so much better as citizens the United States, as opposed to citizens of the Soviet Union, and that our economic system was clearly better does not have the same shine as it did 35 years ago.
Same here. My family did not have cable but an uncle that lived two houses down did. I remember watching it multiple times at his house while him and my dad sat outside drinking beer on the weekends. All those channels run together for me so I couldn't remember if it was HBO, Showtime or the The Movie Channel.
You mean it captured US propaganda perfectly. Still flies over the heads of most americans as judging by the comments here.
@@doublestrokeroll It did, but there was a lot of accuracy there, as well. The Soviet Union certainly wasn't the worker's paradise most leftist morons believe it was these days. Half the free world LONGS to be ruled like Soviet style peasants - but only because they think it was a million times better than it actually was.
А ты был в Советском Союзе? Фон там был в то время нормальный...Даже в армии.😂😂😂
Another great Clint flick. Saw this with my father in the theater. He loved cold war movies.
My father and uncle took me to see this as they both loved Clint and thought I might enjoy this movie. I was 17 when it came out. Loved it.
It's a slow burn, but an awesome movie!
Always loved that one line "Smoke it!"
Here in Brazil we watched it on TV in the 80s.
I remember my mother "RIP" checking to see if I had already gone to sleep.
I was flying the MIG31.
Classic. I appreciate the slow build up of tension.
I watched this movie with my when I was a young teen, I remeber it so vividly. He was a big Clint Eastwood fan. RIP dad.
I still remember when a special showing was made of "Firefox" at the San Diego Aerospace Museum.
Actually met Mr. Eastwood during the filming of this movie when stationed at Edwards Air Force Base.
God, I loved this movie as a kid.
Filme sensacional demais. Pena que não tem na Netflix não 😮. E não achei o DVD . Um dos melhores filmes de ação de Clint de quem sou fã, apesar de estar no Brazil país onde tudo é difícil.
Same! I watched it over and over again!
Michael: Amen 🙏
Hey Kid, this is God, thank you for the comment...
we had the best stuff as Kids in the 80s...
The only movie I have purchased in full on RUclips. Absolute classic. “Think in Russian.”
Almost like a cult classic, but very underrated. All of the silence and darkness really captures the 80s cold war vibes.
I love the reference to Firefox in The Hunt for Red October.
"This isn't a pilot with a stray MiG..."
I believe that is a reference to Viktor Belenko's defection in 1976, when he brought to Japan the then brand new and secret MiG-25.
@magoid maybe so but in this context, Baldwin's character is eager to "take the boat" and the politician reminds him it's not plain sailing.
@@magoid It definitely is, but I think Firefox was also inspired by that real life incident.
This was one of the first movies to have an arcade video game, of the same name, simultaneously show-up in the video arcades. The video game, of course, was based on the movie.
I read the book when it came out in 77. Very exciting for a 9 year old!
yeah was a great movie back in the 80s too
There is also a sequel book.
@@julianaylor4351 Firefox Down its good as well id love that to get made into a movie sequel
@@julianaylor4351 It wasn't as exciting as the original.
Remember the book cover with the nose, canards, an intake and a TSR2 style wing appearing out of a cloud?.. As a young lad whose uncle was RAF and took me to every Airshow I was obsessed with fighter aircraft and saved pocket money to get the book on that image alone!
P.S. anyone remember the sit-in arcade game? That cost me a LOT of pocket/birthday/Christmas money!
Its an older code but it checks out
Star wars
@perryfefchuk637 🫡
I remember seeing this in the theater -- I think my dad took me -- I was 13. What a different time that was.
I've always loved that there was a real MiG-31 in the 80s that looked nothing like this lol
Yup. Ironically, while the Soviets were very good at making planes as a whole, their electronics were 20 years behind. They did have amazing electronic projects like the OGAS system and first Pentium processors were based on research by former Soviet engineers hired by Intel, but practical execution of new designs got stuck in early 70s due to bureaucracy and inherent problems of centrally planned economy.
Why does that make you laugh out loud? Odd, that.
@@thesweeples3266lol
I was born in 1999 but this is one of my favorite movies. I was lucky to have a Das from 1962 who was a huge Clint Eastwood fan. I am as well because of him.
Can you really fly it, can you fly the plane........ I'm the best there is.✈️
In the book he’s even cockier than that. Talks about himself constantly
Every time I try to Google this movie, all I get are searches for the Firefox browser. A definite favorite of mine.
got to include mig 31 in the search
Still a great movie , eastwood is a legend actor.
A much underrated Cold War movie. Love it.
One of my favourites.......it's soo relevant still.....it's almost a saga.
You know AI is getting a little too creepy when yesterday you are simply "thinking" about a good movie you saw years ago, and it pops up 1st on your suggested RUclips feed today. Didn't talk, search, nothing - just a thinking about a memory.
this could be done without a model, simply marks you with other people pf similar intrests, then when they dive in a nostalgia wave every once in while, the algorithm takes note and delivers you those contents before you even think of looking for
That's because you thought in Russian.
That's because you are AI. Just organic.
13:00 Once again Captain Piett lets his prey escape...
"Gant, can you fly that plane? Really fly it?" "Yeah, I can fly it. I'm the best there is."
Dim from 'A Clockwork Orange' decided to become a Soviet dissident after his life of droog ultra-violence came to an end.
At least he got to see Gant go for the plane before he died.
In the novel he didn't .
@@raven-jn8yn
Yeah. That was cold.
Hey, that soviet colonel is one of Darth Vader's subordinates, LOL
Empire pay isn't what it used to be. Material losses you know.
I was never sneaky enough to pull off such a stunt. I left those things alone. Still alive today
I know this film, I have been re-watching this film for several years now. For me, this is the only film with Clint Eastwood that I not only watched to the end, but also re-watched 5 or 6 times already. A very stylish film, for my taste.
This was such a perfect Cold War film. More serious than Red Heat, but still astonishingly good. Clint’s Russian was not horrible.
Это кинокомедия похлеще,чем кино с Чарли Чаплиным...😂😂😂
@ Может быть но не согласен.
@@Jabberwok28 с чем несогласен?Ну,хорошо, не Чаплин, Савелий Крамаров.😂😂😂
An awesome film. Then and still is now. I think one of the scientist technicians with the glasses was one of the SS officers in Raiders of the Lost Ark!
Ronald Lacey. Played Arnold Ernst Toht in Raiders
What was Sir Humphrey doing working on that aircraft? LOL
lol, has 'Yes, Minister' been popping up in your YT feed as well !?
Deeearrr Lady... Surely, the more pertinent question ought to be, how did Harris the nerk gain security clearance to be here? Humphrey obviously got the gig because he's a member of the same London club as " my dear friend, Hay-stings" 🤣
Nigel Hawthorn one of the great actors of his generation.
He has the key! 😅 Refer to Yes, Prime Minister episode.
@@fazolecouldn't have been Sir Humphrey as he was 'one of us'
Loved the book by Craig Thomas, Absolutely loved the film and Clint did a great job.
Such a faithful adaption of the Craig Thomas book. I really wish they would make a movie adaptation of Winter Hawk. Mitchell Gant just doesn't quit.
That plane was pretty awesome love fighter jets!
Love, love, love it. Such a sleeper favourite... Clint is the man
Thank you for uploading such a great scene.
I remember that right after this, our local collaborator saw a Firefox flying over his head and pulled out a gun.
12:14 The 80's arcade video game, Fire Fox, utilized these
scenes in the game, it was amazing for it's time.
I loved that game!
I was so happy when they remastered this into 1080. 😎
As someone who only speaks English and can curse a little in Italian, the whole 'think in Russian' to be able to control the jet really impressed me back then.
Soon thought controlled weapons will be a reality.
Wouldn't it make sense to close the hanger's gate AS SOON AS YOU KNOW THERE'S A SPY PILOT ON THE LOOSE?
He sent himself to the Gulag
Suspension of disbelief required
Dont be thinking logically. It ruins the movie. :)
Russians are incompetent in the movies and real life.
@@jjryan1352 Pretty much required for all action movies. You have to put yourself in the movies world and just believe this how things work.
Remember that there were dignataries coming to see the test flight and the colonel in charge didn't want to delay the schedule. The plane was well guarded, so they were confident no spy could get close.
Good job speaking in English with an American accent didn’t give him away
I find it more concerning that all the guards speak fluent English with really disturbing efforts at a Russian accent.
Michael: Thanks 🙏
@@iain075it's like The hunt for Red October movie. They are on a Soviet Sub and they are speaking English . Lol. It kinda ruins the mood. Lol
@@thomaspelton7740 Hang on, the Captain is Scottish comrades!
Great film! I need to go watch it all now!
One of his best movies, I have watched this maybe a thousand times.
This was always a classic to me. Wasn't perfect but good enough.
as an 80s kid the arcade game for this movie was absolutely epic! the graphics where far better than most of the other black background screens at the time.
That's because it was a LaserDisc game...the only computer generated effects were the cursor and the rings of the bullets...ruclips.net/user/shortsFPoLiZ6uobA
In retrospect, I actually find this movie to be just a bit cheesy...but I do still love to watch it. Never gets old.
A fun dose of cold war propaganda 😂
I actually felt i was Clint whenever i slid my bicycle between a street post and a gutter, with but inches to clear my wheel on either side. It was my way of mimicking the way he flew the jet in between two cliffs! I was so thrilled back then each time I pulled it off! Now I feel really dumb having taken the risk! Well I was just 10 that time, so I guess I could cut myself some slack! 😁😁😁 But i really love this movie! 👍👍👍
A lot of shoe noise in this clip lol. Love this movie
I've always loved shoe noise.
I loved the book - I loved the movie, because it was just like the book. Firefox Down is another great book that should have been made into a movie!
7:22 this is the guy who plays Toth in raiders of the lost ark.
Had no idea Nigel Hawthorne (as a Russian no less) was in this movie...Wow....
Excellent work dudes!!!
One of my favourite Eastwood movies
I have the movie and watch it over and over. With me right now on the road as a truck driver.
Well, one can do anything with A Movie !!!
I loved the video game in the 80"s. It was sit down and had the best, if scripted, graphics of any game at the time.
You can't go wrong with a brilliant Clint Eastwood film
but you can go wrong with a bad Clint Eastwood film.
Sorry, but this one just doesn't age well at all. Its SO 1980's it hurts.
Loved this film 😊
Eastwood’s character is able to put himself together and make himself into a cool character.
Love this movie !
I saw this in the theater a few times. It was quite the experience. I always thought this movie was underrated.
This film is so underrated including the excellent supporting cast.
But the star is that stunning MIG-31 FireFox - it never fails to give me goosebumps when Michel Gant starts its up - supposedly it was based on recordings on Clint’s own Bell helicopter - is that true!?!
Hello from Finland! When this was released it was too Anti-Soviet for Finland. We saw all other Clint movies but not this. First time from youtube..
Warner Bros. seems to peek behind my shoulder into my Cline Eastwood binge-watching list. . .
Such a versatile actor
So good to see Admiral Piett from Empire Strikes Back” and Toht from “Raiders of the Lost Ark” in different roles.
Lucasfilm’s finest actors!! 😊❤️
Great movie ! Pity there was never a film made of the 2nd book.
The sequel was even more ludicrous than the first.
Michael: Amazing 😻
I concur
@@FIREBRAND38Nah. The ice floe refueling was perfectly feasible, as was the Soviets sending the second one after him. And this one was absolutely possible. Infiltration and theft, assisted by inside players. Happens every day.
Make it again with current day special effects. Clint might not get up the ladder .😢
The new version would be a drone he could fly it from the rest home. 😂
His son could and he looks a lot like Clint
The pacing , tension buildup and the Cold War backdrop is simply top notch. Probably Clint Eastwood's most underrated movie. Hopefully it gets more love from now onwards. ❤
I love the cold war era spy movies this is one of my favorite
Wow ! this was my young time movies man ! ClintEastwood ! 😂 dirty harry !
Brilliant film, one of Clint's best and he made some great movies, if only the CGI was a little more advanced, but hey that was back in the day.
I read the sequel book years later, could have made a good film too.
This movie was ahead of its time
Brilliant movie. Loved it when I saw it as a kid. Used to have the Firefox F7 tabletop game.
Jet Engines, or ornamental Patio Burners? 🤣
The bit with the Pirate ship was cool.
One of my favorite movies of all time. Made me want to be a pilot.
This movie surprised me... Everything other than the jet fighter sequence is a completely serious cold war spy story, like a John Le Carre novel.
Kenneth Colley… very fine actor. Was class in Star Wars and made a very fine exiled Napoleon.
0:29 That is one dirty windscreen
Never saw this movie before, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if Hitman 2016's tutorial took inspiration from this scene. The setting and premise is very similar.
I had gone to see this movie when I was a kid, now that I’m an adult I have it in digital form, now I watch it as much as I want. Great movie 🎥 🍿
He speaks perfect English to the guards and no one suspects him as a spy, love the old movies
There wasn't much point in him speaking Russian when the cinema audience couldn't understand the dialogue 🤣🤣🤣
Yeah, because speaking perfect russian in an american movie would get everyone involved anywhere.
I was thinking the very same thing.
at least the Americans didn't send a black guy this time
Bugs me every time. At least give him a Russian accent.
I was working at Thule airbase in the early 80s when they came up to do some of the filming in the area. The local AFRTS station, if you can call at a station. Actually interviewed Clint Eastwood I never got a chance to see it, but I heard it was pretty bad.