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Con Air is a 1997 American action thriller film directed by Simon West and starring Nicolas Cage, John Cusack and John Malkovich in the lead roles. Written by Scott Rosenberg and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer , the film centers on a prison break aboard a JPATS aircraft, nicknamed as "Con Air".
- It was director Simon West's first film, but you'd probably seen his work before. In fact, you've probably seen at least one thing West directed against your will.
- The transport system the movie is about was pretty new at the time. The Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System (or JPATS) was formed in 1995.
- It was nominated for two Oscars! Con Air scored Academy Award nominations. for Best Original Song ("How Do I Live") and for Best Sound, but lost 'em both to Titanic, like everything else that year.
- Dave Chappelle improvised most of his lines. Actually, that's probably not surprising to anyone who has seen his comedy. But he confirmed it on Inside the Actors Studio in 2006.
Jun 6, 1997 · Con Air: Directed by Simon West. With Colm Meaney, Mykelti Williamson, Nick Chinlund, Renoly Santiago. Newly-paroled ex-con and former U.S. Ranger Cameron Poe finds himself trapped in a prisoner-transport plane when the passengers seize control.
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- Action, Crime, Thriller
- Simon West
- 1997-06-06
Newly-paroled ex-con and former U.S. Ranger Cameron Poe finds himself trapped in a prisoner-transport plane when the passengers seize control. Cameron Poe, a highly decorated Army Ranger, comes home to Alabama to his wife Tricia, only to run into a few drunken regulars at the bar where she works. Cameron accidentally kills one of the drunks ...
Jun 6, 1997 · Midway in "Con Air,'' the Nicolas Cage character observes: "Somehow they managed to get every creep and freak in the universe on this one plane.'' That's the same thought I was having. The plane--a hijacked flight of dangerous convicts--has so many criminal superstars on it, it's like a weirdo version of those comic books where the superheroes hold a summit.
Aug 3, 2022 · The big set of "Con Air" is the Jailbird airplane that the prisoners are transported on. The model they used was called the C-123, and tragically, a welder named Phillip Swartz died while working ...
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The Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System ( JPATS ), nicknamed " Con Air ", [1] is a United States Marshals Service airline charged with the transportation of persons in legal custody between prisons, detention centers, courthouses, and other locations. It is the largest prison transport network in the world. [2]
