Air America
1990 · 112 MIN · IMDB 5.8 · 31,360 VOTES · DIR. Roger Spottiswoode
Overview
Air America was the CIA's private airline operating in Laos during the Vietnam War, running anything and everything from soldiers to foodstuffs for local villagers. After losing his pilot's license, Billy Covington is recruited, and ends up in the middle of a bunch of lunatic pilots, gun-running by his friend Gene Ryack, and opium smuggling by his own superiors.
Dialogue Timeline — 977 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:28 There are no American combat forces in Laos.
00:07:14 Yeah. You know why? That's why we
00:11:09 they'll flip. The North Vietnamese
00:13:33 And we really don't run 400 flights or ship 100 tons of cargo
00:16:38 Harry Truman sold cheap suits he wound up dropping an atomic bomb.
00:20:56 Running guns?
00:24:44 No reporters, no TV You blackout the war
00:28:09 If I want to shoot lizards at night on my miniature golf course
00:34:12 Which air base, sir?
00:37:19 The CIA flies drugs for him so he loans us his troops.
00:40:58 So, what would that be?
00:44:11 The golden BB. I knew it.
00:46:56 That's new. Birdshit and catatonic pilots.
00:53:31 Goddammit! Fuck!
00:58:30 Come on!
01:02:47 I'll take him to the White Rose. I'll get him blown.
01:06:14 You don't need to speed things up!
01:09:41 Look at me, Neely, the rest. We're trouble junkies.
01:13:19 General Soong love
01:16:30 Sure, here you go.
01:22:47 I hope to God our information's wrong.
01:27:34 Bullshit.
01:32:42 Mayday! This is Scout Camp 1
01:36:50 Otherwise you're just a 2nd Lemond with a hipper rap.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed977
Dialogue density8.7 lines / min
First line00:01:28
Final line01:36:50
Production Record
DirectorRoger Spottiswoode
LanguageEnglish
Budget$35,000,000
Revenue$57,661,269
IMDb votes31,360