Iron Eagle
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| Iron Eagle | |
 Promotional movie poster for the film |
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| Directed by | Sidney J. Furie |
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| Produced by | Ron Samuels, Joe Wizan, Lou Lenart, Kevin Elders |
| Written by | Kevin Elders, Sidney J. Furie |
| Starring | Louis Gossett, Jr., Jason Gedrick, and Caroline Lagerfelt |
| Music by | Basil Poledouris |
| Cinematography | Adam Greenberg |
| Editing by | George Grenville |
| Distributed by | TriStar Pictures |
| Release date(s) | January 17, 1986 |
| Running time | 117 Minutes |
| Country | USA / Canada |
| Language | English |
| Followed by | Iron Eagle II |
Iron Eagle is a 1986 action film. The films stars Jason Gedrick and Academy Award winner Louis Gossett, Jr. as Col. Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair and features the hit songs "One Vision" (by Queen) and "We're Not Gonna Take It" (by Twisted Sister) as part of its soundtrack. A young Shawnee Smith appears as one of Doug's friends. The film grossed $24,159,872.
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[edit] Background
The US Air Force has a long-standing policy about not cooperating on any film involving the theft of an aircraft.[citation needed] Consequently, the film-makers turned to the Israeli Air Force for the necessary aerial sequences. The delta-winged hostile aircraft featured in the movie are identified as MiG-23s, but are actually IAI Kfirs, used by the Israeli Air Force. (The US Navy and United States Marine Corps used to use Kfirs as adversary aircraft, simulating Soviet aircraft.)
Iron Eagle was released in the same year as another popular aviation-based action film, Top Gun, thus forcing a shift in release dates as to avoid competition at the box office with each other. The film was followed by three sequels: Iron Eagle II, Aces: Iron Eagle III and Iron Eagle IV.
[edit] Synopsis
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A teenage boy named Doug Masters (Jason Gedrick) and his mentor, decorated Air Force fighter pilot Col. Charles "Chappy" Sinclair (Louis Gossett, Jr.), commandeer two American F-16 fighter jets, embark on a heroic rescue mission to save Doug's father (Tim Thomerson), a prisoner of war being held in a hostile, unnamed Middle-Eastern nation.
[edit] Soundtrack
- King Kobra - "Iron Eagle (Never Say Die)"
- Eric Martin - "These Are the Good Times"
- Katrina & the Waves - "Maniac House"
- George Clinton - "Intense"
- Dio - "Hide in the Rainbow"
- Helix - "It's Too Late"
- Adrenalin - "Road of the Gypsy"
- Urgent - "Love Can Make You Cry"
- The Jon Butcher Axis - "The Raging Fire"
- Queen - "One Vision"
- Twisted Sister - "We're Not Gonna Take It"
- Ike and Tina Turner - "Proud Mary"
- The Spencer Davis Group - "Gimme Some Lovin'"
- Rainey Haynes - "Old Enough to Rock and Roll"
- James Brown - "There Was a Time"
- Eric Martin - "Eyes of the World"
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- Ike and Tina Turner's hit song, Proud Mary, was featured in the movie but not included on the official soundtrack.
- Twisted Sister, We're Not Gonna Take It, also featured in the movie, but not on the soundtrack released for the movie.
[edit] Cultural reference
In an episode of Family Guy, Brian reveals the plot for his novel (entitled Faster Than the Speed of Love) which turns out to be identical to the film plot.
[edit] External links
- Iron Eagle at the Internet Movie Database
- Iron Eagle at Allmovie
| Preceded by Out of Africa |
Box office number-one films of 1986 (USA) January 19, 1986 |
Succeeded by The Color Purple |
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