Cutaway (2000 film)

Cutaway
Directed by	Guy Manos
Written by	Tony Griffin Greg Manos Guy Manos Ted Williams
Produced by	Cutting Edge Entertainment Golden ParaShoot Entertainment
Starring	Tom Berenger Stephen Baldwin Dennis Rodman Maxine Bahns Casper Van Dien Thomas Ian Nicholas Phillip Glasser Marcos Ferraez Adam Wylie Roy Ageloff And Ron Silver
Cinematography	Norman Kent Gerry Lively
Edited by	Martin Hunter
Music by	Larry Brown
Distributed by	Artisan Entertainment
Running time	104 min.
Language	English
Budget	US$9 million (est.)

Cutaway is a 2000 action film about skydiving, directed by Guy Manos and starring Tom Berenger, Stephen Baldwin, Dennis Rodman, Maxine Bahns, Ron Silver, Casper Van Dien, and Thomas Ian Nicholas. The film features numerous aerial stunts and much of the film was shot in Miami. This was Dennis Rodman's third film. The term "cut-away" is used frequently in the film, in reference to parachuting and also in reference to life in general.

Cast

• Tom Berenger as Red Line
• Stephen Baldwin as Agent Victor 'Vic' Cooper
• Dennis Rodman as Randy 'Turbo' Kingston
• Maxine Bahns as Star
• Ron Silver as Lieutenant Brian Margate
• Roy Ageloff as Boom-Boom
• Marcos A. Ferraez (credited as Marcos Ferraez) as Ground Rush
• Adam Wylie as Cal
• Thomas Ian Nicholas as Rip
• Phillip Glasser as Cord
• Casper Van Dien as Delmira
• Cat Stone (credited as Cat Wallace) as Blonde Female Pilot
• Allison McKay as Mrs. Shipley
• William Booth as Bearded Man
• Rena McPherron as Woman with Baby
• Sam Blount Jr. as 12 Year Old Boy
• Danielle Waxman as Little Girl
• Ed Berliner as Burt
• Tony Griffin as Craig
• Sam Blount as Judge
• Craig Fronk as Pilot Championships
• Jefferey Jones as Meet Official
• Troy Manos as Boy #1
• Rex Manos as Boy #2
• Robert Small as Air Traffic Controller
• Bennett Liss as Surveillance Agent

Plot

A U.S. Customs Agent, Victor "Vic" Cooper (Stephen Baldwin), is about to make a drug bust as a plane lands, but the pilot (Cat Stone) and the plane are searched and no evidence is found. Cooper later suspects that the drugs are being jettisoned by parachute and goes to a drop zone to investigate. He notices a picture of the pilot and then seeks to infiltrate a group of skydivers, led by a man named Red Line (Tom Berenger), believing they are involved in drug smuggling. The group is training for an upcoming competition where teams compete to be the fastest to form a ring formation of eight people during free-fall. Cooper trains in a vertical wind tunnel with a man in the Army, Delmira (Casper Van Dien), in order to quickly improve his skills. Cooper falls for a women in the group named Star (Maxine Bahns) and clashes with another member of the group named Turbo (Dennis Rodman). Lieutenant Brian Margate (Ron Silver) questions Agent Cooper's judgement and later questions his loyalty as Cooper becomes more and more enmeshed in the group.

The term "cutaway" is used in reference to the jumpers cutting away (leaving) from the former life (family, jobs, etc) to skydive.

See also

• Drop Zone (1994)
• Terminal Velocity (1994)

External links

• Cutaway at IMDb
• Cutaway at Rotten Tomatoes