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Los Angeles, California. Officer Murphy, a veteran Metropolitan Police helicopter pilot suffering from severe trauma due to his harsh experiences during the Vietnam War, and Lymangood, his resourceful new partner, are tasked with testing an advanced and heavily armed experimental chopper known as Blue Thunder.
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Classical in form, unpretentious, earnest and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- character-ledplot-driven
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“Is Roy Scheider the best thing in Blue Thunder?”
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- Maxon TMDB · Apr 20248/10
A comedic movie that screams 80s from the rooftops, and it works incredibly smoothly. This is First Blood, but with a helicopter.
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Cast
- Roy ScheiderMurphy
- Warren OatesBraddock
- Candy ClarkKate
- Daniel SternLymangood
- Paul RoeblingIcelan
- David SheinerFletcher
- Joe SantosMontoya
- Malcolm McDowellCochrane
- Ed BernardSgt. Short
- Jason BernardMayor
Crew
- John BadhamDirector
- Dan O'BannonScreenplay
- Don JakobyScreenplay
- John A. AlonzoDirector of Photography
- Arthur B. RubinsteinOriginal Music Composer
- Frank MorrissEditor
- Edward M. AbromsEditor
- Gordon CarrollProducer
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