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Traumatized Man | Vietnam Veteran
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Best Supporting Actress | 1984 | Candy
Best Film Editing | 1984 | Edward M.
Budget 22,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 42,313,354 USD
One reason Roy Scheider made this film was so that he would be unavailable to get cast in Jaws 3-D (1983).
Warren Oates was very ill with flu and chronic emphysema during filming.
The film is dedicated to actor Warren Oates who played Captain Jack Braddock. The movie's closing credits dedication reads: "For Warren Oates, with love for all the joy you gave us".
During filming where Cochrane ambushes Blue Thunder at the incomplete skyscraper, the MD-500 Defender (the one Cochrane flew) had an engine failure and had to auto-rotate to a landing below. Fortunately, the parking lot was cleared and the pilot walked away uninjured. The helicopter was only slightly damaged.
Malcolm McDowell actually hated flying and no one, not even his wife, could persuade him to overcome his phobia. During the final battle scene between his character Cochrane and Roy Scheider's Frank Murphy, McDowell's grimaces were caught on film for all to see, clearly displaying his discomfort at being in the air. When his wife saw the movie, she was incredulous and asked the filmmakers, 'How did you get him inside that little helicopter? I couldn't even get him inside a plane!'
"Jack Braddock: But there's a bright side to this, and a moral. I think morals are good for you, I love morals, and the moral of this story is: If you're walkin' on eggs, don't hop."
"[Braddock and Murphy have watched Blue Thunder perform a selective firepower demonstration] Icelan: [33:08] Well, look at that, all the red dummies are blown to hell. Frank Murphy: And a few white ones! Fletcher: One civilian dead for every ten terrorists. That's an acceptable ratio. Frank Murphy: [Leaning closer to Braddock] Unless you're one of the civilians!"
