Con Air

Con Air

Movie |

Hostile Takeover | Las Vegas

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  • Genre(s): Thriller, Action, Crime
  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): Simon West, Mike Topoozian, Karin Anderson, P.R. Tooke, Allen Kupetsky See all Crew
  • Cast(s): Nicolas Cage, John Malkovich, John Cusack, Ving Rhames, Mykelti Williamson See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 55min
  • Music: Mark Mancina,Trevor Rabin,Bob Badami,Juno J. Ellis,Denise Horta
  • Award(s): Blockbuster Entertainment 1998 (Won)
    Oscar 1998 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: Rust Road, Get Fast
  • Story:
    When the government puts all its rotten criminal eggs in one airborne basket, it's asking for trouble. Before you can say, "Pass the barf bag," the crooks control the plane, led by creepy Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom. Watching his every move is the just-released Cameron Poe, who'd rather reunite with his family.
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6.9/10
IMDb

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STORY AND RATINGS

Story
When the government puts all its rotten criminal eggs in one airborne basket, it's asking for trouble. Before you can say, "Pass the barf bag," the crooks control the plane, led by creepy Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom. Watching his every move is the just-released Cameron Poe, who'd rather reunite with his family.
Ratings

6.9/10

IMDb

AWARDS

Won
Blockbuster Entertainment Award

Favorite Actor ActionAdventure For | 1998 | Nicolas Cage

Favorite Actor ActionAdventure | 1998 | Nicolas Cage

Favorite Supporting Actor ActionAdventure | 1998 | John Cusack

Jupiter Award

Best International Actor | 1997 | Nicolas Cage

Best International Actor For | 1997 | Nicolas Cage

BMI Film Music Award

1998 | Mark Mancina

ASCAP Award

Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures | 1998 | Diane Warren

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Nominations
Oscar Award

Best Sound | 1998 | Greg P. Russell

Best Music Original Song | 1998 | Diane Warren

Grammy Award

Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television | 1998 | Diane Warren

Saturn Award

Best Supporting Actor | 1998 | Steve Buscemi

Blockbuster Entertainment Award

Favorite Supporting Actress ActionAdventure | 1998 | Rachel Ticotin

ALMA Award

Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film | 1998 | Rachel Ticotin

OFTA Film Award

Best Music Original Song | 1998 | Diane Warren

Razzie Award

Worst Original Song | 1998 | Diane Warren

BOX OFFICE

Budget 75,000,000 USD

Box Office Collection 224,012,234 USD

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

John Malkovich was unhappy during production because the script was being rewritten virtually every day and he had no idea how his character was going to turn out.

Dave Chappelle improvised many of his lines.

The film is dedicated to Phil Swartz, an effects specialist who died during filming, when a rigged plane fell and crushed him. This is actually the second Jerry Bruckheimer production where there was a plane related death on set. Eleven years earlier, Art Scholl, a pilot/cameraman, died during filming of Top Gun (1986) when his camera plane failed to recover from a spin and plunged into the Pacific Ocean.

The Las Vegas scenes were filmed at the legendary Sands Hotel immediately prior to its demolition in late 1996. When the production team heard about the city's intentions to raze the historic landmark, they immediately scheduled a multiple camera setup to take advantage of the rare event, which is what you actually see in the movie.

The song "How Do I Live" was nominated for both an Oscar as Best Original Song and a Razzie as Worst Original Song. It did not win either award.

Popular Dialogues

"Cameron Poe: [to Billy] Put... the bunny... back... in the box."

"["Sweet Home Alabama" plays in background, to Poe and Baby-O] Garland Greene: Define irony. Bunch of idiots dancing on a plane to a song made famous by a band that died in a plane crash."