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Fake Identity | Flying
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5.9/10
IMDbBudget 18,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 70,700,000 USD
The footage of the "Mother One" submarine breaking the surface was recycled from Ice Station Zebra (1968).
The original plan was to use a Swedish JA 37 Viggen jet fighter as the Soviet aircraft, but the Swedish government refused permission.
Author Craig Thomas' 1983 sequel to "Firefox", the novel "Firefox Down", is dedicated to Clint Eastwood. The dedication reads: "For Clint Eastwood - pilot of the Firefox".
Because his role in the movie required him to speak some Russian, Clint Eastwood prepared by studying the language with resources provided by the U.S. Military's Defense Language Institute.
In this movie, General Vladimirov (Klaus Löwitsch) assures the First Secretary (Stefan Schnabel), "No pilot will risk the Moscow defenses, however invisible he might be." On May 28, 1987, a young German pilot flew his small plane five hundred miles into Soviet airspace and landed safely in Red Square. He was promptly arrested.
"Upenskoy: Gant, can you fly that plane? Really fly it? Maj. Gant: Yeah, I can fly it. I'm the best there is."
"Upenskoy: Don't say anything. Your words would be useless, maybe even insulting. Just fly the damn plane."