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Air Force One
1997
· Movie
· 124 min
C
MEANRANK
65/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3287
- IMDb #3087
- Google retired #2146
- Rotten Tomatoes #2254
- Metacritic #2325
- Letterboxd #3093
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2202
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2874
- Metacritic Critics #2260
- Metacritic Audience #2498
- Criticker #2762
- Kinopoisk #4210
- AlloCiné #4425
- Trakt #2623
Every rating
37–84
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 37, highest is Google on 84.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Terrorists hijack the plane of the President of the United States, taking the First Family and staff hostage. The President, a decorated Vietnam veteran, avoids capture and becomes a one-man resistance force within the aircraft. He must use his skills to eliminate the terrorists and retake Air Force One.
Details
- Director
- Wolfgang Petersen
- Writer
- Andrew W. Marlowe
- Studio
- Radiant Productions
- Released
- 25 July 1997
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $85.0M
- Box office
- $315.2M
- Awards
- 6 wins, 13 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| Academy Awards 1997 | Best Sound | Doug Hemphill | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1997 | Best Sound | Rick Kline | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1997 | Best Sound | Paul Massey | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1997 | Best Sound | Keith A. Wester | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1997 | Best Film Editing | Richard Francis-Bruce | Nominee |
| ACE Eddie 1997 | Best Edited Feature Film | Richard Francis-Bruce | Nominee |
| ASCAP Award 1997 | Top Box Office Films | Joel McNeely | Winner |
| Bambi Award 1997 | Direction | Wolfgang Petersen | Winner |
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19 awards — Air Force One
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Academy Awards
5 nominations
| Best Film Editing | Richard Francis-Bruce | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Doug Hemphill | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Rick Kline | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Paul Massey | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Keith A. Wester | Nominee |
Bambi Award
2 nominations, 2 won
| Actor | Harrison Ford | Winner |
| Direction | Wolfgang Petersen | Winner |
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Favorite Supporting Actress – Action/Adventure | Glenn Close | Winner |
| Favorite Actor – Action/Adventure | Harrison Ford | Nominee |
| Favorite Supporting Actor – Action/Adventure | Gary Oldman | Nominee |
ASCAP Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top Box Office Films | Joel McNeely | Winner |
Bogey Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Bogey Award | Winner |
Broadcast Music, Inc.
1 nomination, 1 won
| BMI Film Music Award | Jerry Goldsmith | Winner |
MTV Movie Awards
3 nominations
| Best Fight | Harrison Ford | Nominee |
| Best Fight | Gary Oldman | Nominee |
| Best Villain | Gary Oldman | Nominee |
ACE Eddie
1 nomination
| Best Edited Feature Film | Richard Francis-Bruce | Nominee |
Japan Academy Prize
1 nomination
| Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Joel McNeely | Nominee |
Satellite Award
1 nomination
| Best Editing | Richard Francis-Bruce | Nominee |