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Con Air
1997
· Movie
· 116 min
C
MEANRANK
68/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2681
- IMDb #2354
- Google retired #1146
- Rotten Tomatoes #2651
- Metacritic #3001
- Letterboxd #2316
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3385
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2095
- Metacritic Critics #3247
- Metacritic Audience #2489
- Criticker #2409
- Douban #464
- Kinopoisk #1166
- AlloCiné #2851
- Trakt #2313
Every rating
41–90
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 41, highest is Google on 90. Critics average 56, everyone else 70.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A newly paroled Army Ranger is on a flight home aboard a prison transport plane, the "Jailbird," carrying the most dangerous criminals in the country. The convicts seize control of the aircraft mid-flight. To protect an innocent guard and get back to his family, he must pretend to side with the hijackers while secretly working to bring them down.
Details
- Director
- Simon West
- Writer
- Scott Rosenberg
- Released
- 5 June 1997
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $75.0M
- Box office
- $224.0M
- Awards
- 7 wins, 11 nominations
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Awards & nominations
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| Academy Awards 1997 | Best Original Song | " How Do I Live " Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1997 | Best Sound | Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Art Rochester | Nominee |
| Grammy Awards 1997 | Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television | "How Do I Live" Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren | Nominee |
| ALMA Awards 1997 | Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film | Rachel Ticotin | Nominee |
| ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards 1997 | Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures | "How Do I Live" Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren | Winner |
| BMI Film & TV Awards 1997 | Film Music Award | Mark Mancina | Winner |
| Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 1997 | Favorite Supporting Actor – Action/Adventure | John Cusack | Winner |
| Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 1997 | Favorite Song from a Movie | Trisha Yearwood – "How Do I Live" | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
2 nominations
| Best Original Song | " How Do I Live " Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Art Rochester | Nominee |
Grammy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television | "How Do I Live" Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren | Nominee |
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
4 nominations, 2 won
| Favorite Actor – Action/Adventure | Nicolas Cage (also for Face/Off ) | Winner |
| Favorite Supporting Actor – Action/Adventure | John Cusack | Winner |
| Favorite Song from a Movie | Trisha Yearwood – "How Do I Live" | Nominee |
| Favorite Supporting Actress – Action/Adventure | Rachel Ticotin | Nominee |
Golden Raspberry Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Worst Reckless Disregard for Human Life and Public Property | Winner | |
| Worst Original Song | "How Do I Live" Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren | Nominee |
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures | "How Do I Live" Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren | Winner |
BMI Film & TV Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Film Music Award | Mark Mancina | Winner |
Bogey Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Bogey Awards | Winner |
Jupiter Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best International Actor | Nicolas Cage (also for Face/Off ) | Winner |
Golden Reel Awards
2 nominations
| Best Sound Editing – Dialogue & ADR | David Williams, Robert Ulrich, Gail Clark Burch, Jeff Clark, Richard Corwin, Susan Kurtz, Carin Rogers, Zack Davis, Stephen Janisz and Kerry Dean Williams | Nominee |
| Best Sound Editing – Sound Effects & Foley | Nominee |
ALMA Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film | Rachel Ticotin | Nominee |
Online Film & Television Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Original Song | "How Do I Live" Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor | Steve Buscemi | Nominee |