---
title: 'Air Force One (1997)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Wolfgang Petersen'
released: '1997-07-25'
runtime_minutes: 124
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Action'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/air-force-one-1997'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118571/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Air Force One (1997)

1997 · R · 124 min · Action, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

Air Force One is a 1997 American political action thriller film directed and co-produced by Wolfgang Petersen and written by Andrew W. Marlowe. Starring Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close, Wendy Crewson, Xander Berkeley, William H. Macy, Dean Stockwell, Paul Guilfoyle and Jürgen Prochnow, the film follows Air Force One being hijacked by a group of terrorists who demand the release of their country's imprisoned dictator and the president's attempt to rescue everyone on board by retaking his plane.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Wolfgang Petersen](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-petersen)
- **Producer:** [Wolfgang Petersen](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-petersen), [Armyan Bernstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/armyan-bernstein), [Gail Katz](https://cinepixo.com/people/gail-katz)
- **Screenplay:** [Andrew W. Marlowe](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-w-marlowe)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jerry Goldsmith](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerry-goldsmith)
- **Director of Photography:** [Michael Ballhaus](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-ballhaus)
- **Editor:** [Richard Francis-Bruce](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-francis-bruce)

## Cast

- [J. A. Preston](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-a-preston)
- [Harrison Ford](https://cinepixo.com/people/harrison-ford) as President of the United States
- [Timothy Carhart](https://cinepixo.com/people/timothy-carhart)
- [Gary Oldman](https://cinepixo.com/people/gary-oldman)
- [Liesel Pritzker Simmons](https://cinepixo.com/people/liesel-pritzker-simmons)
- [Richard Doyle](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-doyle)
- [Andrew Divoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-divoff)
- [Philip Baker Hall](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-baker-hall)
- [Mark Thompson](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-thompson)
- [Wendy Crewson](https://cinepixo.com/people/wendy-crewson)
- [Glenn Close](https://cinepixo.com/people/glenn-close) as Vice President of the United States
- [Paul Guilfoyle](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-guilfoyle)
- [Levan Uchaneishvili](https://cinepixo.com/people/levan-uchaneishvili)
- [Willard E. Pugh](https://cinepixo.com/people/willard-e-pugh)
- [Tom Everett](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-everett)

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