Fire Birds (1990) [PG-13]

Release Date:
May 25, 1990

Original Title:
Fire Birds

Alternate Titles:
Wings of the Apache

Genres:
Action | Adventure

Production Companies:
Nova International Films
Touchstone Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12  GR: PG  US: PG-13 

Runtime: 85

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A joint task force operation between the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Army has been formed to dismantle one of the largest drug cartels operating in South America. Multiple attempts to assault the cartel's mountainous compound have been thwarted by a Scorpion-attack helicopter piloted by a cartel leader, Eric Stoller (Bert Rhine). After having several aircraft shot down, most notably a pair of UH–60 Black Hawks and their AH–1 Cobra escorts, the army turns to the new AH–64 Apache attack helicopter, which can match its enemies' maneuverability and firepower.

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ADR Voice Casting:
Barbara Harris

Art Department Coordinator:
Debi Shirk Tagliaferro

Art Direction:
Pat Tagliaferro

Assistant Hairstylist:
Wade Daily

Assistant Makeup Artist:
Wade Daily

Associate Editor:
Greg Hayden

Best Boy Grip:
Logan R. Berkshire

Camera Operator:
John Ward

Casting:
Judy Taylor
Valorie Massalas
Mike Fenton

Co-Producer:
Dale Dye
John K. Swensson

Construction Coordinator:
Philip A. Margraff

Construction Foreman:
Rick Galbraith

Costume Design:
Ellis Cohen

Director:
David Green

Director of Photography:
Tony Imi

Editor:
Norman Buckley
Dennis M. O'Connor
Jon Poll

Executive In Charge Of Post Production:
Brad Arensman

Executive Producer:
Arnold Kopelson
Keith Barish

First Assistant Director:
Matt Earl Beesley

Hairstylist:
Karoly Balazs
Fríða Aradóttir

Key Grip:
Gene Poole

Leadman:
Robert Lucas

Location Manager:
Brian O. Haynes

Makeup Artist:
Michael Hancock

Music Supervisor:
Peter Afterman

Original Music Composer:
David Newman

Painter:
Ken Deubel III

Producer:
Bill Badalato

Producer's Assistant:
Maria Norman

Production Accountant:
Harriet Katz-Stevens

Production Design:
Joseph T. Garrity

Screenplay:
Nick Thiel
Paul F. Edwards

Script Supervisor:
Marilyn Bailey

Second Assistant Director:
Jeffrey Wetzel

Set Decoration:
Jerie Kelter

Set Designer:
Bill Rea

Sound Editor:
Victor B. Lackey
R.J. Kizer
Gary Krivacek
Golden Felton
Stu Bernstein
John O. Wilde
John H. Arrufat
Stuart Chasmar
Jeremy J. Gordon
Sherman Waze
Barry Rubinow
Doug Jackson
Samuel C. Crutcher

Special Effects Coordinator:
Mike Menzel

Steadicam Operator:
John Ward

Story:
Step Tyner
Dale Dye
John K. Swensson

Stunt Coordinator:
Dennis Madalone

Stunts:
Donna Evans

Supervising Sound Editor:
Fred Judkins
Tom C. McCarthy

Title Designer:
Neal Thompson

Transportation Coordinator:
David Menapace

Unit Production Manager:
Susan Zwerman

Unit Publicist:
Kimberley Coy

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