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 Air Force One
the vice president. Glenn Close played the very brave Vice President, who negotiated with the terrorists as much as she could.
Marshall. Harrison Ford plays James Marshall, the President of the United States. He fights terrorists on the plane, 'Air Force One'.
1997. This thrilling movie came out on video in 1997.
Russia. The terrorists that took over the plane were from Russia.
124 minutes. The movie lasts a gripping 124 minutes. (I was on the edge of my seat the whole time.)
| When Harrison Ford's character was sneaking around on the plane (because everyone thought he had escaped in the ejection pod), what was on the T.V. in his office? | 'Air Force One' Quiz
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a football game. A football game was playing on the T.V. and he turned it up to distract the terrorists.
Grace (wife) and Alice (daughter). Grace Marshall was his wife, and Alice Marshall was his daughter.
12 years old. When she was lying on the couch with her father, she says that she is twelve years old.
in the conference room. The first hostage executed was the Secretary of Defense, and he was killed in the Conference Room, where all the hostages were being held captive.
he wanted someone to tell him how to dump gas. After arguing with the lady at the switchboard (because she didn't think he was really the president), James wanted someone to tell him how to dump gas out of the plane because he thought it would force the terrorists to land the plane.
Marshall. It is said a couple of times throughout the movie.
Korshunov. It says it on the laptop screen when he puts his thumb on it before he gets on the plane.
H&K MP5-K. You have to know your weapons and the terrorists for the correct answer to this question.
6. If you see a trailer, it will say "Six Terrorists".
Postmaster General. "If this works, you'll be Postmaster General."
9752B. This is a tricky one. Watch this part in slow-motion.
Green and Yellow. "Im countin' on ya, red, white, and blue!"
Gibbs. He had a pistol with a silencer in his pants.
Glenn Close. "Connect me with Vice President Bennett."
In the Conference Room. This was where several of the hostages were killed. Melanie was killed in the Cockpit.
Some Night-Op's. This is VERY obvious (Night vision goggles, black suits, suppressed weapons, and parachuting).
General. The terrorists were some of Radek's supporters.
1. This one is sort of a brain-teaser. There was one guy from the rescue plane that was on Air Force One, but he was shot and killed by Gibbs.
Gary Oldman. It says it in the credits.
12. "I'm 12 years old, Dad! In the Caveman Days, I'd be having children of my own!"
Harrison Ford. Harrison Ford is well known for his role of Han Solo in the "Star Wars" trilogy, which he did not originally want to play. He's also known for playing Dr. Indiana Jones in another trilogy of Steven Spielberg films, "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom", and "The Last Crusade". He was born July 13th, in Chicago. He almost quit acting, settling for a career in carpentry. His first big acting break came with the part of Bob Falfa in "American Graffiti".
James Marshall. This president was described as an experienced soldier, and a medal of honor winner. There were two actual US Presidents who shared initials with this character, James Madison and James Monroe. There were three others with the first name James.
Gary Oldman. This character played by Gary Oldman was a very ruthless individual. He let us know that he fought during the Russian invasion of Afghanistan and was very loyal to Mother Russia. He desperately wanted to see Russia reunited to it's original Cold War supremacy. Gary Oldman was born March of 1958 in New Cross, London, England. He has played Sirius Black in some of the "Harry Potter" movies.
| During the president's visit to Moscow he made a speech describing how the U.S. had stood by and done nothing while people were killed by terrorists. Not until U.S. interests were threatened did the U.S. finally react. Altering his planned speech, he invoked a new U.S. foreign policy. What was it? | "Air Force One" is No. 1
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We will not negotiate.. The President's speech called for a "zero-tolerance" policy on terrorism. But on the return flight home, terrorists took over Air Force One and took the passengers hostage. They threatened to execute one hostage every half-hour until their demands were met. It was an easy policy to declare, but not an easy one to enforce, as this movie showed.
National Security Advisor Jack Doherty. The Vice-President was informed that a hostage would be killed every thirty minutes until General Radek was released. Jack Doherty introduced himself to the head terrorist as the one man who could get their demands met. He was shot in front of the other hostages by the terrorist, while the terrorist spoke on the phone with the Vice-President. The terrorist described him as being "a very good negotiator, he just bought you another thirty minues".
| A rescue plane was dispatched to aid Air Force One and subsequently changed call signs, once the president was saved. What was the plane's original call sign? | "Air Force One" is No. 1
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Liberty 24. The final scenes showed how a cable was extended from an MC-130 (Liberty 24) to Air Force One. The President, along with the others, were shown sliding along the cable to safety. All this was acutally done by computer animation.
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