Co-produced by Apache Production Company.
Shot in Tucson, Arizona and Fort Hood, Texas, DeLuxe color, Dolby, prints by Technicolor; in Panavision.
Budget estimate $25 million.
Rated BBFC 15 by the British Board of Film Classification.
Began shooting October 27, 1989, completed January 1990. Released in USA and Toronto May 25, 1990. Released on video September 26, 1991.
Copyright Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
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Fire Birds
Here's one of the most exciting, nonstop action-adventure hits since TOP GUN! When an international enemy turns to high-tech weaponry, the U.S. Army enlists the aid of the Apaches -- America's elite airborne task force specially trained for aerial assault! Flying the world's most advanced attack helicopters, these hotshot 'Fire Birds' battle an evasive foe -- hovering, diving, and dodging death on dangerous secret missions inside hostile territory! Starring Nicolas Cage (GONE IN 60 SECONDS), Tommy Lee Jones (MEN IN BLACK), and Sean Young (NO WAY OUT), FIRE BIRDS is an explosive action-epic, full of aerial gunfights and combat acrobatics ... audiences will be blown away by every thrilling second of FIRE BIRDS!
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When an international enemy turns to high-tech weaponry, the U.S. Army enlists the aid of the Apaches - America's elite airborne task force specially trained for aerial assault. Flying the world's most advanced attack helicopters, these hotshot Fire Birds battle an evasive foe.