Firefox

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Firefox is a 1982 American techno-thriller film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, centered on a Cold War mission to steal a cutting-edge Soviet fighter jet.

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Firefox canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
fictional character
film
techno-thriller film
author Craig Thomas
basedOn Firefox (novel)
cinematographyBy Bruce Surtees
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
countryOfSetting Soviet Union
director Clint Eastwood
distributedBy Warner Bros. Pictures
surface form: Warner Bros.
distributorRegion North America
editedBy Joel Cox
featuresFictionalAircraft MiG-31
surface form: MiG-31 Firefox
filmingTechnique miniature model effects
genre Cold War film
action film
techno-thriller
hasOriginalScore Firefox (film score)
hasPosterCaption Clint Eastwood in a flight suit with the Firefox jet
hasSubject espionage
military aviation
language English
leadCharacter Mitchell Gant
mainTheme technologically advanced Soviet aircraft
medium theatrical film
musicBy Maurice Jarre
narrativeFocus Cold War mission
notableFor early use of visual effects for aircraft sequences
originalLanguageTitle Firefox self-linksurface differs
partOf Cold War cinema
plotFocus theft of advanced Soviet fighter jet
producer Clint Eastwood
productionCompany Malpaso Productions
releaseYear 1982
runtime approximately 136 minutes
screenwriter Alex Lasker
Wendell Wellman
setInTimePeriod late Cold War era
starring Clint Eastwood
David Huffman
Freddie Jones
Kenneth Colley
Nigel Hawthorne
Ronald Lacey
Warren Clarke
visualEffectsCompany Industrial Light & Magic

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Bruce Surtees workedOn Firefox
Frank Stanley notableWork Firefox
Freddie Jones notableWork Firefox
Firefox originalLanguageTitle Firefox self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Firefox (1982 film)