Blue Thunder

Crocker merged with Wells Fargo in 1986. When the Wells Fargo Tower was being erected, its construction was featured in the 1983 movie Blue Thunder. The top upper floors were not completed during filming, so Roy Scheider's character shot a...

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...turbine boost function and extremely painful effort on his own part), Murphy shoots down Cochrane, then destroys Blue Thunder by landing it in front of an approaching freight train, having deemed the tactical helicopter too dangerous to be...

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...Channel F, this unit had an internal speaker. 38 Ambush Alley (Cop Simulator, Live Action) Blue Thunder (based on 1983 movie Blue Thunder) Hydrosub: 2021 (Underwater Future Sub Simulator) The Rescue of Pops Ghostly (Haunted...

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...members was vital. The MiG-31 Firefox, as seen in the movie The cockpit of the Mi-24 helicopter gunships is a mock-up from the movie Blue Thunder , while the submarine special-effect footage is taken from Ice Station Zebra . The first...

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A film review by Keith Breese - Copyright © 2006 Filmcritic.com When John Badham's Blue Thunder came out I was just a kid, but the film made quite an impression on me. I didn't actually see it. And I suspect that most of the kids who told...

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...will seem familiar to the point of mundane for adults if not kids. Martin Lawrence, Ashton Kutcher and Gary Sinise lend their voices. Blue Thunder Thrilling action-adventure about a hi-tech helicopter that jeopardises civil liberties when...

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Want to live out your "Blue Thunder" fantasy? Now you can legally get military-spec night vision goggles for when you are flying your helicopter. In the past, there were no FAA approved night vision goggles for civilian use - you were...

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...and premieres, just one of those great guys who was terrific to talk to, polite, articulate and straightforward. I loved him in "Blue Thunder," not to mention "Jaws" and all his other hits. His passing is extremely sad. Scheider was...

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...mind trip Marathon Man (which at the time did for dentists what Jaws did for the ocean), the helicopter-based action flick Blue Thunder, the murder mysteries Last Embrace and Still of the Night, and 2010, the sequel to Stanley...

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From then on he was a durable thesp often called upon to play U.S. presidents or military officers, appearing in films including "Blue Thunder," "2010," "52 Pick-Up," and "The Russia House." He had a recurring role on "SeaQuest DSV" and...

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