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Blue Thunder (1983)

★ 6.4R109 minDirector: John Badham

1983 film by John Badham

Blue Thunder is a 1983 American action thriller film directed by John Badham and starring Roy Scheider, Malcolm McDowell, Daniel Stern, Candy Clark and Warren Oates.

The Blue Thunder helicopter itself did exist as two copies of modified French Aérospatiale Gazelles.

A spin-off television series, also called Blue Thunder, ran for 11 episodes in 1984.

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What is Blue Thunder about?
Blue Thunder (1983) — Blue Thunder is a specially modified helicopter. It is for police work, but is armed and designed to counter street insurgencies. Its makers want to show what it will do, but have to train Los Angeles Police pilot Frank Murphy to fly and use it in order to allow it to operate in
Is Blue Thunder based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is Blue Thunder scary?
Content rating: R. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.
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