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Firefox (Blu-ray) (1982) (Region 2) (Import)

Clint Eastwood , Freddie Jones , Clint Eastwood    Suitable for 15 years and over   DVD
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Clint Eastwood, Freddie Jones, David Huffman, Warren Clarke, Nigel Hawthorne
  • Directors: Clint Eastwood
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: French
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Run Time: 124 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0071VAB3W
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 124,469 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Scadinavian Edition, PAL/Region 2 Blu-Ray 1080p High Definition Widescreen DTS-HD Master Audio: Subtitles: French, Spanish, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish. Audio: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian. No English Subtitles. Features:Vintage Featurette Clint Eastwood: Director,Trailer. It rips through the skies at six times the speed of sound, is invisible to radar and spits death - launching and guiding missiles purely by the pilot's thoughts. It's the MIG-31, the most devastating war machine ever built, code name Firefox. But Firefox belongs to the Russians. To maintain the balance of world power, the West must steal it. Clint Eastwood directs and stars as ace U.S. pilot Mitchell Gant, the man for the job.Firefox delivers a unique payload of nail-biting suspense and effects pyrotechnics. Special Visual Effects Producer John Dykstra won an Oscar for Star Wars - and his work on Firefox is in that out-of-this-world class. Join Eastwood in the cockpit and soar!

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Damn - they've edited the original! 3 Oct 2003
Format:DVD
Firefox has always been one of my favourite films, and while it's a bit cheesy and jingoistic 20 years on, it is entertaining - especially seeing fine British actors like Nigel Hawthorne (rest his soul!) and Kenneth Colley making a pig's ear of their Russian accents...

However, in this DVD version they've edited out a lot of the best bits - including a lot of the interplay between the politicians and General Vladimirov at Bilyarsk when they are trying to plot the retrieval and destruction of the MiG-31.

I was really disappointed by this, and haven't watched the film again since - though it's comforting to know it's on the shelf.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Cold War cliches on the wing 29 April 2007
By Trevor Willsmer HALL OF FAME TOP 50 REVIEWER
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I'm not sure whether Firefox is really a guilty pleasure or simply a film I remember as being one. It's certainly overlong and overfamiliar despite its neat Maguffin - Clint Eastwood's flashback-plagued Vietnam vet fighter ace has to steal a state-of-the-art warplane with a thought-controlled weapons system (as long as you remember to think in Russian) from the heart of the Evil Empire - but it has a sort of undemanding Cold War charm that the constant stream of clichés only reinforces. Even the old school model effects in the final chase-and-dogfight section are more fun in their way than modern CGI effects, especially when the Firefox is leaving a wall of water in its wake as it races across the sea or causing fallen snow to fill the air as it passes over the mountains, so it's a shame that much of the last third is played in darkened control rooms rather than the skies.

The Russians, naturally, are mostly played by British actors, albeit in this case actors best known for their sitcoms, which adds a different dimension to their scenes as comically humourless KGB types or lemming-like dissidents only too happy to die for the cause, or incorrigible hams like Freddie Jones who simply look like they SHOULD be in a sitcom. There's even an almost admirable perversity into giving most of the explanatory dialogue in the last half-hour to Klaus Löwitsch, an actor with a shaky grasp of spoken English who sounds like a bumblebee caught in a vacuum cleaner pipe. Not good by any means, but strangely watchable, and Maurice Jarre contributes an enjoyable score from the days before he disappeared entirely into atonal electronics.

Whereas the Region 1 NTSC DVD is the uncut theatrical version before Clint re-edited and trimmed the film by some 12 minutes without visibly improving it for video release, sadly the European PAL DVD is the shorter cut version. Boasting a decent 2.35:1 widescreen transfer, both versions also includes a 29-minute British behind the scenes documentary and the theatrical trailer.

Sadly the Blu-ray release mirrors the DVD release - the US version (available in a double-bill with Heartbreak Ridge) is uncut but the rest of the world gets the cut version again, though both have the same extras. Eastwood the director has always had a penchant for pushing up the darkness in the cinematography, which was a problem even when seen on a 70ft screen in a darkened room but is something of a nightmare on home video. While not as bad as The Rookie, parts of which are almost invisible in the sea of black ink onscreen, the night scenes are a problem even on Blu-ray, with detail lost in the dark and the transfer not really able to do much to compensate. It's certainly an improvement on the DVD but it's still a hugely inconsisten transfer that's definitely at its best in the daylight scenes.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Firefox, Wheres The Remake!!!! 21 Oct 2006
Format:DVD
Firefox came along in the early eighties in a time where we saw super hi-tec vehicals galore. ie Knight Rider, Streethawk, Blue Thunder and Airwolf but Firefox has to be said is the ultimate. The Mig 31 kitted out in the latest advanced technology with mind recognition weapons system(In Russian of course) has to be the best idea of them all. The previous hi-tec creations would be left as burning circuit boards compared to the might of the Russian born fighter.

Clint Eastwood directs and stars in this 80`s classic and i personally think is kind of underrated. If ever there was a movie that needed a remake then this would be it. The special effects have aged quite badly and although similar to the original Star Wars films it hasnt been done aswell as the george Lucas trilogy. Its a shame really because this film has been well directed and creates tension and thrills at every turn. Dont ask me who would make the best director for a remake or even a sequel but he would have to be good. We wouldnt want another Top Gun and definitely not another Stealth, but it would make a great opportunity to get this film back to its shining glory as we dream of flying the ultimate, most advanced jet fighter in the world.
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5.0 out of 5 stars clint
loved this film when it came out in the movies yrs ago and still great to this day good goin clint
Published 3 months ago by miss susan rodger
5.0 out of 5 stars Firefox
An excerllent film oof a good story, well acted and presented. Highly recommended. It is a pity there is no DVD of its
sequel avvasilable
Published 4 months ago by eric kelk
5.0 out of 5 stars Good film
I really enjoyed this film. Good Clint Eastwood thriller. I can watch this again and again. Great special effects and action
Published 4 months ago by sally o'hare
5.0 out of 5 stars firefox
Firefox was a brilliant film i first watched it from a rental video shop and then i bought it on video but the video tape worn out so that is when i bought it on DVD and the... Read more
Published 9 months ago by marcus
4.0 out of 5 stars A watchable Cold War yarn
Based on a novel by Welsh schoolteacher, Craig Thomas, and including a lot of British actors, 'Firefox' was released at the height of the Cold War in 1982 and stereotypes its point... Read more
Published 12 months ago by LXIX
2.0 out of 5 stars Cold War cliches on the wing
I'm not sure whether Firefox is really a guilty pleasure or simply a film I remember as being one. It's certainly overlong and overfamiliar despite its neat Maguffin - Clint... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Trevor Willsmer
5.0 out of 5 stars CLINT EASTWOOD
[...] SAW THE FILM ON TV THE OTHER NIGHT LOVED IT SO MUCH I WENT OUT AND BROUGHT IT BUT UNLIKE THE FILMS I AM A PLANE FREEK AS WELL ALL TYPES OF PANES THEY ALL EXCITE ME
Published 13 months ago by VINNY
5.0 out of 5 stars Let's see what this baby can do.........
One of the best cold war thillers to come out of the early 80's.
I loved the way the 'Monster reveal' is like Jaws in that you dont see the Firefox till half way through the... Read more
Published 15 months ago by T. Rowe
4.0 out of 5 stars Firefox
Excellent old film - missed bits of it for so long on tv just had to own it. Arrived very promptly
Published 19 months ago by Mrs. J. Hastilow
5.0 out of 5 stars Detour from Clint's police roles
It rips through the skies at six times the speed of sound, is invisible to radar and spits death - launching and guiding missiles directly through the pilot's impulses. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Fluclo
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