Blue Thunder

1983

While testing an experimental high-tech helicopter ostensibly created to quash potential terrorism at the Olympics, chopper pilot Frank Murphy hijacks the craft when he learns its true purpose -- and soon finds himself hunted through the skies.

The Skies Will Never Be the Same!

JBscale

Good

Film Detail

Genre

Action - Crime

Length

1 hr. 49 mins.

US Theatrical Release

May 13, 1983

US Box Office

$42,300,000 (#2150 of 7074)

Global Office

No Data Available

Rating

Restricted

Collection Detail

Release Method

Single Disc Special Edition & Digital

Aquired Format

Fandango at Home

Aspect Ratio

WS 2.40:1

Audio

English: DD+ 5.1

Studio

Sony Pictures

Released

August 11, 2009

Acquired Date

April 18, 2015

Times Seen

1 Time

Last Watched

Watched without a recoreded date.

Actors

Roy Scheider

Warren Oates

Candy Clark

Daniel Stern

Paul Roebling

David Sheiner

Joe Santos

Malcolm McDowell

Ed Bernard

Jason Bernard

Mario Machado

James Murtaugh

Pat McNamara

Jack Murdock

Clifford A. Pellow

Paul Lambert

Phil Feldman

Directors

John Badham

Producers

Gordon Carroll

Writers

Dan O'Bannon

Don Jakoby

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Ratings

JB Users

78%

Tomatometer

23 votes

53%

Popcornmeter

294 votes

METASCORE

11 votes

IMDb RATING

6.4/10

24,014 votes