Turbulence at 30,000 feet ( Turbulence ) is an American thriller film produced and co-produced by Robert Butler in 1997 on a screenplay by Jonathan Brett . The cast is composed of Ray Liotta as Ryan Weaver, Lauren Holly as Teri Halloran.
Synopsis
A plane of Transcontinental Airlines serves as a plot for this thriller. On Christmas Eve, TA flight 47 is ready to take off with few passengers on board and flight attendant Teri Halloran is planning a routine flight. Alas the plane carries prisoner criminals, a bank robber and a serial killer, Stubbs and Weaver, both escorted by FBI agents. The robbery will quickly turn into a nightmare when one of the prisoners attempts a hostage-taking and eliminates the FBI agents.
Technical sheet
- Title: Turbulence at 30,000 feet
- Original title: Turbulence
- Quebec title: The Flight of Hell
- Director: Robert Butler
- Scenario: Jonathan Brett
- Production: Robert Butler , Martin Ransohoff , and David Valdes
- Production Companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Distribution Company: Rysher Entertainment
- Music: James Horner and Shirley Walker
- Photography: Bill Butler
- Editing: Stuart Baird
- Sets: Thomas E. Sanders
- Costumes: Eiko Ishioka
- Budget: 55 million $
- Country of origin: United States
- Original language: English mainly
- Format: Colors – 1.85: 1 – Dolby Surround – 35 mm
- Genre: thriller , policeman , action , disaster
- Duration: 100 minutes
- Film banned in France under 12 years at its release in the room.
- Release dates:
- United States Canada :
- France :
Distribution
- Ray Liotta (VF: Bernard Gabay ) : Ryan Weaver
- Lauren Holly (VF: Juliette Degenne ) : Teri Halloran
- Hector Elizondo (VF: François Dunoyer ) : Aldo Hines
- Ben Cross : Samuel Bowen
- Catherine Hicks (FW: Ninou Fratellini) : Maggie
- Rachel Ticotin : Rachel Taper
- Brendan Gleeson (VF: Patrice Melennec ) : Stubbs
- Jeffrey DeMunn : Brooks
- Callie Thorne : Laura
- Grand L. Bush (VF: Mouss Diouf): Al Arquette
- J. Kenneth Campbell ( Bernard Metaux ) : Matt Powell
- Michael Harney : Marty Douglas
- Alan Bergmann : Mr Kramer
- James G. MacDonald : Ted Kary
- RJ Knoll : Kip
- Danna Hansen : Mrs Kramer