Bird on a Wire

An FBI informant has kept his new identity secret for 15 years. Now an old flame has recognised him, and the bad guys are back for revenge.

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Film Cast:

  • Richard “Rick” Jarmin: Mel Gibson
  • Marianne Graves: Goldie Hawn
  • Eugene Sorensen: David Carradine
  • Albert Diggs: Bill Duke
  • Joe Weyburn: Stephen Tobolowsky
  • Rachel Varney: Joan Severance
  • Marvin Larson: Harry Caesar
  • Lou Baird: Jeff Corey
  • Raun: Alex Bruhanski
  • Jamie: John Pyper-Ferguson
  • Mr. Takawaki: Clyde Kusatsu
  • Paul Bernard: Jackson Davies
  • Molly Baird: Florence Paterson
  • Paul: Tim Healy
  • Scottie: Wes Tritter
  • Lossen: Lossen Chambers
  • Neff: Ken Camroux-Taylor
  • Secretary: Wendy Van Riesen
  • Night Receptionist: Lesley Ewen
  • Dex: Robert Metcalfe
  • Brad: Kevin McNulty
  • Bank Teller: Robert Thurston
  • Bank Vice President: Brian Torpe
  • Bank Guard: Oscar Goncalves
  • Beggar: Tim Price
  • Cop at Fire: Oscar Ramos
  • Fireman: Dan Zale
  • Plainclothesman: Blu Mankuma
  • Cop at Cafe: Christopher Judge
  • Nikita Knatz: Jon Garber
  • Carl Laemmle: Paul Jarrett
  • Underworld Boss: James Kidnie
  • Guard at Gate: Kim Kondrashoff
  • Maitre d’: Michel Barbe
  • Sales Clerk: Maria Leone
  • Cement Worker: Danny Wattley
  • Mall Cop (uncredited): John Banovich

Film Crew:

  • Stunt Coordinator: Mic Rodgers
  • Set Decoration: Rose Marie McSherry
  • Executive Producer: Robert W. Cort
  • Second Unit Director: Rob Cohen
  • Editor: Frank Morriss
  • Art Direction: Richard Hudolin
  • Executive Producer: Ted Field
  • Costume Designer: Eduardo Castro
  • Director: John Badham
  • Director of Photography: Robert Primes
  • Editor: Dallas Puett
  • Production Design: Philip Harrison
  • Screenplay: David Seltzer
  • Sound Designer: Rick Patton
  • Original Music Composer: Hans Zimmer
  • Stunt Coordinator: Betty Thomas Quee
  • Sound Editor: Scott Burrow
  • Sound Editor: Bill Wyley
  • Key Grip: Tim Hogan
  • Supervising Sound Editor: William L. Manger
  • Sound Mixer: Richard Patton
  • ADR Editor: Bill Voigtlander
  • Assistant Art Director: Sandy Cochrane
  • Set Dresser: Joanne Quirk
  • Set Dresser: James Clare
  • Transportation Coordinator: Dave Bowe
  • Assistant Editor: Emma E. Hickox
  • Assistant Editor: Nigel Hollick
  • Sound Editor: Larry Mann
  • Assistant Sound Editor: Robyn A. Manger
  • Second Assistant Director: Richard Coleman
  • Assistant Set Decoration: Daniel R. Bradette
  • Second Assistant Camera: Paul Guenette
  • Sound Editor: Gordon Davidson
  • Script Supervisor: Allen L. Stone
  • Set Dresser: H. Chuck Robinson
  • Dialogue Coach: Jon Garber
  • Sound Editor: Richard Oswald
  • Associate Editor: Jeff Jones
  • Assistant Sound Editor: Kelly L. Manger
  • Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Robert L. Hoyt
  • Best Boy Electric: Richard Buckmaster
  • First Assistant Camera: Douglas Craik
  • Costume Designer: Monique Prudhomme
  • Location Manager: Stewart Bethune
  • Storyboard Artist: Nikita Knatz
  • Negative Cutter: Donah Bassett
  • Sound Recordist: Albert Romero
  • Dolly Grip: John L. Brown
  • Assistant Accountant: Beverly Wiens
  • ADR Voice Casting: Barbara Harris
  • Transportation Captain: John G. Oliver
  • Orchestrator: Steve Bartek
  • Makeup Artist: E. Thomas Case
  • Rigging Gaffer: Colin Gray
  • Production Accountant: Lorraine Baird
  • Production Coordinator: Jeanie Lamb
  • Construction Coordinator: Thom Wells
  • Set Dresser: Mark Davidson
  • Assistant Accountant: Joey Steele
  • Orchestrator: Shirley Walker
  • First Assistant Camera: Paul R. Prince
  • Supervising Sound Editor: Milton C. Burrow
  • Sound Re-Recording Mixer: James Bolt
  • Gaffer: Stephen Jackson
  • Assistant Location Manager: Chris Rudolph
  • Third Assistant Director: Kenna Marshall-Pittman
  • Sound Effects: Stephen Dewey
  • Greensman: Michael J. Siver
  • Unit Publicist: Elizabeth Aird
  • Assistant Production Coordinator: Gretchen Goode
  • Sound Editor: Neil Burrow
  • Transportation Captain: Carol McDonald
  • Hairstylist: Sherry Linder-Gygli
  • Extras Casting: Sandra Couldwell
  • Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Rick Alexander
  • Assistant Property Master: R.D. ‘Luther’ Fairbairn
  • Hairstylist: Lyndell Quiyou
  • Best Boy Grip: Oliver Berg
  • Carpenter: Glen Moseley
  • Painter: Chris Hayward
  • Still Photographer: Joseph Lederer
  • Craft Service: Jim Rankin
  • Co-Producer: Louis Venosta
  • Co-Producer: Eric Lerner
  • Stunts: Melissa R. Stubbs
  • Stunts: Jim Dunn
  • Stunts: Cheryl Wheeler Duncan
  • Stunts: Ernie Jackson
  • Stunts: Kurt Bryant
  • Stunts: Ronald Robinson
  • Stunts: Tony Morelli
  • Stunts: Tom Glass
  • Stunts: Dawn Stofer-Rupp
  • Stunts: Ken Kirzinger
  • Stunts: Jacob Rupp
  • Stunts: Mike Crestejo
  • Stunts: Gene Heck
  • Stunts: Brent Woolsey
  • Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Robert L. Harman
  • Camera Operator: Cyrus Block
  • Boom Operator: John Harling
  • Script Supervisor: Jean Bereziuk
  • Casting: Lynda Gordon
  • Associate Producer: Keith Rubinstein
  • Production Manager: Matthew O’Connor
  • Costume Supervisor: Debbie Douglas
  • Music Editor: James Flamberg
  • Set Costumer: Wendy Foster
  • Casting: Lynne Carrow
  • Casting: Mike Fenton
  • Costume Designer: Wayne A. Finkelman
  • First Assistant Director: Peter D. Marshall
  • Camera Operator: John Clothier
  • Co-Producer: Fitch Cady
  • Associate Producer: Dana Satler Hankins
  • Script Supervisor: Craig P. Cathers
  • Makeup Artist: Sandy Cooper
  • Casting: Judy Taylor
  • Special Effects Coordinator: John Thomas
  • Property Master: Bill Thumm

Movie Reviews:

  • JPV852: Serviceable and entertaining, but throwaway action-romance-comedy with both Mel Gibson and Goldie Hawn showing their individual charms. However, the plot is thin and the action kind of average. There’s not a whole lot here memorable for either of the stars. Guess it’s fine for a lazy Saturday. **3.0/5**
  • GenerationofSwine: I am currently attempting to con my wife into watching this, not because it’s a great movie, but because I know it’s the kind of movie that she is going to laugh at and enjoy. It has that humor that people that are ESL can really pick up on without having to be an expert native speaker to follow the word play…
  • … but then again, she’s actually gotten good enough with English that she’s watching and enjoying Monty Python so, who knows if that still applies.
  • As I said, it’s not a great film, but it is memorable, and memorable for it’s dumb humor and brainless action alone that is personified by Gibson when he was at the top of his game for fun, dumb, and entertaining action/comedy flicks.
  • Historically we can call it a cult of personality, because, honestly, you are watching it strictly because of Gibson’s personality and his sense of humor.
  • And mind you, this was before he did that thing… which he asked forgiveness for very publicly… and I personally don’t see why people feel it’s necessary to continue to beat a man after he made amends for a mistake.
  • Honestly, you’re watching it and remembering it because it is a funny Gibson action comedy, and nothing more. Especially since he kind of outshines Hawn in the comedy department in this one, which is kind of shocking given that she can be pretty hysterical when she wants to. In this, however, I’m not sure she was really giving it her A game, or maybe she just sulked back to a co-star routine.
  • But, it doesn’t claim to be anything more, it achieves it’s goals, and it entertains.

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