Con Air is an 1997 American action-thriller film directed by Simon West and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, producer of The Rock. It stars Nicolas Cage, John Cusack and John Malkovich. The film borrows its title from the nickname of the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System. While scanning a newspaper article, Screenwriter Scott Rosenberg first learned of the special program, then visited its Oklahoma City base "to get an eyewitness perspective of the incredible operation - which quickly formed the genesis for Con Air." Former Army Ranger Cameron Poe is sentenced to a... maximum-security federal penitentiary to serve a 7 to 10-year term for using excessive force and killing a drunk man who had been attempting to assault his pregnant wife Tricia . Eight years later, Poe is paroled on good behavior, and eager to see his daughter Casey whom he has never met.
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| Release date: | June 2, 1997 |
| Directed by: | Simon West |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 115 Minutes |
| Producer: | Jerry Bruckheimer |
| Editor: | Chris Lebenzon, Glen Scantlebury, Steve Mirkovich |
| Music by: | Trevor Rabin, Mark Mancina |
| Cinematography: | David Tattersall |
| Screenplay by: | Scott Rosenberg |
| Estimated budget: | $75,000,000 |
| Genre: | Thriller, Action |