Bird on a Wire(Movie, 1990)

Name: Bird on a Wire
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance / Love
Released: 1990
Duration: T01:50:00
Rating: 3.1

PG-13

| 1h 50min | Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance / Love

Rating: 3.1/5 (with 391 votes)

Bird on a Wire is a 1990 American action comedy film directed by John Badham and starring Mel Gibson and Goldie Hawn. It was shot mainly in British Columbia, Canada. The title refers to the Leonard Cohen song "Bird on the Wire". The alley motorcycle chase scene was filmed in Victoria's Chinatown, in Fan Tan Alley. ()

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About 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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Trailer for Bird on a Wire + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Bird on a Wire (1990) Original Trailer [FHD](Trailer, 2:25)

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: Vancouver

Plays in: Detroit (Michigan), Michigan

Made by: Universal Pictures, Interscope Communications, The Badham-Cohen Group

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 29 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 05/18/1990

Cast: Mel Gibson, Goldie Hawn, David Carradine, Bill Duke, Stephen Tobolowsky, Joan Severance, Alex Bruhanski, Christopher Judge, Jeff Corey, John Pyper-Ferguson, Clyde Kusatsu, Blu Mankuma, James Kidnie, Kevin McNulty, Paul Jarrett

Director: John Badham

Producer: Rob Cohen

Screenwriter: David Seltzer

Film Editor: Frank Morris

Director of Photography: Robert Primes

Composer: Hans Zimmer

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Dos pájaros de un tiro"

"Alta tensão"

"逃脱死亡"

"Kuin lintu langalla"

"Som fågeln på tråden"

"Dos Pajaros a Tiro"

"ดับอำมหิต"

Keywords: male hairdresser, alzheimers disease, chase scenes, poison, opposites attract, martial arts, exes who fall in love again, piranha, detroit, michigan, road movie, ladies man, witness protection, zoo, machine gun

Budget: 20,000,000 USD

Revenue: 138,700,000 USD (= 694%)

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