I actually went to the movies with my wife (RIP) to watch this in Los Angeles when it first came out. Loved it then. Love it now more than forty years later.
Yep, I drag it out every couple of years -- it's an action movie to be sure with a major Hollywood spin; but has a good story in case anyone sorta remembers the cold war... when it was truly cold
Been a pilot for 24 years and have flown everything from Airliners to warbirds. Every time I get in front of an airplane that opening synth always go through my mind. Love this movie.
This scene is so emotional - just like the book ; all is lost, everyone shot, but in the moment of total despair just before death, Baranovich looks and with a last breadth sees Grant in the pilot suit walking and dies knowing they will likely succeed - I love how the music changes and goes quiet - just epic - gets me every time!
Me too on HBO I must’ve watched it 20 times anything Clint Eastwood from the good the bad and the ugly to any which way, but loose I was a fan of . In retrospect, I find it interesting that the film portrayed the Soviet Union in lock step with the views of the United States government. there is no doubt they were evil however the idea that our government was fighting the forces of dictatorship for democracy has been proven to be wishful thinking. In addition, that our lives were so much better as citizens the United States, as opposed to citizens of the Soviet Union, and that our economic system was clearly better does not have the same shine as it did 35 years ago.
Same here. My family did not have cable but an uncle that lived two houses down did. I remember watching it multiple times at his house while him and my dad sat outside drinking beer on the weekends. All those channels run together for me so I couldn't remember if it was HBO, Showtime or the The Movie Channel.
I know what you mean I saw this movie with my brother and wife Little did I know that within 5 years I would have both taken from me RIP Seeing this clip brought back to me the fracility of our lives and how you are alive one minute and gone forever the next
Filme sensacional demais. Pena que não tem na Netflix não 😮. E não achei o DVD . Um dos melhores filmes de ação de Clint de quem sou fã, apesar de estar no Brazil país onde tudo é difícil.
Watched this aboard a ferry crossing from Zeebrugge to Felixstowe during a severe North Sea gale. The pitching of the ship added another dimension to the flying scenes!
An awesome film. Then and still is now. I think one of the scientist technicians with the glasses was one of the SS officers in Raiders of the Lost Ark!
Yup. Ironically, while the Soviets were very good at making planes as a whole, their electronics were 20 years behind. They did have amazing electronic projects like the OGAS system and first Pentium processors were based on research by former Soviet engineers hired by Intel, but practical execution of new designs got stuck in early 70s due to bureaucracy and inherent problems of centrally planned economy.
Deeearrr Lady... Surely, the more pertinent question ought to be, how did Harris the nerk gain security clearance to be here? Humphrey obviously got the gig because he's a member of the same London club as " my dear friend, Hay-stings" 🤣
This was one of the first movies to have an arcade video game, of the same name, simultaneously show-up in the video arcades. The video game, of course, was based on the movie.
Remember that there were dignataries coming to see the test flight and the colonel in charge didn't want to delay the schedule. The plane was well guarded, so they were confident no spy could get close.
You know AI is getting a little too creepy when yesterday you are simply "thinking" about a good movie you saw years ago, and it pops up 1st on your suggested UA-cam feed today. Didn't talk, search, nothing - just a thinking about a memory.
this could be done without a model, simply marks you with other people pf similar intrests, then when they dive in a nostalgia wave every once in while, the algorithm takes note and delivers you those contents before you even think of looking for
The pacing , tension buildup and the Cold War backdrop is simply top notch. Probably Clint Eastwood's most underrated movie. Hopefully it gets more love from now onwards. ❤
I actually felt i was Clint whenever i slid my bicycle between a street post and a gutter, with but inches to clear my wheel on either side. It was my way of mimicking the way he flew the jet in between two cliffs! I was so thrilled back then each time I pulled it off! Now I feel really dumb having taken the risk! Well I was just 10 that time, so I guess I could cut myself some slack! 😁😁😁 But i really love this movie! 👍👍👍
As someone who only speaks English and can curse a little in Italian, the whole 'think in Russian' to be able to control the jet really impressed me back then.
I was born in 1999 but this is one of my favorite movies. I was lucky to have a Das from 1962 who was a huge Clint Eastwood fan. I am as well because of him.
Thank you for uploading such a great scene. I remember that right after this, our local collaborator saw a Firefox flying over his head and pulled out a gun.
@@FIREBRAND38Nah. The ice floe refueling was perfectly feasible, as was the Soviets sending the second one after him. And this one was absolutely possible. Infiltration and theft, assisted by inside players. Happens every day.
Never saw this movie before, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if Hitman 2016's tutorial took inspiration from this scene. The setting and premise is very similar.
His not killing Col. Voskov was an error that almost got him killed, but Voskov had respect for him as a fellow aviator and perhaps knowing he could have killed him first, gave him the opportunity to recover and continue their aerial battle.
Fun Fact: The basic design of the fictional Firefox in this movie was almost identical to the real XB-70 Valkyrie bomber that was designed, built, and flight tested in the mid to late 1950's and intended for use by the Air Force.
@@johncampbell3979 Look again. The Firefox looks nothing like the SR-71 while having the same basic canards and drop winglets of the Valkyrie. (Just FYI: I was in the Air Force and got to see the Blackbird up close.)
I have read the novel by Craig Thomas. It was a compelling page-turner. I enjoyed it immensely. That was decades back then. I thoroughly enjoyed the short video clip.
To think a jet design like this is completely obsolete now - I remember how enthralled we all were at the time. If you loved the movie, the book is even better. There’s an ending in the book that Clint left out of the movie.
Wow...this movie came out in the 80s ....82/83... I remember i was in the army ....we had a full bird Colonel Timberlake who will come to visit us at the office... get coffee that i prepared and say ....hey u people see that movie last night???? He loved this one....Every morning he will like to discuss movies that we saw the night before....from Showtime....HBO....The movie Channel...miss the army days...62 yrs now....
I like how this film captured our own misconceptions about what the USSR could produce. The Soviets actually did make some good stuff at the time, like MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters, Tu-22M Backfire bombers, An-124 Condor cargo jets, and submarines such as the Victor III, Akula, and Oscar. Thing is, the MiG-25 (the Firefox inspiration) was considerably overhyped here in the West.
That twitch in the face at 1:30 mark. Classic Clint Too bad you cut the movie right before takeoff of the Mig This is a good movie to watch in full audio with the booming subwoofer
I actually went to the movies with my wife (RIP) to watch this in Los Angeles when it first came out. Loved it then. Love it now more than forty years later.
I'm so sorry for your loss.. same here.
I saw this in la..at the Sherman oaks galleria when it came out
@@carypyke935Love lives on forever. ❤❤
I watched on the TV ,but I loved it just like your guys😊
When movies were actually good
I honestly think Firefox is one of Eastwood’s most underrated films.
Not underatted
Yep, I drag it out every couple of years -- it's an action movie to be sure with a major Hollywood spin; but has a good story in case anyone sorta remembers the cold war... when it was truly cold
I love it
Wouldn't Commies have recognized him as Clint Eastwood, he's very famous.
And he speaks American instead of Russian.
Russians weren't allowed to watch anything from America, they weren't even allowed jeans.
Hahaha
Been a pilot for 24 years and have flown everything from Airliners to warbirds. Every time I get in front of an airplane that opening synth always go through my mind. Love this movie.
That opening synth is perfect for getting on a 737-MAX.
Okay
This scene is so emotional - just like the book ; all is lost, everyone shot, but in the moment of total despair just before death, Baranovich looks and with a last breadth sees Grant in the pilot suit walking and dies knowing they will likely succeed - I love how the music changes and goes quiet - just epic - gets me every time!
😂so agree ..gets me every time
You are in command now Admiral Piett!
@@Hungryman97sCollectibles lol more likely a firing squad here
Another awesome film, TESB!
Everyone can get promoted if you are under the guy who came out of light speed too close to a targeted star system.
"Thank You Lord Vader."
He is as clumsy as he is stupid…
I remember watching Firefox on HBO when I was a kid. This film captured the dark backdrop of early the 1980’s Soviet Union perfectly.
Me too on HBO I must’ve watched it 20 times anything Clint Eastwood from the good the bad and the ugly to any which way, but loose I was a fan of . In retrospect, I find it interesting that the film portrayed the Soviet Union in lock step with the views of the United States government. there is no doubt they were evil however the idea that our government was fighting the forces of dictatorship for democracy has been proven to be wishful thinking. In addition, that our lives were so much better as citizens the United States, as opposed to citizens of the Soviet Union, and that our economic system was clearly better does not have the same shine as it did 35 years ago.
Same here. My family did not have cable but an uncle that lived two houses down did. I remember watching it multiple times at his house while him and my dad sat outside drinking beer on the weekends. All those channels run together for me so I couldn't remember if it was HBO, Showtime or the The Movie Channel.
I was a kid when I read the book, the movie was a good approximation. Clint makes everything work better.
Did you read Firefox Down as well?
@@davidscott820
That wasnt bad either but I hardly remember it.
@@davidscott820 No, and I haven't even heard of it. Thanks, I will look it up
I've watched this film over ten times now, I loved it back in the 80s and still do.
Especially The Uncut version.
only 10 ? lol
But yeah, one of my all time Favorites from the 80s for sure!
Great film, very underated
First Time I Saw This Movie, I Was Blown Away. FIREFOX, What A Machine, Awesome😊.
yeah, always loved this one as a Kid in the 80s / 90s
Watched this in the drive inn. With my uncle and cousin. Good memories, both gone now ❤
I know what you mean I saw this movie with my brother and wife Little did I know that within 5 years I would have both taken from me RIP Seeing this clip brought back to me the fracility of our lives and how you are alive one minute and gone forever the next
This movie convinced me to download and install the Firefox browser.
My father and uncle took me to see this as they both loved Clint and thought I might enjoy this movie. I was 17 when it came out. Loved it.
Another great Clint flick. Saw this with my father in the theater. He loved cold war movies.
Here in Brazil we watched it on TV in the 80s.
I remember my mother "RIP" checking to see if I had already gone to sleep.
I was flying the MIG31.
God, I loved this movie as a kid.
Filme sensacional demais. Pena que não tem na Netflix não 😮. E não achei o DVD . Um dos melhores filmes de ação de Clint de quem sou fã, apesar de estar no Brazil país onde tudo é difícil.
Same! I watched it over and over again!
Michael: Amen 🙏
Hey Kid, this is God, thank you for the comment...
we had the best stuff as Kids in the 80s...
Classic. I appreciate the slow build up of tension.
Watched this aboard a ferry crossing from Zeebrugge to Felixstowe during a severe North Sea gale. The pitching of the ship added another dimension to the flying scenes!
I remember seeing this in the theater -- I think my dad took me -- I was 13. What a different time that was.
He speaks perfect English to the guards and no one suspects him as a spy, love the old movies
There wasn't much point in him speaking Russian when the cinema audience couldn't understand the dialogue 🤣🤣🤣
Yeah, because speaking perfect russian in an american movie would get everyone involved anywhere.
I was thinking the very same thing.
at least the Americans didn't send a black guy this time
Bugs me every time. At least give him a Russian accent.
Almost like a cult classic, but very underrated. All of the silence and darkness really captures the 80s cold war vibes.
I read the book when it came out in 77. Very exciting for a 9 year old!
yeah was a great movie back in the 80s too
There is also a sequel book.
@@julianaylor4351 Firefox Down its good as well id love that to get made into a movie sequel
@@julianaylor4351 It wasn't as exciting as the original.
An awesome film. Then and still is now. I think one of the scientist technicians with the glasses was one of the SS officers in Raiders of the Lost Ark!
Ronald Lacey. Played Arnold Ernst Toht in Raiders
I watched this movie with my when I was a young teen, I remeber it so vividly. He was a big Clint Eastwood fan. RIP dad.
I love the reference to Firefox in The Hunt for Red October.
"This isn't a pilot with a stray MiG..."
I believe that is a reference to Viktor Belenko's defection in 1976, when he brought to Japan the then brand new and secret MiG-25.
@magoid maybe so but in this context, Baldwin's character is eager to "take the boat" and the politician reminds him it's not plain sailing.
This was such a perfect Cold War film. More serious than Red Heat, but still astonishingly good. Clint’s Russian was not horrible.
Its an older code but it checks out
Star wars
@perryfefchuk637 🫡
Actually met Mr. Eastwood during the filming of this movie when stationed at Edwards Air Force Base.
The only movie I have purchased in full on UA-cam. Absolute classic. “Think in Russian.”
13:00 Once again Captain Piett lets his prey escape...
Can you really fly it, can you fly the plane........ I'm the best there is.✈️
In the book he’s even cockier than that. Talks about himself constantly
I've always loved that there was a real MiG-31 in the 80s that looked nothing like this lol
Yup. Ironically, while the Soviets were very good at making planes as a whole, their electronics were 20 years behind. They did have amazing electronic projects like the OGAS system and first Pentium processors were based on research by former Soviet engineers hired by Intel, but practical execution of new designs got stuck in early 70s due to bureaucracy and inherent problems of centrally planned economy.
Why does that make you laugh out loud? Odd, that.
What was Sir Humphrey doing working on that aircraft? LOL
lol, has 'Yes, Minister' been popping up in your YT feed as well !?
Deeearrr Lady... Surely, the more pertinent question ought to be, how did Harris the nerk gain security clearance to be here? Humphrey obviously got the gig because he's a member of the same London club as " my dear friend, Hay-stings" 🤣
Nigel Hawthorn one of the great actors of his generation.
He has the key! 😅 Refer to Yes, Prime Minister episode.
@@fazolecouldn't have been Sir Humphrey as he was 'one of us'
This was one of the first movies to have an arcade video game, of the same name, simultaneously show-up in the video arcades. The video game, of course, was based on the movie.
Wouldn't it make sense to close the hanger's gate AS SOON AS YOU KNOW THERE'S A SPY PILOT ON THE LOOSE?
He sent himself to the Gulag
Suspension of disbelief required
Dont be thinking logically. It ruins the movie. :)
Russians are incompetent in the movies and real life.
@@jjryan1352 Pretty much required for all action movies. You have to put yourself in the movies world and just believe this how things work.
Remember that there were dignataries coming to see the test flight and the colonel in charge didn't want to delay the schedule. The plane was well guarded, so they were confident no spy could get close.
You know AI is getting a little too creepy when yesterday you are simply "thinking" about a good movie you saw years ago, and it pops up 1st on your suggested UA-cam feed today. Didn't talk, search, nothing - just a thinking about a memory.
this could be done without a model, simply marks you with other people pf similar intrests, then when they dive in a nostalgia wave every once in while, the algorithm takes note and delivers you those contents before you even think of looking for
The pacing , tension buildup and the Cold War backdrop is simply top notch. Probably Clint Eastwood's most underrated movie. Hopefully it gets more love from now onwards. ❤
At least he got to see Gant go for the plane before he died.
In the novel he didn't .
@@raven-jn8yn
Yeah. That was cold.
Loved the book by Craig Thomas, Absolutely loved the film and Clint did a great job.
Every time I try to Google this movie, all I get are searches for the Firefox browser. A definite favorite of mine.
got to include mig 31 in the search
Very underrated film..
A much underrated Cold War movie. Love it.
A lot of shoe noise in this clip lol. Love this movie
I've always loved shoe noise.
Still a great movie , eastwood is a legend actor.
"Gant, can you fly that plane? Really fly it?" "Yeah, I can fly it. I'm the best there is."
Such a faithful adaption of the Craig Thomas book. I really wish they would make a movie adaptation of Winter Hawk. Mitchell Gant just doesn't quit.
I actually felt i was Clint whenever i slid my bicycle between a street post and a gutter, with but inches to clear my wheel on either side. It was my way of mimicking the way he flew the jet in between two cliffs! I was so thrilled back then each time I pulled it off! Now I feel really dumb having taken the risk! Well I was just 10 that time, so I guess I could cut myself some slack! 😁😁😁 But i really love this movie! 👍👍👍
I was never sneaky enough to pull off such a stunt. I left those things alone. Still alive today
Hey, that soviet colonel is one of Darth Vader's subordinates, LOL
Empire pay isn't what it used to be. Material losses you know.
As someone who only speaks English and can curse a little in Italian, the whole 'think in Russian' to be able to control the jet really impressed me back then.
One of my favourites.......it's soo relevant still.....it's almost a saga.
I was born in 1999 but this is one of my favorite movies. I was lucky to have a Das from 1962 who was a huge Clint Eastwood fan. I am as well because of him.
Thank you for uploading such a great scene.
I remember that right after this, our local collaborator saw a Firefox flying over his head and pulled out a gun.
Great movie ! Pity there was never a film made of the 2nd book.
The sequel was even more ludicrous than the first.
Michael: Amazing 😻
I concur
@@FIREBRAND38Nah. The ice floe refueling was perfectly feasible, as was the Soviets sending the second one after him. And this one was absolutely possible. Infiltration and theft, assisted by inside players. Happens every day.
One of my favorite movies of all time. Made me want to be a pilot.
In retrospect, I actually find this movie to be just a bit cheesy...but I do still love to watch it. Never gets old.
A fun dose of cold war propaganda 😂
This was always a classic to me. Wasn't perfect but good enough.
Had no idea Nigel Hawthorne (as a Russian no less) was in this movie...Wow....
One of his best movies, I have watched this maybe a thousand times.
Make it again with current day special effects. Clint might not get up the ladder .😢
The new version would be a drone he could fly it from the rest home. 😂
His son could and he looks a lot like Clint
Eastwood’s character is able to put himself together and make himself into a cool character.
One of my favourite Eastwood movies
Never saw this movie before, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if Hitman 2016's tutorial took inspiration from this scene. The setting and premise is very similar.
Love, love, love it. Such a sleeper favourite... Clint is the man
I had gone to see this movie when I was a kid, now that I’m an adult I have it in digital form, now I watch it as much as I want. Great movie 🎥 🍿
I saw this in the theater a few times. It was quite the experience. I always thought this movie was underrated.
I've watched this movie 100 times
Great film! I need to go watch it all now!
Such a great movie. Saw this in the 70s at the theater and I was blown away.
Pretty sure it was 80's but yes it was incredible for the time.
Early 80s, I think 1983
Michael: Thank You 😊
My high school friends and I saw this and Star Trek II several times shortly after they were released in 1982.
@ awesome. I saw at the theater and I thought it was late 70s but you’re spot on 1982. Great movie and great year. Thanks for sharing brother
His not killing Col. Voskov was an error that almost got him killed, but Voskov had respect for him as a fellow aviator and perhaps knowing he could have killed him first, gave him the opportunity to recover and continue their aerial battle.
Warner Bros. seems to peek behind my shoulder into my Cline Eastwood binge-watching list. . .
Fun Fact:
The basic design of the fictional Firefox in this movie was almost identical to the real XB-70 Valkyrie bomber that was designed, built, and flight tested in the mid to late 1950's and intended for use by the Air Force.
Real fact: It has a similar wing configuration. That's where the similarities end entirely.
No where near the XB-70 in design. Far closer to the Blackbird, with the exception of engine placement, which is more like the F-18.
Not even close to the XB-70 which is about 3 times the size
@@johncampbell3979
Look again. The Firefox looks nothing like the SR-71 while having the same basic canards and drop winglets of the Valkyrie.
(Just FYI: I was in the Air Force and got to see the Blackbird up close.)
Brilliant movie. Loved it when I saw it as a kid. Used to have the Firefox F7 tabletop game.
Clint is such a badass that even the Russians didn't question his American accent
😆
Good job speaking in English with an American accent didn’t give him away
I find it more concerning that all the guards speak fluent English with really disturbing efforts at a Russian accent.
Michael: Thanks 🙏
@@iain075it's like The hunt for Red October movie. They are on a Soviet Sub and they are speaking English . Lol. It kinda ruins the mood. Lol
@@thomaspelton7740 Hang on, the Captain is Scottish comrades!
Loved this film 😊
Everything about Firefox was so well done. My one ‘complaint’ would be the Soviet scenes, the actors/actresses spoke Russian.
I have read the novel by Craig Thomas. It was a compelling page-turner. I enjoyed it immensely. That was decades back then. I thoroughly enjoyed the short video clip.
Kenneth Colley… very fine actor. Was class in Star Wars and made a very fine exiled Napoleon.
I saw this in Germany on laserdisc. In the US Army, 1983. One of the guys in the barracks bought one, huge record size CD
Laser discs were the original dvd's.
To think a jet design like this is completely obsolete now - I remember how enthralled we all were at the time. If you loved the movie, the book is even better. There’s an ending in the book that Clint left out of the movie.
Wow...this movie came out in the 80s ....82/83... I remember i was in the army ....we had a full bird Colonel Timberlake who will come to visit us at the office... get coffee that i prepared and say ....hey u people see that movie last night???? He loved this one....Every morning he will like to discuss movies that we saw the night before....from Showtime....HBO....The movie Channel...miss the army days...62 yrs now....
Fall of 1982 in the theater. Summer of 1983 on HBO.
@markwilliams2620 whatever
The bit with the Pirate ship was cool.
I like how this film captured our own misconceptions about what the USSR could produce.
The Soviets actually did make some good stuff at the time, like MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters, Tu-22M Backfire bombers, An-124 Condor cargo jets, and submarines such as the Victor III, Akula, and Oscar. Thing is, the MiG-25 (the Firefox inspiration) was considerably overhyped here in the West.
Only legends remember this movie.👍👍👍
I have the movie and watch it over and over. With me right now on the road as a truck driver.
once upon a time; the world thought of ruzzia as a "super power"; these days everyone knows that ruzzia is just a bad joke
Love this movie !
Lighting the afterburners INSIDE the hangar! Instant deafness! 😅
Two unforgettable scenes: when the second plane gets hit by the reverse flying rocket; the massive wall of water made by low flying (stolen) jet.
part of this was filmed at the old NG base at Van Nuys. They used some of the NG personnel as guards
Excellent work dudes!!!
Never seen the entire film. After watching this, I know I never will. If you like it, watch it. Your opinion is the only one that matters.
"Think Russian" Very underrated movie.
Amazing how it looks alot like the SR 71....
Only built from washing machine panels...
It wouldn't be the first time the Russians borrowed a western design. They built their own version of the B-29 and Concorde.
Have his son Scott redoing some of his dads movies he is almost a body double hes perfect
That twitch in the face at 1:30 mark. Classic Clint
Too bad you cut the movie right before takeoff of the Mig
This is a good movie to watch in full audio with the booming subwoofer
The quality looks very good. What's this transfer from... the Blu ray?
Very underrated
Clint Eastwood toujours au TOP ,les USA abat l'urss !