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* PunchClockVillain: Dmitri Priabin is just a dutiful investigator doing his job, and his KickTheDog moments from the book are cut.
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* PunchClockVillain: Dmitri Priabin is just a dutiful investigator doing his job, and his KickTheDog moments from the book are cut. [[spoiler:In the sequel he becomes the main antagonist, in charge of pursing Gant and recovering the abandoned Firefox]].
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* LeftHanging: The film ends with Gant destroying the second Firefox, but no confirmation whether he manages to escape the USSR. The book sequel ''Firefox Down'' reveals that [[spoiler:the Firefox sustained heavy damage in the dogfight and Gant is forced to abandon it in a frozen lake in Finland, with Priabin and the KGB in pursuit]].
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Note that there is in fact, an actual [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiG-31 MiG-31]] (NATO reporting name [[Franchise/MetalGear Foxhound]]) and that it reached service in the same year as the movie reached theatres. It's far less capable than its movie counterpart: the only thing it can do well is [[FragileSpeedster go really fast]].
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Note that there is in fact, an actual [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiG-31 MiG-31]] (NATO reporting name [[Franchise/MetalGear [[VideoGame/MetalGear Foxhound]]) and that it reached service in the same year as the movie reached theatres. It's far less capable than its movie counterpart: the only thing it can do well is [[FragileSpeedster go really fast]].
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* FromBadToWorse: [[spoiler: From the Soviet perspective it certainly is. They’ve built the most advanced aircraft ever. But exploited political prisoners to design it resulting in resentment causing them to conspire to have it stolen by their mortal enemy. Then after an American pilot is able to steal it from their base their backup prototype is destroyed and their top pilot is killed in their attempt to retrieve it. By the end both planes are gone and the scientists who designed it are dead. Even if they have the design schematics it’s doubtful they’ll be able to recreate it. On top of that their enemy now has it. To say that many heads are going to roll is a massive understatement.]]
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: The Scientists forced into developing the plane know this is their fate once the project is complete. Rather than go quietly into the goodnight they conspire to have the plane stolen by the US.
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*OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When the very stoic General Vladimirov finally has enough of the First Secretary and unloads on him about how his arrogance and stupidity is hurting their chances to get the plane back.
** Applies as well to the First Secretary after getting a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech from Vladimirov. While such insubordination would normally get one sent straight to the Gulag, or death, First Secretary realizes how dire the situation is for him as well and decides to ignore the outburst and instead focus on the issue at hand.
** Applies as well to the First Secretary after getting a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech from Vladimirov. While such insubordination would normally get one sent straight to the Gulag, or death, First Secretary realizes how dire the situation is for him as well and decides to ignore the outburst and instead focus on the issue at hand.
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* GenreShift: the first half is a dramatic espionage story. Once the plane is in the air it becomes much more of an action movie, especially the dogfight
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* HonorBeforeReason: The Soviet pilot has Gant as a sitting duck after he’s forced to use his landing gear to stabilize his plane. But rather than easily finish him off he allows him to live and regroup since Gant had done the same for him earlier.
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* SituationalSociability: Gant spends the first half of the movie traumatized and completely out of his depth as he enters the Soviet Union and uses his contacts to infiltrate the base. But the moment he gets in the plane he’s in his comfort zone and his demeanor changes completely. He spends the entire flight, even the dogfight for the most part, cool as a cucumber and completely confident.
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Predates by two decades and has nothing at all to do with the web browser UsefulNotes/MozillaFirefox. Also not to be confused with ''Film/{{Foxfire}}''.
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Predates by two decades and has nothing at all to do with the web browser UsefulNotes/MozillaFirefox. Also not to be confused with ''Film/{{Foxfire}}''.
{{Foxfire}}.
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* RidingIntoTheSunset: After successfully shooting down Voskov and the second Firefox, Gant, finally in the clear, flies off into the sunset. [[NoEnding Roll credits]].
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There are some differences from the novel,[[note]]Most notably, no requirement to "think in Russian" to control the plane's weapons in the novel[[/note]] but Thomas fans like the adaptation and Thomas himself dedicated his sequel book ''Firefox Down'' to Eastwood.
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There are some [[AdaptationalDeviation differences from the novel,[[note]]Most novel]],[[note]]Most notably, no requirement to "think in Russian" to control the plane's weapons in the novel[[/note]] but Thomas fans like the adaptation and Thomas himself dedicated his sequel book ''Firefox Down'' to Eastwood.
* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Gant wears a black flight suit and helmet, the pilot of the second Firefox wears an orange suit and white helmet.
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* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Gant wears a black flight suit and helmet, the pilot of the second Firefox wears an orange suit and white helmet.
* TheOnlyOne: Gant is pulled out of retirement and sent on the mission because he's the only person the CIA could find who (1) was an expert fighter jet pilot, (2) could speak fluent Russian, and (3) could fit one of the custom-tailored flight suits the Russians had made for the actual test pilots.
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* TheOnlyOne: Gant is pulled out of retirement and sent on the mission because he's the only person the CIA could find who (1) was an expert fighter jet pilot, (2) could speak fluent Russian, and (3) could fit one of the custom-tailored flight suits the Russians had made for the actual test pilots.
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* TheOnlyOne: Gant is pulled out of retirement and sent on TitleOnlyOpening: Apart from the mission because he's the only person the CIA could find who (1) was an expert fighter jet pilot, (2) could speak fluent Russian, and (3) could fit one of the custom-tailored flight suits the Russians had made for the actual test pilots.[[EstablishingShot "Alaska" caption]].
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** In the hanger scene, the camera lingers a little too long on the second Firefox.
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** In the hanger hangar scene, the camera lingers a little too long on the second Firefox.
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* RepeatCut: The same shot from a different angle is used when the Firefox rolls out of the hanger (this is made clear when looking at the guard rolling away from the plane's landing gear).
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* RepeatCut: The same shot from a different angle is used when the Firefox rolls out of the hanger hangar (this is made clear when looking at the guard rolling away from the plane's landing gear).
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Predates by two decades and has nothing at all to do with the web browser UsefulNotes/MozillaFirefox.
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Predates by two decades and has nothing at all to do with the web browser UsefulNotes/MozillaFirefox. Also not to be confused with ''Film/{{Foxfire}}''.
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The 1982 [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] of Craig Thomas' 1977 novel, the first real techno-thriller, produced by, directed by and starring Creator/ClintEastwood. The [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet Union]] has developed a new superplane, the [=MiG=] 31, [[ReportingNames called by the Americans]] "Firefox". It's capable of Mach 6, can't be detected on radar and has weapons launched by thought (but in Russian of course).
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The 1982 [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] of Craig Thomas' 1977 novel, the first real techno-thriller, produced by, and directed by and starring (and starring) Creator/ClintEastwood. The [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet Union]] has developed a new superplane, the [=MiG=] 31, [[ReportingNames called by the Americans]] "Firefox". It's capable of Mach 6, can't be detected on radar and has weapons launched by thought (but in Russian of course).
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1982 Movie adaptation of Craig Thomas' 1977 novel, the first real technothriller, starring, directed by and produced by Creator/ClintEastwood. The [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet Union]] has developed a new superplane, the [=MiG=] 31, [[ReportingNames called by the Americans]] "Firefox". It's capable of Mach 6, can't be detected on radar and has weapons launched by thought (but in Russian of course).
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The 1982 Movie adaptation [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] of Craig Thomas' 1977 novel, the first real technothriller, starring, techno-thriller, produced by, directed by and produced by starring Creator/ClintEastwood. The [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet Union]] has developed a new superplane, the [=MiG=] 31, [[ReportingNames called by the Americans]] "Firefox". It's capable of Mach 6, can't be detected on radar and has weapons launched by thought (but in Russian of course).
