Flight of the Intruder (1991) – Filmsack Show Notes

INTRO

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This week on FilmSack we take a Flyin’ FLIGHT right off from deck OF THE Navy Themed Paramount Plus Watch Party/Bar Fight (we totally started) and escape through the yellow brick road of your ear holes like some sort of disillusioned INTRUDER looking for some satisfaction from all the questions we have about Duty. You know, the kind of Dooty that ends up in the CO’s pickle jar of tootsie roll pops after a late night bombing run by yours truly… pull up. I can’t do it. pull up. I can’t, The Pickle is hot… I repeat the pickle is hot. Hey, what’s the movie this week? Any skin? No? Cancel it.

Anywho, Dearest Dead Navy Bomber moving lady with the butt wedgie of a daughter, I hope this letter finds you well and gainfully employed for at least the next 9 months. If you experience any life changing events. Be sure to write. Oh yeah in case there are too many to remember, this is the guy that makes up his own dance moves and uses them at the local military beach bars to seduce the ladies. So far that has worked just once. So thank you for that. Now Shut-up and Listen. I told my court martial level crazy idea to my new bomber slash sky wife and he says he get good vibes like only he can say it. So, Alpha Mikey Foxtrot Baby!

Randy, They’d never expect us to come back. Nobody would go through that again. Eject Eject Eject.

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BRIEF

U.S. Navy pilot Lt. Jake Grafton (Brad Johnson) and his bombardier buddy, Lt. Cmdr. Virgil Cole (Willem Dafoe), are two soldiers embedded in the Vietnam War growing frustrated by the military’s constraints on their missions. Despite the best efforts of their commanding officer, Cmdr. Frank Camparelli (Danny Glover), to re-engage them, this disillusioned pair decide to take the war effort into their own hands with an explosive battle plan that could well get them court-martialed.

Rated: 1991

War/Action ‧ 1h 55m

LINKS

IMDB – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099587/

WIKIPEDIA – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_of_the_Intruder

Rotten Tomatoes – https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_flight_of_the_intruder

TVTropes – https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/FlightOfTheIntruder

WHERE TO WATCH

Paramount Plus – https://www.paramountplus.com/movies/video/opEPdY_NBgVdmdG8iDiHJsXto9OG6Zmu/

MORE WAYS TO WATCH – https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/flight-of-the-intruder

TRAILER/CLIPS

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SHOW NOTES

Is this better than Iron Eagle?
The A-6 was the U.S. Navy’s Medium Attack Bomber during the Vietnam conflict. It flew at tree-top level in any weather at night and alone. The Aircraft had no defensive weapons. It was called – The Intruder.
This intro with all the audio context clips for the Vietnam war.
Flying through the clouds string music is pretty good.
Off the coast of North Vietnam after 7 years of war. Sept 10, 1972
Hey Morg… you ever notice how some nights you can see more stars than other nights… yeah Cool Hand..
You are getting in a rut. I enjoy my job and I am happy… says Cool Hand.
Every Peasant with a rifle. Jesus you call that a rifle.
Arm ‘Em… your pickle is hot. Nag Nag Nag
How special are these Special effects.
If you got the time we got the beer.
Black Eagle… Morg is shot in the neck by a peasant.
Jake…his name is Jake…. Blood on the dice. Morgan the morg is in the morgue
Maybe we could stop the war until things get better. Put Morg death behind you.
Lucky small arms fire… just bad luck.
Suspected Truck Park.
I don’t think trees is worth a life.
Half the time it’s the last mission that kills you.
You die son and I’ll piss on your grave. Thank you sir.
Look at all these classics of TV and Movie.
Up Front. Up Front. Sit Down Barlow!
That’s your new name Razor…could be worse…could be Baby’s Butt.
Somebody close the door back there. Now this matter of the Phantom Shitter… the phantom said he would strike it ended up in the X-O ashtray. Someone in this room is the Phantom Shitter. Any skin? No sir…cancel it.
Write your dead co-pilot’s wife a letter. you and little bobby.
I go on as Tennyson says… new faces…
I have a picture of her in my wallet… I don’t need to see it.
This aircraft has not been cleaned…
Usually they just disappear… but this one came back dead.
Hold on chief… I want to smell it.. I’ve been away for a while.
I know the whole story… before and after. Everybody knows about you in the Navy.
Two legends on the same ship!
Says you killed 37… You think I want to know about that… keep it to yourself.
What kind of name of Caparelli… there was a WOP in the woodpile.
You’re my favorite pilot Jake.
I think Mad Jack is asleep.. no I’m not.
The obligatory “messing around” in the sky comedy relief
Did you call me your ex’es name? I’m not morg.
But are the girls clean? Are you afraid of a few bugs?
Prophylactics … I got 2… I got 26
The navy pays me to help. When you get in your airplane and fly away…sometimes you don’t come back.
He’s into the Navy Moving Lady.
How do you want to be called commander.
Hell no it doesn’t matter Cole, Viril Cole.
Boxman… how are you Boxman … He looks just like you.
Peace Peace Peace… no. The Beast… Beast Beast Beast.
missed the hook in the bar… you get the mudd.
Don’t ask a guy is he a fighter pilot.
Fighter pilots make movies… Bombers make history.
woah.. did he just say the N word.
Willem Shrugs.
Bar fight Now repeat after me. Say Black is Beautiful.
Sure Sailor… ok… You got room for a 6 pack and a pizza.
Hey it’s the Boxman… not morg.
Cole Virgil, Cole.
Morg’s gone. Let him go.
I’m tactical.
I was a jerk earlier…how do I make it up to you? Drunk dancing?
I make up all my own moves … seems like it. I learned this when I was a hippie.
I slept over… where is the restroom… nope… you have a kid.. salute!
Where is her father. He is scattered all over North Korea.
I married a pilot.
Just add pilot dad.
I want to thank you again…by continuing to say stupid shit.
I don’t want to complicate things…but I would like to write to you.
Have you always been this stupid. Watching Razor get yelled at is great.
We didn’t hurt that crocodile. he was fine when we left.
These men were victimized.
As for you Razor… Wrong! I was built with this ship.
I go through a lot of pilots.
SAMS sites… are the most righteous. You ever fly iron hand
What do you know about up north? I want to know more about north…
Ross! Today is your lucky day. Sam Suppression. I’m not B qualified.
You know something I don’t know… yeah… don’t
Follow steering and flow with it… You see.. Iron hand is my thing.
The bombers can have a pleasant bomb free flight. SAM!
I hate SAMS… I get all worked up just thinking about them.
Break Left.
Put your mask on. It’s going to be a gunfight.
It’s not even fun until they send up 3. That’s four… you happy now?
I told you not to look.
That’s no missile scan…that is a MIG
Expedite, Expedite.
Not yet. Not yet. You crazy Bastard.
Righteous.
We got a flameout…
Yeah you beautiful wonder aerodynamic thing you.
Yawn. I’ve had enough fun. Let’s go home.
I’m a Patriarch. He populated half of Vietnam.
No he said Daddy man…that’s my son.
What’s she like? She’s butt ugly… you can trust them more.
You want to bomb Hanoi… Why do you wanna do this?
Putting a couple of snake eyes in down town.
I want to be on a mission… a real mission.
No dice. Listening to this idealistic bullshit.
Don’t worry. I’m gonna forget we even talked about this.
Dear Dead Morgan Navy Moving Lady with the daughter, this is cool hand jake with the bad dance moves. I told my crazy idea to the crazy guy.
Anybody seeing any secondary.
He gone. Their favorite phrase.
Tell us a little about yourself. Shutup asshole.
Dress is tropical
I’ll do it. I’ll go down town with you.
Sneaking around. Eating bugs.
Did you ever hear about SAM City.
The whole place would blow. That might be worth a court martial.
Big ole toothy Willem smile.
I think you just talked to the phantom shitter… soon to be the pisser.
SAM Intel is onboard…thanks to the phantom shitter.
SAM City man…
This is the yellow brick road.
1000 pound snake eyes.
We’re never going to get a chance like this again.
You guys are crazy man… yeah.. I get good vibes.
You’re pickles hot. Bomb’s away
Oh maybe just a girl and her kid…but they hardly knew me. I used up my good byes.
Hot Dog… my pickle is hot. five miles to target. I used up my good byes.. we are going to have to bomb by hand.
Gomers can’t get us now…
Because they didn’t drop! They’d never expect us to come back. Nobody would go through that again.
I shall fear no evil… they rod and thy staff.
We watch the SAMS go boom boom boom.
This movie gave us a win in a war we couldn’t win. Now lets sing downtown.
The only casualties are a children’s hospital…. You didn’t kill a rat. Face forward mister.
Where do you get off? Are you special. I’d like to take you home to my mommy. You can lead the mansion family now that he is in jail.
You do not have the right to make up your own orders
Hat in hand.
Subic Bay.
Normally I’m blabby… but I set on this one.
but I do love the work.
We bomb worthless target 3 times a night.
I’m lieutenant nobody. This war has become very confusing. it got personal. cause I do know the difference between dying for something and dying for nothing.
It was your idea. It was my choice.
We never broke the faith Amigo. You got to do it together. Hell, I wouldn’t have missed it for the world.
All the charges against your boys have been dropped. Cover it up.
Richard M Nixon is annoyed by the Vietnamese leaving the peace table…so now we are all gonna do it.
Good men die and all we care about is following the rules?
All we really got is each other. Don’t break the faith… we are tearing ourselves apart.
Eat Shit and Die bomb.
SAMS … we got to cut a path for the Air Force… they are counting on us… let’s go Downtown!
Son … you got to have permission to die…and I will tell you when that is.
daylight bombing raid.
You are smoking Devil Leader…get out sir. Can’t eject. Devil leader is down on the road.
Send in the sandies.
there is a gun down there…be careful… well how we supposed to find it.
I heard that razor…get your young ass back…
I’m changing your name to straight razor…you become a real weapon son.
Enjoying them suckers. Thanks Devil Leader.
Aren’t they supposed to be grounded. I see a strike being prepared to launch.
Listen up you criminals.
Eject? Eject eject eject. The end of 505… say goodbye asshole… goodbye asshole.
Willem can’t wait to go dark and hit the bush.. Virgil got to use his big ole knife.
Gut shot. Calm down buddy. I had to split…
I’m outta here man. They never gonna catch me..
Everybody protecting Jake.
I’m done Sandy… do it sandy… lay it in on me man… I’m puffing smoke. Do it Sandy… do it now… I’d do it for you.
Alpha Mike Foxtrot – Adios, Mother Fucker?
marking for napalm…you do not want the napalm.
The Devil 505 …
Damnit…they shot my hand! Your hand… look at my leg!
It takes more to live.
You do you think you are? Wyatt Earp? Flow with it sir.
That’s a rog, rover over.
This is your home Mr. Grafton. You are a lifer.
I hope I’m on that ship sir.
We didn’t win the war but we did win a few battles and this was one of them?
I wouldn’t have it any other way.