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Air America

1990 · 112 min · Director: Roger Spottiswoode ★ IMDb 5.8 · 32,866 ratings

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Air America was the CIA's private airline operating in Laos during the Vietnam War, running anything and everything from soldiers to foodstuffs for local villagers. After losing his pilot's license, Billy Covington is recruited into it, and ends up in the middle of a bunch of lunatic pilots, gun-running by his friend Gene Ryack, and opium smuggling by his own superiors.

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Emotional fingerprint

Air America (1990) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Excitement 35%, Humor 25%, Tension 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor25%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Excitement, Humor, Tension. Genres: Comedy, Action, War. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Excitement, Humor and Tension. Its IMDb rating of 5.8/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 60/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Humor
  • Sympathy

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Relief

Tension
Humor
Sympathy
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 43 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionHumorSympathy
2.5 %≈ 3′Curiosity35 %30 %10 %10 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Tension45 %36 %25 %15 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Humor46 %30 %38 %8 %
17.5 %≈ 20′Humor43 %24 %41 %0 %
22.5 %≈ 25′Humor43 %28 %43 %0 %
27.5 %≈ 31′Humor41 %27 %41 %0 %
32.5 %≈ 36′Humor45 %31 %36 %8 %
37.5 %≈ 42′Tension59 %51 %33 %20 %
42.5 %≈ 48′Tension68 %65 %38 %21 %
47.5 %≈ 53′Tension66 %63 %40 %21 %
52.5 %≈ 59′Tension61 %55 %35 %28 %
57.5 %≈ 64′Humor50 %43 %34 %26 %
62.5 %≈ 70′Humor45 %34 %34 %29 %
67.5 %≈ 76′Sympathy50 %34 %27 %40 %
72.5 %≈ 81′Sympathy55 %44 %20 %38 %
77.5 %≈ 87′Tension63 %59 %25 %24 %
82.5 %≈ 92′Tension69 %65 %33 %28 %
87.5 %≈ 98′Sympathy71 %65 %33 %49 %
92.5 %≈ 104′Relief73 %65 %37 %60 %
97.5 %≈ 109′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence

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Cast

Nancy Travis

Corinne Landreaux

Ken Jenkins

Major Donald Lemond

Lane Smith

Senator Davenport

Art LaFleur

Jack Neely

Ned Eisenberg

Pirelli

DB
David Bowe

Saunders

Burt Kwouk

General Lu Soong

HJ
Harvey Jason

Nino

NN
Natta Nantatanti

Gene's Daughter

PP
Purin Panichpan

Gene's Son

YT
Yanee Tramoth

Gene's Brother-in-law

Ernie Lively

Truck Driver

BB
Burke Byrnes

Recruiter

MD
Michael Dudikoff

General Lee (uncredited)

SP
Sinjai Plengpanich

May Ling

Details

Directed by
Roger Spottiswoode
Written by
John Eskow, Christopher Robbins, Richard Rush, John Eskow
Type
Movies
Released
1990
Runtime
112 min
Country
United States
Genres
Comedy, Action, War
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.8 · 32,866 ratings
Feels mostly
Excitement
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