Deeply ensconced in a top-secret military program, three pilots struggle to bring an artificial intelligence program under control ... before it initiates the next world war.
In the near future, the Navy develops a fighter jet piloted by an artificial intelligence computer. The jet is placed on an aircraft carrier in the Pacific to learn combat manuevers from the human pilots aboard. But when the computer develops a mind of its own, it's the humans who are charged with stopping it before it incites a war...
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Environmentalists who opposed this film being shot in the Blue Mountains Wilderness Area took the film producers to court, along with the government department which issued the filming permit. The court found that the filming permit had been issued illegally and ordered the producers to stop shooting the film in the wilderness area immediately. An alternative location had to be found.
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Goofs
Factual errors:
When the Talons are about to get catapulted off the Lincoln early in the movie, one is shown with the yellow chocks around the wheels, and steel chains and hooks still attached holding it down to the deck to prevent movement. This is not the standard configuration for a jet just seconds from being catapulted airborne.
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Quotes
[EDI shows his flying capability]
Lt. Henry Purcell:
That's Hot. Lt. Ben Gannon:
It's got no heart but it sure can fly, thats not bad for a Tinman. Lt. Henry Purcell:
EDI, it's official you've got a callsign. UCAV "Tinman" EDI the first. See more »
Crazy Credits
After the end of the credits, we go back to Korea and see the wreckage of
EDI. We pass through most of the wreckage until we stop on EDI's central
core. Suddenly, the red eye begins to glow.....
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"Over My Head (Cable Car)"
Written by Isaac Slade and Joe King Performed by The Fray Courtesy of Epic Records By Arrangement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment
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