Bird On A Wire / John Badham / 1990

Bird on a Wire is a 1990 American action comedy film directed by John Badham and starring Mel Gibson and Goldie Hawn. It was shot mainly in British Columbia, Canada. The title refers to the Leonard Cohen song “Bird on the Wire“. The alley motorcycle chase scene was filmed in Victoria’s Chinatown, in Fan Tan Alley. Bird on a Wire debuted at number 1 at the US box office with an opening weekend gross of $15.3 million and went on to gross over $138.6 million worldwide against a $20 million budget. It is considered a box office success. Cast: Mel Gibson, Goldie Hawn, David Carradine, Bill Duke, Stephen Tobolowsky, Joan Severance, Harry Caesar, Jeff Corey, Alex Bruhanski, John Pyper-Ferguson, Clyde Kusatsu, Jackson Davies, Florence Paterson, Tim Healy, Wes Tritter, Lossen Chambers, Ken Camroux-Taylor, Wendy Van Riesen, Lesley Ewen, Robert Metcalfe, Kevin McNulty, Robert Thurston, Brian Torpe, Oscar Goncalves, Tim Price, Oscar Ramos, Dan Zale, Blu Mankuma, Christopher Judge, Jon Garber, Paul Jarrett, James Kidnie, Kim Kondrashoff, Michel Barbe, Maria Leone, Danny Wattley, John Banovich, Dane Ngahuka. Directed: John Badham. Produced: Rob Cohen. Written: Louis Venosta, David Seltzer. Edited: Frank Morriss, Dallas Puett. Cinematography: Robert Primes. Music: Hans Zimmer. Release: May 18, 1990. Distributed: Universal Pictures. Production: Interscope Communications, The Badham/Cohen Group. Running Time: 01:50:34.