Blue Thunder
| Blue Thunder | |
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Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | John Badham |
| Written by | Dan O'Bannon Don Jakoby |
| Produced by | Gordon Carroll Phil Feldman Andrew Fogelson |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | John A. Alonzo |
| Edited by | Edward M. Abroms Frank Morriss |
| Music by | Arthur B. Rubinstein |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Budget | $22 million |
| Box office | approx. $42.3 million |
Blue Thunder is a 1983 American action thriller film directed by John Badham.
The Blue Thunder helicopter itself did exist as two copies of modified French Aérospatiale Gazelles.
A spin-off television series, also called Blue Thunder, ran for 11 episodes in 1984.