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Firefox (1982) - 6 corrections

Directed by Clint Eastwood, starring Clint Eastwood (add more)

Genres: Action, Thriller, Sci-fi

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The two helicopters arrive at the ice floe seconds after Gant has taken off in the Firefox. None of the pilots or observers hear or see the receding aircraft or its exhaust trail? None of them see the runway flattened out in the surface of the ice? It would be visible! Are people with such poor eyesight allowed to fly helicopters? [Good points, but essentially meaningless. Had the Soviets seen the Firefox sitting on the ice, they might have tried to destroy it before it could take off, assuming they were armed. Even that is not assured. The choppers attacking a US sub in international waters would be an act of war. Desperate or not, its highly unlikely the USSR would risk that, particularly since the plane was already gone, it would only be a revenge attack.]

Edit Corrected by Grumpy Scot

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The Firefox was initially shown as a silver / chrome aircraft. When Mitchell Gant lands on the ice cap, the aircraft is black. After he flies away after refueling, it turns back to the original color. [At no point in the film is the Firefox silver.]

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After Clint Eastwood shoots down the 'Badger' reconnaissance plane, it should have given away his position. But the Russians at the command centre still had no clue as to where the Firefox could be. There isn't even a mention of the missing recon plane. [Meaning they weren't aware of it yet.]