Firefox (movie)
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For other uses of Firefox, see Firefox (disambiguation).
Firefox is a 1982 Warner Brothers film with Clint Eastwood as director, producer, and lead role. It was based on a novel by Craig Thomas.
The film details an American plot to steal a highly advanced Soviet fighter aircraft (MiG-31 "Firefox") capable of Mach 6, invisible to radar, and controlled by thought. Eastwood stars as Maj. Mitchell Gant, a Vietnam veteran who infiltrates the Soviet Union, aided by his ability to speak Russian and a network of dissidents and sympathizers. Gant makes his way to the fictional Bilyarsk air base, where two prototypes of the Firefox have been built. His goal is to fly one back to the United States for analysis. But the KGB is already hot on his tail.
At the time the film was made, President Ronald Reagan had referred to the Soviet Union as the "evil empire" and the Cold War was at a new peak. Naturally, Russian filming locations were not possible, and the producers selected Vienna and other locations in Austria to simulate many of the Eurasian story locations. The film was shot on a $21 million budget.