Con Air
Summary
Nicolas Cage ’s most iconicCon Airline gets a amazingly elaborate account from the Oscar winner . The 1997 action - thriller experience Cage star as a former Army Ranger sentenced to prison after accidentally killing someone and , while fly to Alabama for his acquittance , the convicts aboard the architectural plan hijack it and attempt to hightail it . Alongside Cage , the ensembleCon Aircast include John Cusack , John Malkovich , Ving Rhames , Steve Buscemi , Colm Meany , Mykelti Williamson , Dave Chappelle and Danny Trejo .
During a recent interview withVanity Fairfor hisabsurdist comedyDream Scenario , Cage reflect on some iconic scenes from his past filmography . While looking atCon Airand the iconic " Put the bunny back in the box " scene , the doer unwrap the surprising backstory behind the line , including the fact he himself wrote it and that it stemmed from a desire to continue an iconic legal action genre tradition from the likes of Clint Eastwood ’s Dirty Harry . See what John Milton Cage Jr. partake in the citation and video below :
Well , first of all , I actually wrote that line , “ Put the bunny rabbit back in the box . ” Why ? Okay , so you see these adventure films with these big stars , like Clint Eastwood , “ Make my solar day ” , and I thought , “ How can I take that custom , make the ‘ Make my day ’ so ridiculous ? What can I come up with that will become my ‘ Make my daylight ’ ? bunny girl are kind of funny , I ’m bringing a bunny to my girl ” — that was another idea I put in . And that ’s why I put the bunny in , I wanted to say that line , “ Put the bunny rabbit back in the box . ” It ’s absurdity at its finest , but again , if you sell it [ laughs ] with genuine emotion , and real determination , like this is the most serious affair in the populace — and it is , because he has to give it to his daughter who he has n’t seen in six class . It ’s serious , and he stand for it , but it ’s ridiculous and that ’s what I make out about it .
Why Con Air is Cage’s Most Underrated ’90s Action Movie
Though synonymous with the musical genre nowadays , Cage ’s turn inCon Airmarked only his second venture into the mankind of blockbuster action movies after Michael Bay’sThe Rockthe class before . Both movies were essentially the scratch of his long relationship with producer Jerry Bruckheimer , going on to star in theGone in 60 Secondsremake as well as theNational Treasuremovies . With this era also encounter him star in such hitting asFace / OffandMatchstick Men , however , the 1997 moving picture is often bewilder to the roadside .
Cage is also reportedly still in talks for a potentialNational Treasure 3 , with carbon monoxide gas - star Justin Bartha designate in early 2023 that a script was complete for the threequel .
As show in his discussion of the " bunny " line above , Cage recognize the diaphanous absurdity ofCon Airand the amusement value the movie entertain by not taking itself too badly . Between the one - line - heavy script from Scott Rosenberg , who would later reunite with Cage onGone in 60 Seconds , to Mark Mancina and Trevor Rabin ’s applaud melodious musical score and grandiose activity sequences , the creative team behind it distinctly understand the absurd potential of its premise and cast .
The on - place antic of the mould ofCon Airalso show just how ridiculous the movie ultimately was . Danny Trejo previously recall how one of the directive for the film was to " put all the wannabe sturdy guys in a planing machine in Hollywood " , result in various testosterone - driven contention between the histrion , ranging from " a expectoration contest " to endeavor to " do more push button - ups " than the others . Though it has a craze following among John Cage fans , the likes ofThe RockandFace / Offand his Oscar - win work inLeaving Las Vegasand later success inNational Treasureand other action genre movies makeCon Airone of the more underrated John Cage stone from the geological era .
germ : Vanity Fair
