| Cutaway | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Guy Manos |
| Produced by | Cutting Edge Entertainment Golden ParaShoot Entertainment |
| Written by | Tony Griffin Greg Manos Guy Manos Ted Williams |
| Starring | Tom Berenger Stephen Baldwin Dennis Rodman Maxine Bahns Casper Van Dien Thomas Ian Nicholas Phillip Glasser Marcos Ferraez Adam Wylie Roy Ageloff And Ron Silver |
| Music by | Larry Brown |
| Cinematography | Norman Kent Gerry Lively |
| Editing by | Martin Hunter |
| Distributed by | Artisan Entertainment |
| Running time | 104 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | US$9 million (est.)[1] |
Cutaway is a 2000 action film about skydiving, directed by Guy Manos and starring Tom Berenger, Stephen Baldwin, Dennis Rodman, Maxine Bahns, Ron Silver, Casper Van Dien, and Thomas Ian Nicholas. The film features numerous aerial stunts and much of the film was shot in Miami. This was Dennis Rodman's third film. The term "cut-away" is used frequently in the film, in reference to parachuting and also in reference to life in general.
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A U.S. Customs Agent, Victor "Vic" Cooper (Stephen Baldwin), is about to make a drug bust as a plane lands, but the pilot (Cat Stone) and the plane are searched and no evidence is found. Cooper later suspects that the drugs are being jettisoned by parachute and goes to a drop zone to investigate. He notices a picture of the pilot and then seeks to infiltrate a group of skydivers, led by a man named Red Line (Tom Berenger), believing they are involved in drug smuggling. The group is training for an upcoming competition where teams compete to be the fastest to form a ring formation of eight people during free-fall. Cooper trains in a vertical wind tunnel with a man in the Army, Delmira (Casper Van Dien), in order to quickly improve his skills. Cooper falls for a woman in the group named Star (Maxine Bahns) and clashes with another member of the group named Turbo (Dennis Rodman). Lieutenant Brian Margate (Ron Silver) questions Agent Cooper's judgement and later questions his loyalty as Cooper becomes more and more enmeshed in the group.
The term "cutaway" is used in reference to the jumpers cutting away (leaving) from the former life (family, jobs, etc.) to skydive.