Air America (1990)

Air America

Air America, directed by Roger Spottiswoode from an adaptation of Christopher Robbins's book, was released by TriStar Pictures in August 1990. Mel Gibson plays Gene Ryack, a contract pilot flying for the CIA's covert airline over Laos during the Vietnam War, alongside Robert Downey Jr.'s newly recruited Billy Covington, in a comedy built on the airline's documented cargo of guns and opium. (IMDb)

Watches

Rolex GMT-Master

Worn by Mel Gibson as Gene Ryack. Montres de Luxe identifies a steel Rolex GMT-Master with a red and blue "Pepsi" bezel on Ryack, and notes that the watch is plainly visible at many points in the film. (Montres de Luxe) No reference is resolved, and a 1990 transfer will not settle whether the piece is a 1675, a 16750, or a 16700, so the row links the line. The choice is unusually apt for the role: Rolex built the GMT-Master with Pan American World Airways so its pilots could hold home and destination time on one wrist, and a contract flier working a war nobody would admit to is the same job stripped of the airline.

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