Bird on a Wire is a 1990 feature film starring Mel Gibson and Goldie Hawn, directed by John Badham, and shot mainly in British Columbia, Canada. The title refers to the Leonard Cohen song "Bird on the Wire". The alley motorcycle chase scene was filmed in Victoria BC, Chinatown (Victoria) in Fan Tan Alley.
Rick Jarmin (Mel Gibson) helped convict a drug dealing FBI agent named Eugene Sorenson (David Carradine) and was placed in the witness protecti...
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Bird on a Wire is a 1990 feature film starring Mel Gibson and Goldie Hawn, directed by John Badham, and shot mainly in British Columbia, Canada. The title refers to the Leonard Cohen song "Bird on the Wire". The alley motorcycle chase scene was filmed in Victoria BC, Chinatown (Victoria) in Fan Tan Alley.
Rick Jarmin (Mel Gibson) helped convict a drug dealing FBI agent named Eugene Sorenson (David Carradine) and was placed in the witness protection program. 15 years later, his former fiancé Marianne Graves (Goldie Hawn) crosses paths with him at a gas station in Detroit, Michigan. Rick refuses to recognize Marianne because Sorenson has since been released from prison and he doesn't want to put Marianne's life in danger.
Sorenson and his partner Albert Diggs (Bill Duke) are now out for revenge on Rick. Marianne has blown Rick's cover, and he makes a frantic call to his relocation contact for a new identity — only to discover that his old contact has retired.
What's more, his new...
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