CinemaNow - Bird on a Wire

Superstars Mel Gibson and Goldie Hawn team up in this non-stop action-comedy directed by John Badham.Hiding under the FBI Witness Protection Program, Rick Jarmin (Gibson) gets nervous when old flame Marianne Graves (Hawn)recogmzes him. But before he can assume a new identity the man he put in jail (David Carradine) is released and comes to pay his respects.Rick and Marianne find themselves thrown together on an exhilarating cross-country scramble, barely evading the gangsters, police and on amorous veterinarian (Joan Severance). Their whirlwind travels eventually lead to an unforgettable climax in an elaborate zoo exhibit. PBS-TV calls the film "a roller coaster of a movie with hot action and wild humor! This Bird soars!