Bird on a Wire (1990) on Netflix
For fifteen years Rick Jarmin has lived under a new identity in witness protection. His former fiancée Marianne Graves recognizes him in Detroit, and the men he helped convict come after him.
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Plot summary
Marianne Graves is in Detroit for a business deal when she crosses paths with Rick Jarmin, the fiancé she believed had died in a plane crash. Rick lives under a new name, Billy Ray Bowers, in the Witness Protection Program. He testified against the drug-smuggling DEA agents Eugene Sorenson and Albert Diggins, and Sorenson has just left prison after serving fifteen years. When assassins corner Rick, Marianne helps him get away, and the two go on the run together. Marianne wants answers about why he vanished without a word. Rick's old handler has retired, and he does not trust the agent who replaced him, so he looks up people from his former life in hiding who might help.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Bird on a Wire (1990)
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- Composer Hans Zimmer said his Bird on a Wire score was never released as an album because recording it with a full 103-piece orchestra in the US triggered such steep musicians' union reuse fees that releasing the recording wasn't financially worth it, unlike his synthesizer-based scores for films such as Green Card.
