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11-04-2012, 06:35 PM
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Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines
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11-05-2012, 06:45 AM
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Ah, good old British humour  
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"The engine's overheating, and so am I! Either we stand down, or blow up! Now which do you want?" Sqn Ldr Canfield.
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09-23-2014, 08:29 AM
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Devil Dogs of the Air (a.k.a. Flying Marines) is a 1935 Warner Bros. propaganda film, directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring James Cagney and Pat O'Brien, reprising their earlier roles as buddies after making their debut as a "buddy team" in Here Comes the Navy.[N 1] Devil Dogs of the Air was the second of nine features that Pat O'Brien and James Cagney made together.[N 2] The film's storyline was adapted from a novel by John Monk Saunders.
Here Comes the Navy is a 1934 American romantic comedy film starring James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Gloria Stuart andFrank McHugh.
Ceiling Zero is a 1936 adventure/drama film directed by Howard Hawks and starring James Cagney and Pat O'Brien. The picture stars Cagney as daredevil womanizing pilot "Dizzy" Davis and O'Brien as Jake Lee, his war veteran buddy and the operations manager of an airline company. Based on a stage play of the same name, the film blends drama with some light comedy. The title, as defined at the beginning of the picture, is an insider term referring to those moments when the sky is so thick with fog that navigating an airplane is nearly impossible.
The Wings of Eagles is a 1957 Metrocolor film starring John Wayne, based on the true story of Frank "Spig" Wead and the history of U.S. Naval aviation from its inception through World War II. The film is a tribute to Wead from his friend, director John Ford.
John Wayne plays naval aviator-turned-screenwriter Wead, who wrote the story or screenplay for such films as **** Divers with Wallace Beery and Clark Gable, Ceiling Zero with James Cagney, and They Were Expendable with John Wayne.
Captains of the Clouds is a 1942 Warner Bros. war film in Technicolor, directed by Michael Curtiz and starring James Cagney. It was produced by William Cagney (James Cagney's brother), with Hal B. Wallis as executive producer. Thescreenplay was written by Arthur T. Horman, Richard Macaulay, and Norman Reilly Raine, based on a story by Horman and Roland Gillett. The cinematography was by Wilfred M. Cline, Sol Polito, and Winton C. Hoch and was notable in that it was the first feature length Hollywood production filmed entirely in Canada.[1]
The film stars James Cagney and Dennis Morgan as Canadian pilots who do their part in the Second World War, and features Brenda Marshall, Alan Hale, Sr., George Tobias, Reginald Gardiner, and Reginald Denny in supporting roles. The title of the film came from a phrase used by Billy Bishop, the First World War fighter ace, who played himself in the film.[2] The same words are also echoed in the narration of The Lion Has Wings documentary (1939).
In 1942, Canada had been at war with the Axis Powers for over two years, while the United States had only just entered in December 1941. A film on the ongoing Canadian involvement made sense for the American war effort. The films ends with an epilogue chronicling the contributions of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) to the making of the film.
Up is a 2009 American 3D computer-animated comedy-adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Pete Docter, the film centers on an elderly widower named Carl Fredricksen (voiced by Edward Asner) and an earnest young Wilderness Explorer named Russell (Jordan Nagai). By tying thousands of balloons to his home, 78-year-old Carl sets out to fulfill his dream to see the wilds of South Americaand to complete a promise made to his late lifelong love. The film was co-directed by Bob Peterson, with music composed by Michael Giacchino.
Disney's Planes
Disney's Fire and Rescue
October Sky: The true STORY of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes
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09-23-2014, 08:35 AM
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow is a 2004 American pulp adventure science fiction film written and directed by Kerry Conran in his directorial debut. The film is set in an alternative 1939 and follows the adventures of Polly Perkins (Gwyneth Paltrow), a newspaper reporter, and Joseph "Joe" Sullivan (Jude Law), alias "Sky Captain," as they track down the mysterious Dr. Totenkopf (Laurence Olivier), who is seeking to build the "World of Tomorrow". The film is an example of the "dieselpunk" genre.[1]
Has plenty of flying in it with a P-40 and some sci fi craft.
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09-23-2014, 08:40 AM
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Night Crossing is a 1982 Disney film starring John Hurt, Jane Alexander and Beau Bridges. The film is based on the true story of the Strelzyk and Wetzel families, who on September 16, 1979 escaped from East Germany to West Germany in a homemade hot air balloon during the days of the Inner German border-era when emigration to West Germany was strictly prohibited by the East German government. It was directed by Delbert Mann.
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09-23-2014, 08:45 AM
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Red Skies of Montana is a 1952 adventure drama in which Richard Widmark stars as a smokejumper who attempts to save his crew while being overrun by a forest fire, not only to preserve their lives, but to redeem himself after being the only survivor of a previous disaster. The film was loosely based on the August 1949 Mann Gulch fire, and filmed on location in Technicolor with the cooperation of the United States Forest Service. Bugle Mountain, located in the Scapegoat Wildern...
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09-23-2014, 08:49 AM
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Dunkirk World War Two adventure from Ealing Studios, following the fortunes of a small team of soldiers who are separated from their comrades-in-arms during the Dunkirk evacuation and face a terrifying journey to safety. Luckily, heroic lance corporal John Mills takes charge, aiming to lead the platoon to sanctuary while those around him panic. Richard Attenborough, Robert Urquhart and Bernard Lee co-star in this impressive production, which utilises actual news footage to reveal the horrors of the conflict.
You get buzzed by ME-109's
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09-25-2014, 07:17 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Newbury Park, CA
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Toward the Unknown
Task Force
Air Force
Dive Bomber
Bombardier
Zero Hour
Behind Enemy Lines
Airport 75
Airport 77
Thunderbirds
Marooned
Battle Hymn
Chain Lightning
Target for Tonight
There's plenty more...says a friend of mine who supplied this list.
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09-25-2014, 09:03 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Charlotte NC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kevinh
Oh - come on, Airplane is a classic.
Looks like I chose the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.
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If you want to discover something most don't know about airplane go to utube and type in airplane and zero hour. Airplane was not a new script but simply a remake of the movie zero hour often with the dialogue word for word from one to the other. Zero hour was a very serious movie but tiny changes in context made it very funny! You can see scene by scene comparisons on utube.
George
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09-25-2014, 09:31 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: 57AZ - NW Tucson area
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A couple of Disney ones featuring gliders.
The Boy who flew with Condors
The Sky Trap
I was at El Mirage when they filmed some of the Sky Trap during a regional gliding contest. The glider pilot wives were quite amused at the movie bimbos who turned up with nice hairdos and high heels in the dust and heat of El Mirage.
And a very well produced one on soaring competitions, ending with a National Contest in Marfa TX.
The Sun Ship Game
As far as I can gather it was paid for by IBM as an inspirational movie for their employees. A sub-theme of the movie is how the calculating numbers guy wins over the "artistic" guy who just wings it.
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Last edited by az_gila : 09-25-2014 at 09:37 AM.
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