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Old 03-23-2006, 08:04 PM
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Default The Pilot

"The Pilot", Cliff Robertson 1981
The real star was Carl Pascarell's Pitts, Charlie-Charlie.

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Old 03-23-2006, 10:04 PM
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LBNL Is anybody gonna answer my question about the Hippie in the C172. I am losing sleep over it.
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Old 03-24-2006, 06:19 AM
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Default And you call yourselves movie buffs?

Given that some of the more dubious entries submitted on this thread are a real stretch and can only be loosely described as "aviation" movies, you would think the winged well is running dry. I'm astonished no one has mentioned these classic aviation films, many of which should grace any well-rounded DVD collection.

1936 "Ceiling Zero" with Jimmy Cagney.......written by Frank (Spig) Wead who's life was retold in 1957's Wings of Eagles with John Wayne and Maureen O' Hara. 1938 "Test Pilot" starring Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy and Myrna Loy. Who can recall the unforgettable training stall & crash close-up in 1941's "I Wanted Wings" with Bill Holden, Ray Milland and Brian Donlevy?
How about Cary Grant flying dangerous cargo runs in the unforgiving Andes in 1939's "Only Angels have Wings?" Finally, anybody remember 1945's "God is My Co-pilot" the life of Colonel Robert Scott of the Flying Tigers starring Dennis Morgan?

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Old 03-24-2006, 07:02 AM
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Default I'm sure I saw it but ...

Thanks for reminding me Rick. I'm sure I saw God is My Co-pilot and I loved it but I was only 8 or 9 at the time and I couldn't remember the details anymore. I know in that child's frame of reference I loved it.

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Old 03-24-2006, 07:56 AM
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Would you count "Chasing PAPI" as an aviation movie?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0323572/
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Old 03-24-2006, 08:03 AM
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Would you count "Chasing PAPI" as an aviation movie?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0323572/
Sure....right along side "Come Fly with Me"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056941/
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Old 03-24-2006, 10:45 AM
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Maybe we could start a group buy on flyin' movies..... never mind.
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Old 03-24-2006, 12:39 PM
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Default and some more.....

Mother Lode ---- Charleton Heston, and one of Kim Bassinger's first movies. Excellent flying scenes start with a pissed off pilot looping a Cessna in mountainous mining country, followed by many mountain/river scenes using a Beaver on floats, which ends in a crash landing into a high mountain lake. The crash was un-planned, but rewritten into the script.

The downside, is that this movie is generally unavailable for legal reasons that has prevented a re-release to DVD. I have it on a poor quality tape purchased from Europe on E-Bay, and my best copy is on that "ancient" RCA disc-vision which was basically a vinyl record in a plastic sleeve to compete with Laser Disc's. The picture and stereo was quite descent, but the format suffered from skips, just like vinyl records, as they both used a stylus.

And another obscure pic:

"Solo" ----- A low budget 70's (or possibly early 80's) flick about a student pilot who crashes in the mountains between southern Utah and Grand Junction Colorado on her solo three-airport cross-country flight. Some good aerial photography goes along with the story. Based on true facts, including the use of a Piper Tomahawk. The NTSB report, list's inadequate high density altitude leaning proceedures, and lack of high altitude preperation from the flight instructor. Available for cheap on DVD.

L.Adamson

edit: other movies with worthy, and not so worthy flying scenes---

Death Hunt - Charles Bronson ........
And what was the Charles Bronson/Jill Ireland movie where Bronson must learn to fly a helicopter for a prison break?

The Aviator -- Christopher Reeve/Rosanna Arquette
Terminal Velocity -- Charlie Sheen
The Edge -- Anthony Hopkins
Blue Thunder
The English Patient
Six Days, Seven Nights --- maybe we won't notice the red metal pipe supporting the Beavers wing, as it's held up by an edited out crane for the ending crash landing scene.

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Old 03-24-2006, 01:26 PM
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Default Do they show them at the "Home" Gramps

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"And you call yourselves movie buffs?" Given that some of the more dubious entries submitted on this thread are a real stretch and can only be loosely described as "aviation" movies, you would think the winged well is running dry. I'm astonished no one has mentioned these classic aviation films, many of which should grace any well-rounded DVD collection.

1936 "Ceiling Zero" with Jimmy Cagney.......written by Frank (Spig) Wead who's life was retold in 1957's Wings of Eagles with John Wayne and Maureen O' Hara. 1938 "Test Pilot" starring Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy and Myrna Loy. Who can recall the unforgettable training stall & crash close-up in 1941's "I Wanted Wings" with Bill Holden, Ray Milland and Brian Donlevy?
How about Cary Grant flying dangerous cargo runs in the unforgiving Andes in 1939's "Only Angels have Wings?" Finally, anybody remember 1945's "God is My Co-pilot" the life of Colonel Robert Scott of the Flying Tigers starring Dennis Morgan?

Rick Galati RV-6A "Darla"
Thanks Gramps, That is why we have you. Are they "talkies". (joke since the youngest you listed was 1958, before I was born.)

Seriously, I only see moves in theaters or TV, rent on rare occasion. I have seen some of the "classics" if it aired on TV, but ............

Since you are a movie Buff, where do you get/see these classics? (anyone)

Have you actually seen all of these, and if so can you rank the must see, vs. it had an airplane in it in one scene.

[ May be someone can take this list, "filter it a little", make a top 50 or 100 or what ever number we have, than , and we can vote on them, 1 star thru 5 star, so on. One must have seen the move to vote. Than we can have real list of the top best aviaiton films.]

I know Casablanca had an airplane in it but it was not an aviation move. (last scene, who does no remember the radial/twin/tail dragger in the fog, "here's looking at you kid", or what ever. Good movie, but not aviation.) I love movies but am a "classic" neophyte. Of the classics I have seen some are good and some are corny and just bad. Hollywood also made stinkers back than to. I don't have the mind set that if it's B&W it is good. Sorry Gramp's.

Thanks G

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Old 03-24-2006, 01:45 PM
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Default You can get some of them on DVD

Born 1936 - and I have seen most of them. I don't know where you can see the old movies in theaters but I have been able to buy every one I have enquired about through Amazon.com. Many of them do not stand up well to watching again after all these years - the industry has grown up and we expect more these days. I rented a DVD copy of ****'s Angels from the classic section of Blockbuster and even though it was made before my time (even) I found it to be an outstanding movie - Howard Hughes got it right technically and the story had depth.

One movie that had some beautiful flying scenes in it was "Out of Africa" - I don't think it has been mentioned previously.

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