On the whole, most of us might confess to being too picky.
I’m sure anyone who knew “bouncing bomb” inventor Barnes Wallis in real life must have laughed a little at Michael Redgraves’ avuncular portrayal of him, but Richard Todd was perfect for the Guy Gibson role. Release Calendar DVD & Blu-ray Releases Top Rated Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Showtimes & Tickets In Theaters Coming Soon Coming Soon Movie News India Movie … Each of Demick’s characters is gorgeous, dutifully surprised and wonderfully willing. This good-humored romp has it all, with wonderful replicas of both successful and unsuccessful early flying machines, beautiful scenery and a great cast that includes Terry Thomas, Sarah Miles and Irina Demick as Brigitte, Ingrid, Marlene, Françoise, Yvette and Betty.
His realistic manner—with no drastic movements of the control yoke, no dead-ahead stare, no wandering gaze—tells you he is an experienced pilot. So there you have it—one man’s opinion, for what it’s worth, on the 10 best and 10 worst aviation films ever. My ranking of Strategic Air Command among the top 10 rests primarily on its aerial photography and only secondarily on its story about the dedication of the members of SAC. Wellman also served briefly after the war with the U.S. Army Air Corps. Or purchase some of the movies on this list at our online store. Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian anthropologist and explorer. In a very happy coincidence, the airplane and the motion picture came into their own at roughly the same time. For this article, I have set some ground rules for myself in evaluating both the selections and the rationale for selection of the 10 best and 10 worst aviation films ever made.
(DH agrees, commenting: “The conclusion of The Bridges at Toko-Ri shocked audiences in 1954, and not simply because a big movie star ends up dead. This list may not reflect recent changes (learn more). They spent so much money and had such a great opportunity to do something well. Films with significant aviation themes, not merely a scene or two aboard a plane. I know that many are enamored of this film, and some fighter pilots even suggest that it is a true representation of the cocky fighter pilot spirit, but to me it was an embarrassing waste of time and money. DH adds a comment I wish I’d been smart enough to make: “The Dam Busters is solid on just about every level, but what most impresses me about it is its determination to show and explain rather complex physics—and make it thrilling.” And re 633 Squadron, BT laments: “They BURNED A MOSSIE! And so were the images of the Zeppelin, especially the sequential explosion of its gas bags. In 633 Squadron, Cliff Roberston did his usual fine job, no doubt enjoying the chance to be around the Mosquito. The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. JR comments that the “All-time worst aviation movie and possibly the worst movie ever made award has to go to Interceptor—ridiculous plot, even more ridiculous ending. He sits and scans the instruments, making small incremental corrections—showing he knows exactly what he is doing.
4. Carol Lombard, American comediennne and actress. And in a worthy coda to our top-10 list, BT points to the “Best aero flick not mentioned here: Task Force (1949) with Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, a Dauntless, a Wildcat and some surprisingly good detail.” Barrett is as usual correct, and it also really bothers me to have left out such excellent candidates as Dive Bomber, I Wanted Wings, Dawn Patrol and so many others. Despite the fact that there are airplanes in this movie, it is probably the worst aviation film ever made, with a startlingly wrong portrayal of the great Jimmy Doolittle by the loathsome Alec Baldwin being the most unforgivable of many errors. Well yes, I grew up on these, and can tell you that nothing was more welcome than the arrival of The Blue Max, the first (to my knowledge) WWI aviation film made in color. Films or videos that generally revolve around and feature the main characters flying aircraft as part of civilian or military aviation. Caroline Gordon, writer (The Strange Children). Films about aviation accidents or incidents, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Aviation_films&oldid=956791806, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 15 May 2020, at 10:23. It is condemned by the completely phony love story that was stapled to it. This category … Midway is distinguished by having more changes to an airplane in the course of one sortie than any other picture. Wellman’s reputation and contacts were enough to persuade the Air Corps to furnish a virtual armada of more than 220 aircraft for the picture. A terrible waste of film, fuel and, if there had been any, talent. Wings was awarded the first-ever Best Picture Oscar in 1929, a salute to its director William Wellman, a former member of the Lafayette Flying Corps.
The plot line is derived from an excellent book of the time, The Narrow Margin. (As an aside, the best part of the recent film The Aviator was the segment devoted to Hughes’ making Hell’s Angels. Reportedly Chuck Yeager did some of the aerobatic flying, which is also a plus. Movies. But beautiful Janet Leigh was somehow not convincing as a cold but nonetheless seductive Communist pilot/spy.
DH comments that “The love triangle is well played: It’s tongue in cheek and a little bit understated, and you just can’t beat Clara Bow. This film gained a great deal of buzz when photos of a “mystery Navy stealth fighter” were released on the Internet. We owe a lot to Jack Hunter, author of the novel on which the film is based, who died this past year. What’s devastating is the sacrifice made by noncareer fliers who rise to the occasion and do great things when called.”) Operating jets off WWII-era carriers was tricky business at best, and doing it under the conditions prevailing in Korea made it even more difficult. BT notes that “At least one or two serial numbers are correct on the Lancs. So for the purposes of this article, let us forgive them their CGI errors, and bless them for what they offer in images that are otherwise totally unavailable. In contrast to Twelve O’Clock High, the film features a typically goofy love story of the time, a triangle between Buddy Rogers, Richard Arlen and the inimitable Clara Bow. DH rightly says, “The only other one that comes close (and indeed it comes pretty close) is Command Decision (with Clark Gable, Walter Pidgeon, Charles Bickford, Van Johnson, Brian Donlevy, John Hodiak and Cameron Mitchell—wow!). This category has the following 13 subcategories, out of 13 total. Twelve O’Clock High (1949) Written in part by Beirne Lay Jr., this epic reflects both his love of the … Wellman had flown in France with the same Tommy Hitchcock who one war later saw the potential of the Merlin engine to power the P-51 Mustang.
Gerry Adams, Irish politician who was an important figure in Northern Ireland's peace process; president of Sinn Fein, Northern Ireland's second-largest political party, since 1983. Not being too stuffy about minor technical errors.
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