Thomas Crown Affair

[Brian Whatcott]

I remembered the glider loop in ThomasCrown 1, and asked for the movie.
Santa brought me ThomasCrown 1 & 11

The glider doing the loop in TC1 and the glider doing the barrel roll in
TC11 were remarkably different; but the story lines were similar -
though TC11 was better - with its happy if illicit ending...
TC1 offered RollsRoyce, Ferrari (or was it ragtop Etype?) Dune Buggy,
Polo, gliding, a bank heist and South America.
TC2 offered racing cats capsizing, gliding and art heists.

Brian W

[stephanevdv]

I beg to disagree. The glider scene in TC I is reasonably realistic,
the "piloting lesson" in TC II is downright ridiculous (though the
scenery is stunning). And why they had to reverse the canopy opening
of the DuoDiscus remains a mystery to me.

[Dave Nadler]

On Dec 27, 3:09*am, stephanevdv > wrote:
> ... And why they had to reverse the canopy opening
> of the DuoDiscus remains a mystery to me.

To get the actor and actresses better sides.
No kidding !

See ya, Dave "YO electric"

[Newill]

On Dec 27, 11:25*am, Dave Nadler > wrote:
> On Dec 27, 3:09*am, stephanevdv > wrote:
>
> > ... And why they had to reverse the canopy opening
> > of the DuoDiscus remains a mystery to me.
>
The shot required the camera to be over the head of the actress - and
is a reflection from a first surface mirror on her lap! Both actor and
actress had their hair restyled to make the reversal non-apparent to
all but us glider pilots. Tom Knauff & Doris Grove had an excellent
presentation on the filming at one convention, followed by a neat
article in Soaring. Now that those are online- you can probably search
for it.

[Brian Whatcott]

stephanevdv wrote:
> I beg to disagree. The glider scene in TC I is reasonably realistic,
> the "piloting lesson" in TC II is downright ridiculous (though the
> scenery is stunning). And why they had to reverse the canopy opening
> of the DuoDiscus remains a mystery to me.

Not sure what you're disagreeing with: that TC11 was better, I suppose?
chacun à son goût, naturally...

Brian W