Must have aviation movies

"Magic Fingers" wrote in message
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"Zero Hour". Ya gotta watch that BEFORE you watch "Airplane".
"Airplane"
takes it's entire plot from "Zero Hour"...including big chunks of the
exact
dialog. Makes "Airplane" even funnier after you see the "original".
Trust me!

Can't find that one anywhere.

The High and the Mighty...if you can find it, too.

Never saw the movie - is Stephen Coonts Flight of the Intruder any good? I
like his books - seems like they would make good movies. Also, some of John
Nance's books seem like natural movie fodder.


"Ian" wrote in message
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What are some "must have" movies that have an aviation theme in them? I
want to get a collection together and I was wanting some input from the
group.

Thanks

In a previous article, "Tom Sixkiller" said:

The High and the Mighty...if you can find it, too.

Rod Machado's web site has a clip showing the fine CRM in that movie.


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"Corky Scott" wrote in message
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"Island in the sky" from the book by the same name written by Ernest
K. Gann. Directed by William Wellman with Gann providing technical
expertise, I thought this was one of the most accurately made aviation
movies I've ever seen. John Wayne starred with Lloyd Nolan. Look for
Andy Devine in the cockpit of one of the search C-47's.

It's the story of a downed C-47 in northern Canada during winter circa
1943 or so and the search and rescue of the crew. Taken from an
incident that Gann played a small part in in real life.

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0045919/

Shows out of print. :~(



"Cloud Dancer" starring David Carrodine and Jennifer O'Neil.
Carrodine portrays a competition aerobatic pilot who begins to suffer
consequences from the constant negative G's in the various
competitions.

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0080545/ (shows available only with German
over-dubbing??)


The story goes all over the place but includes some scenes with a P-51
that has all it's machine guns being used to protect a drug route.

It was a while ago since I saw it but it was absolutely full of flying
scenes.

Corky Scott

"Ralf S." wrote in message
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Anybody knows that movie with Robert redford about this Barnstorming
Period
before and after WWI?

I only know the German title "Die tollkühnen männer in Ihren fliegenden
Kisten"

The Great Waldo Pepper

So-So!!

Anybody knows that movie with Robert redford about this Barnstorming Period
before and after WWI?

I only know the German title "Die tollkühnen männer in Ihren fliegenden
Kisten"

rgds Ralf
"Ian" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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What are some "must have" movies that have an aviation theme in them? I
want to get a collection together and I was wanting some input from the
group.

Thanks

Flight of the Phoenix
Strategic Air Command
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (due out on DVD March 6th!)
The Dawn Patrol
The Blue Max
Twelve O'Clock High
The Dam Busters
Six Days Seven Nights
Fate is the Hunter
The Right Stuff
The Great Waldo Pepper
Midway
Tora Tora Tora
The Wings of Eagles
Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962 version)
Space Cowboys

"Ralf S." wrote in message
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| Anybody knows that movie with Robert redford about this Barnstorming
Period
| before and after WWI?
|

The Great Waldo Pepper

Found it:

The Great Waldo Pepper

It from 1975 but a very interesting movie

rgds
Ralf...
"Ralf S." schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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Anybody knows that movie with Robert redford about this Barnstorming
Period
before and after WWI?

I only know the German title "Die tollkühnen männer in Ihren fliegenden
Kisten"

rgds Ralf
"Ian" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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What are some "must have" movies that have an aviation theme in them? I
want to get a collection together and I was wanting some input from the
group.

Thanks

Might also mention "The Spirit of St. Louis"