Aviation movie reccomendation

[Guppy35]

"Air Force", with John Garfield just came out on DVD.  It's a wartime made film about the crew of a fictional B17C the "Mary Ann".  The story is far fetched to say the least, but it's one of my guilty pleasures just getting to see all that film of those early 17s as well as P39s.

The Japanese are really bad and the crew of Mary Ann are all over the top All American boys, but that's to be expected from a wartime film.

If you have 14.99 to spend, it would be worth your while if you like old aviation films.

Just got a new edition of "12 O'Clock High" also with lots of extras including the story of General Frank Armstrong, who General Savage is based on.

[DiabloTX]

12 O'Clock High...it really don't get much better than that.  What a great, great movie.

[pipz]

For some reason I always liked the begining of 12 O clock high.When  that fella walks out onto an airfield that use to be a bee hive of activity.Which is now full of cattle,overgrown with weeds and just plane neglected.Kinda like MY house Muhaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.It says somethin about life and events.

I just saw Dark Blue World not long ago and I realy liked that as well.

Pipz

[john9001]

12 O clock high

chaplain, "i think i may have shot one down."

general, "ours or theirs?"

[Treize69]

"Fighter Squadron" is well worth the price if for nothing other than P-47s in glorious 1940s color.

Plus its got Robert Stack so young I didn't realise it was him for years. His voice isn't even deep, I think hes about 12 in it.

[thndregg]

"Memphis Belle"-- John Lithgow, Billy Zane, and a few others.

[Captain Virgil Hilts]

Dean Jagger, as Harvey Stovall, has perhaps one of the greatest, and most meaningful lines in ANY movie.


That is not why I am drunk tonight. I got drunk because I am confused. I was thinking, which is a thing a man should not do, and all at once I couldn't remember what any of them looked like. I, I couldn't see their faces, Bishop, Cobb, Wilson, Zimmy, all of them. All of you. They all looked alike, just one face. And it was very young. It confused me. I think I shall stay drunk until I'm not confused anymore. [/I]


I don't think anyone could have ever said it better.

[kotrenin]

I was surprised at Dark Blue World.  I really liked it.  And without Ben Aflak the love story was tolerable.

[pipz]

I was a little worried about the love triangle deal goin into it.At least it was done in a believable fashion.

Pipz

[DamnedRen]

Battle of Britain. Made in '69 (I think). Lotsa big names.
At the time it was made the Company had the 10th largest air force in the World. And the air force was made up of Brit and German WWII planes. Most of the fight scenes are actually filmed with a chase plane in the air.

Best bang for the buck, IMHO. It retails just about anywhere in the US for $9.95 even at Kroger and Piggly Wiggly. Tell Elvis, "he's dead" when you see him.

Ren
The Damned

[LLv34_Dictonius]

I have to agree, BoB is one of the best WWII aviation flicks I've seen. But the "El Buchons" (BF109J) as emils are just plain ugly!!! Btw. Jan Sverak the director of Dark Blue World used sequenses of the BoB's archived left overs in his masterpiece.

[Oldman731]

Originally posted by Guppy35
Just got a new edition of "12 O'Clock High" also with lots of extras including the story of General Frank Armstrong, who General Savage is based on.

Savage is a composite of both Armstrong and Fred Castle, I think.

- oldman

[kotrenin]

Originally posted by LLv34_Dictonius
Btw. Jan Sverak the director of Dark Blue World used sequenses of the BoB's archived left overs in his masterpiece.

That makes sense.  Some real pretty flying scenes in both.

[Stratocaster]

dark blue world has got to be my favorite too.

[lengro]

Its expensive reading this bbs....

You guys just made me order "Battle of Britain (new DTS version)", "Dark Blue World" and "Twelve O'Clock High".

So next weekend it is me, the TV, the surround sound setup and some good danish beer...

Gotta find a way to send wife and daughter on family visit or something...