flyboys ( film )
a scene from flyboys,  which integrates filming from real life and digital effects .
flyboys is a 2006 film, directed by tony bill, about american fighter pilots flying for the french lafayette escadrille in the mid period of world war i .
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a good film is
a gathering of eagles
with rock hudson. a good sac film. i cut my teeth in sac in the later years but could relate to everything in the film .
if you want to answer the questions ,
who starred in the movie flyboys ?
and
what is the full cast list of flyboys ?
then this page has got you covered .
this cast list of who was in flyboys includes both lead and minor roles. (14 items )
flyboys [ videorecording ] / flyboys films ltd. ; elstree film & television studios; electric entertainment; ingenious entertainment; ingenious film partners; skydance production; produced by dean devlin, marc frydman; story by blake t. evans; screenplay by phil sears & blake t. evans and david s. ward; directed by tony bill. – national library
the painstaking authenticity and appealing cast of flyboys can' t overcome the cloyingly formulaic nature of its story .
double negative created the exciting dogfight sequences in flyboys, which depict the first american fighter - pilot squadron to confront the german aviation during world war i. all images © 2006 electric holdings (flyboys) inc .
flyboys cast list, listed alphabetically with photos when available. this list of flyboys actors includes any flyboys actresses and all other actors from the film. you can view additional information about each flyboys actor on this list, such as when and where they were born. to find out more about a particular actor or actress, click on their name and you' ll be taken to page with even more details about their acting career. the cast members of flyboys have been in many other movies, so use this list as a starting point to find actors or actresses that you may not be familiar with .
does the film accurately depict charles dickens' s writing of a christmas carol .
our fourth film will be flyboys (pg - 13, 140 min) – inspired by true events, flyboys tells the story of the lafayette escadrille, a group of american men who volunteered to fight for the french before the u. s. entered world war i and became the country’s first fighter pilots .
the flyboys
was screened at the lds film festival in 2011. it was released internationally as
sky kids
and had a domestic theater gross of $ 144, 680 (boxofficemojo. com) .
terrific film production, great story and acting. everything you could want in a movie .
as observed in a previous review, a note at the beginnning of a film that it is
inspired by true events
generally means it will be followed by some very creative
history
. flyboys is no exception .
though the film met with commercial failure, bill takes comfort in some of the positive critical responses, and hopes for a better reception in the foreign markets. he also noted that the film’s financial failure was disappointing, but his directorial work was generally praised, which alleviates some of the apprehensions about future projects. for instance, bill sent a copy of “flyboys” to tom cruise, who requested to see it and reportedly loved the film .
bill likened the film industry to gambling, referring to himself and his colleagues as “professional gamblers. ”
flying high with alain bielik and the double negative crew on flyboys. view a five - minute dogfight sequence in our new vfxworld media player .
if a great movie is defined by ,
leaving the audience wanting more
... flyboys is the must see movie of the year! ”
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as history, i will give it a d. as a film, i will give it a c .
flyboys has computer imaging and a fleet of vintage aircraft on its side, but it remains considerably less convincing than wings (1927), and less exciting .
flyboys is a 2006 war drama film set during world war i, starring james franco, martin henderson, jean reno, jennifer decker, david ellison, abdul salis, philip winchester, and tyler labine. it was directed by tony bill, a pilot and aviation enthusiast .
everything you want
premiered on tv as an abc family original movie in 2005 before being screened at the lds film festival in 2006. buena vista home entertainment, a disney subsidiary, released the film on dvd on 2006 .
hi all, maybe i was being too hard on flyboys. in it' s own way it was a good film to introduce the average filmgoer to aviation combat. but the best film as i have mentioned is' the blue max'. made in 1966 yet it' s flying sequences are superb. tells the story from the german side. urltoken best regards, mb _ avro .
this well - produced, engaging film somewhat overreaches itself, trying to turn a crackling adventure into a sweeping emotional epic .
meet the real people portrayed in tarantino' s film and find out which parts of the story are based in reality .
the tomatometer score — based on the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics — is a trusted measurement of critical recommendation for millions of fans. it represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show .
emma smith: my story
was still a
work in progress
when it played at the lds film festival in 2008. the film was released in theaters later that year and grossed $ 881, 787 (boxofficemojo. com) .
yearning for a time when warfare seemed so much simpler and more honourable, flyboys is a thrilling, spectacular ride - but only when its dull characters get off the ground .
bill’s latest project, the dog - fighting period piece “flyboys, ” combined two of the director’s passions – aviation (he is a life - long pilot) and filmmaking .
the 11th lds film festival will be held at the scera center for the arts in orem on jan. 25 - 28 .
leading a generic character roster, franco' s laconic texan may be more smug than stalwart, but so is the movie. a tie - in
flyboys
video game is now available, designed to coincide with the film' s release. i guarantee that script will be better than this one .
yearning for a time when warfare seemed so much simpler and more honourable, flyboys is a thrilling, spectacular ride. amazing aerial stunts they are really quite a sight to behold .
mpaa rating: pg - 13; for war action violence and some sexual content. board of film censors, singapore: pg .
the readings will be followed by a screening of the documentary film thank you for your service (i hour, 28 minutes) .
the tomatometer rating – based on the published opinions of hundreds of film and television critics – is a trusted measurement of movie and tv programming quality for millions of moviegoers. it represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show .
sons of provo
was screened at the lds film festival in 2005. it had a domestic gross of $ 120, 488 (urltoken) and won the genre award (best feature comedy) at the new york international independent film & video festival in 2004 .
pretty good movie with some great acting and dialogue. why three stars you ask? the film follows the same exact story as almost every other ww1 / 2 pilot film. it has the distracting love story tied in with the group of rag tag characters going through training and then dealing with loosing there friends in combat. i would recommend tuskegee airmen, and the red barron film over this one. there is nothing wrong with this film its just not in my opinion worth paying for. wait till the price drops or it ends up on prime
return with honor: a missionary homecoming
premiered at the lds film festival in 2006 as
the return .
in 2007 it won best picture at the new york international independent film and video festival and grossed $ 103, 601 in theaters (boxofficemojo. com) .
the september dumping ground continues this weekend with only one real wide release with the other three new films opening in 1, 500 to 2, 100 theatres. on the other hand, the one film that is opening wide has a shot at becoming the biggest film of the month .
flyboys
tells an old - fashioned tale of courage and heroism with the latest in cg technology; unfortunately, critics say, the technology ends up overshadowing everything else. the film tells the story of a group of americans who volunteered to fly in wwi alongside the french. according to the critics ,
paths of glory
this ain’t; they note that the cg effects are excellent, and the dogfights are exciting, but the story and the characters are far less involving. at 37 percent on the tomatometer ,
flyboys
doesn’t soar .
at a master class session, bill discussed his notre dame education, but was dismissive of film school as a necessary way to enter the industry .
a truly great film today is only going to come from someone who, as mrmojok pointed, can bankroll it entirely and avoid the idiots who water it down for the lowest common denominator. munich, for example, was not a simple film. it had complex characters and a fairly sophisticated storyline - but imho it was a great film. had it been made in the normal hollywood style it would have starred brad pitt and looked like commando .
about the only thing in this film that ties into those
true events
, is the existence of a first world war and a lafayette esquadrille .
captain thenault' s scar on left cheek moves to the right cheek in one close - up revealing flipped film to make him look the other direction .
the errand of angels
screened at the lds film festival in 2008. it grossed $ 195, 184 in theaters (imdb. com) .
what makes “flyboys” particularly unique is that it was made outside of the studio system, and was thus completely independently funded. bill is inclined toward what he calls “the smaller film, ” and while he admits that “nobody wants to [ work within the studio system ], ” he has often done it with positive results, among them “my bodyguard” and “the sting. ”
love that gay top gun. i mean, you know, i don' t love gay top gun, i, er... never seen flyboys or any of the harry potter films. neat huh .
urltoken it' s really quite good. it was only the second major film shot with sound! howard hughes
hells angels
( not 81) sergio
flyboys is a 2006 american drama / war film set during world war i, starring james franco, martin henderson, jean reno, jennifer decker, david ellison, abdul salis, philip winchester, and tyler labine. it was directed by tony bill, a pilot and aviation enthusiast. the screenplay about men in aerial combat was written by phil sears, blake t. evans and david s. ward with the screen story by blake t. evans. themes of friendship, racial prejudice, revenge and love are also explored in the film .
this movie has not been described as a remake of the 1958 film
lafayette escadrille
directed by william wellman, but we can only assume someone, somewhere, sometime will say wellman' s film
provided inspiration
for
flyboys
( which is always the best way to throw a bone to the copyright lawyers) .
lafayette escadrille
was wellman' s swan song and, unfortunately, a rather tedious boy - meets - girl - who - turns - out - to - be - a - french - prostitute story .
forever strong
was screened at the lds film festival in 2008, then went on to gross $ 719, 556 in theaters (boxofficemojo. com) .
flyboys, ” which opened on friday, is a modest film as things are now measured. its ensemble cast has no eye - catching names. its director, tony bill, while a solid craftsman, has never been a major box office draw. and its budget of around $ 55 million, though substantial, is only a fraction of what studios routinely spend on their blockbusters .
we, my wife and i, saw
flyboys
last night. we think it is the best film to come out of film makers in years. the action was just great. the love story was refreshing. we left the theater feeling good, happy, and completely entertained. so, the movie wasn' t
historically accurate .
it didn' t claim to be. complete accuracy is for documentaries. those men were men of courage that flew those planes. what men our great grandfathers were. we' ll buy this one and put it in our movie collection .
many people complaining about this film complain about either the cgi effects and apparent over - use or just plain horrible (in the minds of those reviewers) effects, or they complain about the fact that the film is riddled with one cliche after another. i would say the film is guilty as charged in those areas, but that doesn' t mean it isn' t a fun movie to watch and enjoy. i love the early years of aviation, the old style dog fighting in bi - planes and the like, so i thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to go see flyboys on the big screen. while not the greatest film, it was worth the price of admission and was filled with enough aircraft acrobatics to be great fun. thankfully this disc comes with some interesting extras in the special features that help raise the value when considering a purchase. personal recommendation, watch for sales on this title and get a copy of this film at a bargain price. while i find it fun and worth owning in my library, the msrp is a bit on the higher side for this title, so you may wish to wait for a nice sale to grab your copy .
chris hemsworth kicks off filming for the star - studded men in black spin - off as he cuts a sharp figure in london... 21 years after the first film hit screens
solid special effects and good acting by franco make this film good enough to be worth multiple watches. a story about wwi flying aces with todays special effects was long past its due .
after being screened at the lds film festival in 2004 ,
the best two years
went on to gross $ 1, 163, 450 in theaters (boxofficemojo. com) .
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british
war movie it would have been a flop and lost money .
the film follows the enlistment, training and combat experiences of a group of young americans who volunteer to become fighter pilots in the lafayette escadrille, the 124th air squadron formed by the french in 1916. the squadron consisted of five french officers and 38 american volunteers who wanted to fly and fight in world war i during the main years of the conflict, 1914–1917, before the united states later joined the war against the central powers. the film ends with an epilogue that relates each film character to the real - life lafayette escadrille figure on whom the movie was based .
we will show movies about world war i each friday in october. our first film will be all quiet on the western front. usmc veteran michael spatoro will lead a discussion immediately following the screening .
i' m on the floor - - - which tarentino film is that from, fiv? i' ve always thought the screenplay of top goon had to have been written by some completely depraved hollywood screenwriters who deliberately wanted to make a military film with a tom of finland gay porn subplot - - - and succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. i' d imagine the film is a gay classic just for all the near naked buff men. i' ve always thought it was a joke from beginning to end - - - saw it one time, laughed my head off, and that was enough .
franco has great potential for this film. he' s done well in dramas by first time directors - - just look at his role in the first film nicholas cage directed ,
sonny .
his work in
city by the sea
showed he can work very well with mature, established (okay. . old) actors like robert deniro, so pairing him with jean reno makes sense .
title from container. originally released as a motion picture in 2006 .
based on a true story .
special features: audio commentary by director tony bill and producer dean devlin ;
real heros: the true story of the lafayette escadrille
featurette ;
life of a minature stunt pilot
featurette ;
whiskey and soda - the lion mascots
featurette ;
taking flight - the making of a flying sequence
;
the real planes of flyboys
featurette; deleted scenes; theatrical trailer;' flyboys' squadron dvd - rom game demo .
the real lafayette escadrille actually had a pair of lion cubs as mascots. one was indeed named
whiskey ,
as in the film. the other, appropriately enough, was named
soda .
academy award winner and notre dame graduate tony bill came back to his alma mater this weekend to screen his latest directorial effort “flyboys. ” bill has worked as an actor, director and producer over a four - decade career. his first major acting role was in the 1963 frank sinatra film “come blow your horn. ” after acting in several films, he switched to producing, and in 1973 produced the robert redford - paul newman classic “the sting, ” for which he won an oscar .
the film is gorgeous, and the producers clearly loved flying since the movie shows several types of bombers and even a zeppelin. unfortunately, the amazing aerial footage is not matched by the cliché - ridden screenplay .
naim shaw, actor, and janna williams, usaf veteran and coordinator of the union county office of the veteran success center, will read selections from world war i and america, and introduce the evening’s film .
more than 75 feature - length films have screened since the festival' s inception in 2001. some went on to box office success, some swept up awards at other film festivals, some were picked up by distributors and released on dvd and some quietly faded from public notice. here is a list of 10 notable films (ordered by the year of screening) that have met with success since appearing at the lds film festival .
hi all, the subject matter of this film had great potential but it was wasted urltoken us pilot eddie rickenbacker scored 26 kills in ww1. urltoken in my opinion this film debases him and other us pilots who flew in this conflict. it also debases the german imperial pilots. there is no record or evidence of a ww1 german pilot straffing a british, french or american pilot on the ground. but what does hollywood care about history? here' s another link to the' blue max' film made in 1968... nearly 40 years ago! ! urltoken i suspect that cgi has degraded cinematic entertainment urltoken best regards, mb _ avro .
the deep end of the ocean is a film about a family' s reaction when ben, the youngest son is kidnapped and then found nine years later, living in the same town, where his family had just moved .
full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, tv and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. for more information, please contact us at research @ urltoken .
the film' s script, written by steven a. lee and kevin lawrence king, is based on the stage play
sy' s girl ,
which was written by byu alumna natalie sado while she was an undergraduate .
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british
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memphis belle
was a documentary, and was pretty good for a war propaganda film. the later
re - make
was lame, and a real b - 17 was lost during the filming. that' s way to high a price to pay for that lame pos. i found fly boys to be a film in need of more isle seats. i did not last 10 minutes. sergio
“the film industry is, in a lot of ways, a game of chance, ” said bill. “if you’re lucky enough to get a good hand, and you’re lucky or skillful enough to stick with it, you can succeed. ”
saints and soldiers
was screened at the lds film festival in 2004. it is one of the most commercially successful films to have been screened, with a theater gross of $ 1, 310, 470, according to boxofficemojo. com .
they couldn' t afford to cg even two different german planes, not even more than one skin for the one anachronism they did model and how many small, cheap details makes up for it? the film should not have been made like that .
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> surpasses the bunk of that pathetic hollywood teen film: < / div > < / blockquote > i have to defend our american cousins on this one, because mephis belle is actually a british film. i was produced by david putnam and was financed, produced and filmed in britain. < / div > < / blockquote > i remember reading an interview at the time in which putnam said he had originally wanted to make a film of len deighton' s book
bomber
, about a lancaster crew and their german opposition. however, the need to make a film that would appeal to the us market meant he had to go for the memphis belle instead. i' m not sure what a film of bomber would have been like. the book is unrelentingly bleak and the part of the story that takes place on the ground in germany is pretty horrific. if he' d followed the book it would have been a very different film without much of a positive message. cheers, rocketdog .
this was a cool film. i found it entertaining and informative. i did not know americans volunteered for the french flying corps during wwi. would like to see more films like this. like the billy bishop story. . just a thought. .
my girlfriend' s boyfriend
screened at the lds film festival in 2011 after its october 2010 limited theatrical release with an opening weekend per - screen average of $ 5, 150. its trailer has more than 1. 2 million youtube views .
i didn' t think flyboys was terrible. i was disappointed in the lame love story plot a la ph. . however i didn' t watch it with high expectations to begin with. i knew it was going to be a film with more of an emphasis on
entertainment
rather than historical accuracy. so from that viewpoint i was actually able to enjoy it. memphis belle is enjoyable if you can let go of the hard nosed history buff persona and look at it from a different angle. mostly, a story depicting the type of hardships that bomber crews endured during missions over fortress europe .
we will show movies about world war i each friday in october. our second film will be war horse (pg - 13, 147 min) – albert narracott enlists to serve in world war i after his beloved horse joey is sold to the cavalry .
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what was so frustrating about' flyboys' was the number details they got right. such as the references to' archie' (not aa or ack - ack), the leader' s pennants which he removed to go solo hunting after a patrol (very authentic) and the airfield itself. it would have cost no more to get much more right .
just about everything in the video - gamey world war i picture
flyboys
rings false, although the planes certainly are terrific. the film takes a strong subject, the americans who volunteered for the french as aviators in the lafayette escadrille, and turns it into romantic slush. good thing jean reno' s around to give it some flavor: as the real - life capt. thenault, the stalwart french actor goes about his expositional business with gruff panache. you believe this man exists in a 1916 universe. too many of the other, younger cast members are about as 1916 as
the o. c .
this was an excellent movie about a part of the 1st world war that i didn' t know about - the flimsy planes that they flew and fought in. a brilliant film and i' m glad that someone decided to make this and honour those men .
needless to say, it was out of question to try to film dogfights with vintage planes that were almost a century old. to create the exciting confrontations, director tony bill turned to visual effects supervisor peter chiang and vfx producer fay mcconkey of double negative in london. we did more than 740 shots in total, chiang recalls. we started by previsualizing the battle sequences there were six of them. at the same time, we adapted our pipeline to the fact that flyboys was shot using the new genesis camera from panavision, a high - resolution 1920x1080, full 10 - bit log color depth digital camera, designed to take panavision film camera lenses. all our images to date have been originated on film. so, the new camera system meant that we needed to create a completely new pipeline. first, the sony digital tapes were input through a sony srw1 tape deck retaining the digital quality that was captured. second, a new look up table was needed to view the images the correct way. response curves from panavision were given to us so we could work out the correct viewing system. the rest of the pipeline was also adapted to the new format .
fokker dr - 1 triplanes were never used in the great quantities seen in the film. the filmmakers used them because they were easily distinguished from the allied biplanes, and didn' t want to leave viewers unsure as to who was on what side during these sequences .
flyboys
is one of those movies that tends to generate more questions than answers. the basic story concerns the adventures of the lafayette escadrille, young american fighter pilots who volunteered for the french military before the u. s. entered wwi. after consulting various crystal balls, tea leaves, and psychic hotlines, we found few more details about the movie, though .
i admit i was a bit skeptical of the pre - movie hype, another “independent” film boasting the true grit realities of war, a movie steeped in fact, based on historical events. the world war i film appeared to have it all: strong plot and interesting subplots, on the edge of your seat action, drama sprinkled with humor, attractive actors who could actually act, breathtaking cinematography, and memorial soundtrack, and a lion (if you just go to view the lion, the price of the movie is well spent) .
hi all, just seen' flyboys'. what a pos! cgi is a disgrace and the plot is worse. the best ww1 aviation movie imo was' the blue max'. this link mixes flyboy clips with the blue max. the blue max was made in 1966 and sets the bar as far as i' m concerned. urltoken best regards, mb _ avro .
blaine is given a small bear which he carries as a good luck charm. this is a reference to the 1927 movie wings, the first ever film to win the academy award for best picture, in which a pilot also carries a small bear as a good luck charm .
although bill does not know what his next project will be, he hopes to direct another film and is searching for the right script. whatever he chooses, his history of critical acclaim will ensure his credibility and talent, whether or not his project is the next “the sting. ”
in
flyboys
director tony bill handles his aerial war well enough. the numerous dogfights, however, are so souped up with digitally composited imagery that the thrills and the machines themselves end up diminished. and do we need such gimmicks as shots of bombs plummeting toward earth, photographed from the weapons' point of view? leave that morally dubious nonsense to michael bay and
pearl harbor .
this week at the movies, we’ve got antisocial behavior (
jackass: number two ,
with johnny knoxville and the gang), hell - raising politicos (
all the king’s men ,
starring sean penn), fearless warriors (
fearless ,
starring jet li), and flying aces (
flyboys ,
starring james franco). what do the critics have to say ?
in the scenes where the pilot crashes into no - mans - land, the germans soldiers are shown wearing spiked helmets. the germans abandoned these helmets in favor of the familiar trench helmets in mid - 1915. they would not have been in use during the time portrayed in this film .
all the king’s men
has everything that makes for a compelling movie. it’s got a great cast (sean penn, jude law, kate winslet, and anthony hopkins, among others). it’s based on a great novel (by robert penn warren). it’s got great cinematography. unfortunately, critics say, the superlatives end there. loosely based on the life of populist louisiana governor huey
the kingfish
long ,
all the king’s men
tells the story of a small town rabble - rouser’s ascent in politics and descent into shady morality. critics say the film is too bombastic to work, with too many vague characters and an over - the - top performance from penn. the film received a muted reception in toronto; it currently stands at 15 percent on the tomatometer. and it’s well below the 1949 oscar - winning original film (94 percent) .
urltoken flyboys (widescreen edition): james franco, jean reno, jennifer decker, scott hazell, mac mcdonald, philip winchester, todd boyce, karen ford, ruth bradley, abdul salis, jean - philippe écoffey, tim pigott - smith, tony bill, david brown, dean devlin, duncan reid, james clayton, blake t. evans, david s. ward, phil sears: movies & tv
i dont buy the' people wouldnt go and see a movie that we would like'' bit. the blue max / battle of britain (for the time) / aces high / tora tora tora also saving private ryan / apolcalypse now / full metal jacket all great films. i believe all were succesful at the box office, and all will be far more successful than flyboys, i am sure .
of course, the flyboys would never have gotten off the ground without the outstanding group of fresh faces posing as the wwi pilots. in training for their parts, the actors all took to the air in the vintage aircraft and were filmed flying, bringing the movie’s realism to new heights. the young ensemble cast included new comers philip winchester, abdul salis, tyler labine, david ellison, and jennifer decker .
in “flyboys, ” as it happens, the explosions and scampering soldiers are genuine, though the zeppelin itself is a digital replication of a 30 - foot miniature. “we knew that we needed to do a real explosion with the randomness and chaos rather than a computer - generated explosion, which would have been too calculated and obvious, ” said peter chiang, the visual - effects supervisor who oversaw the scene .
the story about men in aerial combat explores themes of friendship, racial prejudice, revenge, and love. the film follows the enlistment, training, and combat experiences of a group of young americans who volunteer to become fighter pilots in the lafayette escadrille, the 124th air squadron formed by the french in 1916 .
this film could be the breakout that franco is looking for, just as
top gun
was for tom cruise. franco is about same age as cruise was he filmed
top gun ,
and is in a similar place in his career .
top gun
propelled cruise into the upper reaches of stardom after his big break in
risky business
and decent roles in a few other movies. if it' s any good at all ,
flyboys
might give franco the same sort of boost after his big break in the
spiderman
franchise, nice reviews in a few other films, and some work on television (including a 2002 emmy nomination for his work in the television movie ,
james dean
) .
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the film seems awfully long, and is made much longer by our hero' s improbable adventures that seem to require landing his aircraft in absurdly hazardous conditions to carry out daring do on the ground. the aerial combat, which is all cgi, is sometimes good, but mostly just too, well, cgi .
horrible movie. no respect for historical accuracy and as an action film was predictable and boring. the character names were historically correct and thats about it. not every german plane was a red tri - plane, there was only one of those. also, every character in real life actually smoked. revisionist crap .
in its opening minutes the script of
flyboys
sets some sort of record for captioned scene - setters. first we' re in aberdeen, texas, meeting our hero, dispossessed hunky rancher blaine rawlings (james franco). ten seconds later in lincoln, neb. , we meet another future flyboy (philip winchester) and as he waves farewell to his love, the lady in question executes her contractually stipulated trot alongside the train .
dean devlin and marc frydman are the producers, and they pulled together a reported $ 60 million budget for the film. devlin was a producer for
stargate ,
godzilla ,
independence day ,
the patriot ,
and
cellular .
all of these movies seem to fall on the
pearl harbor
end of the spectrum, but frydman was behind
boiling point ,
nil by mouth ,
the contender ,
and most recently ,
the jacket .
so frydman seems to favor films falling the gap between art - house flick and cineplex mainstay. perhaps the direction
flyboys
takes will depend on a devlin / frydman cage match. or do you think they' d prefer mud - wrestling ?
digital design in the early phases of a project increasingly opens the door to digital techniques in actual production, even with films that seem to be steeped in the grit of real life. on last year’s skateboarding film “lords of dogtown, ” for example, mr. chaintreuil assisted the filmmakers in building a pier in san diego .
the most famous of his directorial efforts is the 1980 matt dillon film “my bodyguard, ” a coming - of - age high school story about two unlikely friends. bill noted that he wanted “my bodyguard” to be a more realistic portrait of high school life, eschewing typical comedic clichã©s in favor of a more character - oriented approach .
to be honest, the film is not about the real lafayette escadrille, it is just a generic wwi aviation film that happens to feature americans fighting for france. cassidy is the squadron commanding officer because every single other veteran is dead, which is ridiculous. it gets worse. meeting the new recruits for the first time, the veteran cassidy informs them that their life expectancy is three to six weeks. the lafayette escadrille took losses, but it was not the suicide squad. i suspect that there are no other experienced pilots in the squadron other than cassidy because the script focuses on the young stars, and experienced pilots would have distracted from the young heroes’ story .
today i received an email from a friend who is not a very critical film viewer. he and his wife saw f last night. he thought it was stupid, idiotic, and grossly inferior to the blue max, and he isn' t even a wwi flying buff. thought it was something for the children, not for adults .
during the air battles you see in flyboys, the french and english are in biplanes, and the germans are in bright red triplanes. this is so you, the viewer, can easily tell who are the good guys and who the bad guys are. however, most of the planes that the germans used were biplanes, not triplanes. as for the bright red paintjobs, not all of their triplanes were like that. you may know that the red baron flew a bright red triplane. this is to identify him as the leader of his squadron, and to identify him as an ace fighter pilot. the red baron also flew biplanes with a red finish, not only triplanes. making the good guys and bad guys easily recognizable in flyboys makes a better movie, because if everyone was flying biplanes the viewer might get confused. the viewers are lucky compared to wwi pilots. the pilots of wwi did not have the luxury of an enemy that only flew in bright red triplanes .
you forgot one thing about the
based on true events
disclaimer. through the film, you never see the french actually engage the enemy in the air, they stay on the ground and send the yanks off to fight... this in my opinion was not only true but quite accurate of the french, even by todays standards ...
yet, an hour into the film, i could hardly wait for it to end. i had an uncontrollable urge to not only research the young american wwi pilots dubbed the knights of the air... but an even stronger desire to find out how many of the aerial dogfights were performed by actual vintage airplanes, and how many scenes were computer generated .
iâ´ve read all posts... and i only have to say... pearl harbor and flyboys are simply a piece of s * * t. an completeñy nonsense of planes trying to bite the tail to others and making anoying imposible maneuvers. the â´human storyâ´, as someone said here are simply an stupid teen question. simply a piece of * * * *. sorry for my bad languaje... . but i wasted money in the cinema for both. vista suerte y al toro .
yet mr. haye, who is working on david fincher’s new orleans - based period film, “the curious case of benjamin button” — a project that uses only digital set designers — envisions a time when the entire field will be transformed by computer technology. mr. haye said, “with every production designer i work with, we move a little further in that direction. ”
without question, the non - humanoid stars of flyboys were the vintage aircraft. with each trip into battle, the planes took on specific personalities as they struggled to outfight and out fly each other. i too struggled trying to differentiate between computer generated imagery and the real deal. with the exception of the zeppelin encounter, it was impossible to distinguish reality from computer generation. the director delivered on his promise of putting the audience in the pilot’s cockpit. every aerial scene was an on the edge of your seat experience !
this film depicts the life and experiences of emma hale smith (katherine nelson), including her childhood with a father who disliked religion, her courtship and marriage to joseph smith (nathan mitchell), her life as the wife of the prophet and what happened following joseph' s martyrdom. written and directed by gary cook. rated pg for mild thematic elements and brief violence .
veteran artist program - “vap takes artists who are also veterans, and propels their works and careers into the mainstream creative arts community…we are based in new york city but are currently creating programming across the country to expand the network and visibility of veteran artists. vap focuses on: visual arts, performing arts, writing / literature, film / video, and new / interactive media. ”
but drafting such ordinary places in 3 - d had its advantages, particularly as the physical sets required digital extensions to make them larger. mr. haye noted that tom duffield, the production designer of “the kingdom, ” had never worked with a digital set designer before, so mr. haye wound up on the project for nearly a year, as digital work seeped into the film .
the anti aircraft artillery shown in use by the germans was not of any type used by any side in the first world war, nor was anti aircraft fire nearly as effective or accurate as shown. were any of the portrayed shell bursts as close as they appeared in the film, they would have instantly destroyed the aircraft with the combination of the explosive power, fire, and shrapnel .
mr. chaintreuil, who began working in film with models and miniatures, said there were two levels of digital set designers. some “purely use the computer as a drafting tool, which means they’re basically computer drafters, ” he said. “then digital set designers like myself get called in to do the incredible or the impossible. we get brought in to do crazy surfaces and things you just wouldn’t imagine. ”
the flyboys ’ plot revolves around a handful of brash idealistic americans known as the lafayette escadrille. these brave young men volunteered their services, and often their lives, to fight alongside the french, as novice pilots in wwi. reinventing 1917 france was not an easy endeavor, especially on a shoestring budget. it called for innovative and dedicated movie enthusiasts, like director tony bill and writers phil sears, blake t. evans, and david s. ward, who filmed the movie on the 300, 000–acre stanford training area in britain, with a cast of virtually unknowns .
jet li has come to personify a specific film subgenre: the historical martial arts epic .
hero
and the
once upon a time in china
movies were marked by sweeping visuals and li’s remarkable athleticism. but the star says he’s no longer making that type of picture; if that’s the case, critics say
fearless
makes for one heck of a swan song. the film tells the tale of a great martial arts master who looks inward after succumbing to his own ego and the murder of his family. the scribes say
fearless
is quite a show, with remarkable action sequences and an interesting philosophical undercurrent .
fearless
is currently at 70 percent on the tomatometer. and it’s li’s third consecutive fresh american release, following
unleashed
( 68 percent) and
hero
( 94 percent) .
flyboys was made early in james franco’s career, and he was not ready to play the lead. nor is he believable as a bad boy. however, the writers did their best to give rawlins as many opportunities to be heroic as possible. learning that the germans have penetrated french territory, rawlings makes a nighttime flight to evacuate lucienne, who had chosen to be rescued by the hero, instead of simply leaving with the rest of the refugees. the escape from the germans who have taken over her house is probably supposed to be thrilling, but it is merely blah .
our third film will be in love and war (pg - 13, 115 min) – the epic love story about ernest hemingway and the romance which inspired him to write his masterpiece a farewell to arms. a story of desperate love and imminent danger, it chronicles the relationship between the 18 - year old hemingway and agnes von kurowsky, the medical aide who nursed him back to health after a devastating battlefield injury.
flyboys is a 2006 war drama film set during world war i , starring james franco , martin henderson , jean reno , jennifer decker , david ellison , abdul salis , philip winchester , and tyler labine . it was directed by tony bill , a pilot and aviation enthusiast . the screenplay about men in aerial combat was written by phil sears , blake t. evans and david s. ward with the story by blake t. evans . themes of friendship , racial prejudice , revenge and love are also explored in the film . the film follows the enlistment , training , and combat experiences of a group of young americans who volunteer to become fighter pilots in the lafayette escadrille , the 124th air squadron formed by the french in 1916 . the squadron consisted of five french officers and 38 american volunteers who wanted to fly and fight in world war i before the united states ' entry into the war in 1917 . the film ends with an epilogue that relates the fate of each american pilot to the real-life lafayette escadrille pilot upon whom his character was based . 
flyboys is a 2006 war drama film set during world war i, starring james franco, martin henderson, jean reno, jennifer decker, david ellison, abdul salis, philip winchester, and tyler labine. it was directed by tony bill, a pilot and aviation enthusiast. the screenplay about men in aerial combat was written by phil sears, blake t. evans and david s. ward with the story by blake t. evans. themes of friendship, racial prejudice, revenge and love are also explored in the film. the film follows the enlistment, training, and combat experiences of a group of young americans who volunteer to become fighter pilots in the lafayette escadrille, the 124th air squadron formed by the french in 1916. the squadron consisted of five french officers and 38 american volunteers who wanted to fly and fight in world war i before the united states' entry into the war in 1917. the film ends with an epilogue that relates the fate of each american pilot to the real-life lafayette escadrille pilot upon whom his character was based.
flyboys is a 2006 war drama film set during world war i, starring james franco, martin henderson, jean reno, jennifer decker, david ellison, abdul salis, philip winchester, and tyler labine. it was directed by tony bill, a pilot and aviation enthusiast. the screenplay about men in aerial combat was written by phil sears, blake t. evans and david s. ward with the story by blake t. evans. themes of friendship, racial prejudice, revenge and love are also explored in the film. the film follows the enlistment, training, and combat experiences of a group of young americans who volunteer to become fighter pilots in the lafayette escadrille, the 124th air squadron formed by the french in 1916. the squadron consisted of five french officers and 38 american volunteers who wanted to fly and fight in world war i before the united states' entry into the war in 1917. the film ends with an epilogue that relates the fate of each american pilot to the real-life lafayette escadrille pilot upon whom his character was based.