Flyboys (Widescreen Edition) DVD
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 0027616062123
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 25
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Languages: EnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitledEnglishOriginal LanguageDTS 5.1FrenchOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
MPN: 027616062123
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 30, 2007
Running Time: 140 minutes
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: September 22, 2006
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Inspired by true events, tells the story of the Lafayette Escadrille, a group of American men who volunteered to fight for the French before the U.S.
Amazon.com:
World War I aviation action gets an impressive digital upgrade in Flyboys, a welcome addition to the "dogfight" sub-genre that includes such previous war-in-the-air films like Hell's Angels, Wings, and The Blue Max. While those earlier films had the advantage of real and genuinely dangerous flight scenes (resulting, in some cases, in fatal accidents during production), Flyboys takes full (and safe) advantage of the digital revolution, with intensely photo-realistic recreations of WWI aircraft, authentic period structures, and CGI environments requiring a total of 850 digital effects shots, resulting in an abundance of amazing images, many of them virtually indistinguishable from reality. Unfortunately, the film's technical achievement is more impressive than its screenplay, which conventionally and predictably tells the fact-based story, set in France in 1916, of the daring young pilots of the Lafayette Escadrille, a pioneering French air-combat unit that welcomed American enlistees prior to the United States' entry into the war.
There's a familiar cliché to match every thrilling scene of aerial combat, but director Tony Bill manages to keep it all interesting, from the romance between a young American maverick (James Franco) and a pretty French girl (newcomer Jennifer Decker) to the exciting action in the air, which includes a stock variety of heroes (many of them composites of real-life WWI pilots) and an intimidating villain known only as "The Black Falcon," whose Fokker Dr-1 triplane (one of many in the film) recalls the exploits of German "ace of aces" Manfred von Richtofen, the dreaded "Red Baron" of legend. With impeccable production values that will impress even the most nit-picking aviation buffs, Flyboys (like Superman Returns and Apocalypto, also released in 2006) was also one of the first feature films to be shot with Panavision's state-of-the-art Genesis digital cameras, resulting in beautiful images that meet or exceed the visual nuance of film. Flyboys also benefits from painstaking attention to physical detail, making it easier to forgive its shortcomings as a generic and formulaic slice of romanticized history. So while some viewers may have wished for a more realistic and grown-up depiction of the Lafayette Escadrille, it's safe to say that Flyboys will be thrilling its target audience for many years to come. --Jeff Shannon
Extras from Flyboys 
Director Tony Bill on Filming Dogfight Sequences | 
...On throwing away the script for pilot training | 
...On the real-life stunt pilot who stars in the film |
Beyond Flyboys 
More "War in the Sky" Films | 
SPA124 Lafayette Escadrille: American Volunteer Airmen in World War 1 |
More "Military and War" Films |
Stills from Flyboys
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This is a movie that does a great job of using CGI to create some awesome scenes. Despite the formula plot and silly side-show drama, the flying scenes make this movie worth watching over and over.
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This movie is a very enjoyable movie. With a lot of clever flight action and tactics. For present day standards, it is actually fairly clean. So it can be suitable for family viewing, provided the kids are a little older. The plot centers around a group of American mercenary pilots in France during World War I, prior to the U.S.' entry into the war. They all come from different backgrounds and they all have different hopes and dreams. And before the movies ends you'll find yourself really liking ... Read More
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...this was just one cliche after another. Look, I'll be honest, I'm never good at spotting the obvious. I can never guess who gets it in horror movies, I've never won at Clue/Cluedo and I never find out who the bad guy is in spy movies until the very end. All that being said, I knew after the first 30 minutes who was toast, who would be redeemed and the fates of every.single.character. This is more than an issue of historical accuracy - rather, the were portrayed in such a way, that we knew there was ... Read More
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this is a sweet movie. There is one inappropriate scene for preteens ( a house of ill-repute), but the story is great.Action for the guys and a love story for the gals.
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I think people rag on this movie a little too much. If it's not as good as the reigning classic of World War One dogfight films, 1966's The Blue Max, then at least it was a notch above most of what sat beside it in the multiplex in the fortnight it was out. (How many reviewers, seeking originality, headlined their write-ups "Bombs Away"? More than a few.) Movies about the First World War are almost nonexistent today and I salute the courage it took to go out on a limb to tell a forgotten story.
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Inspired by true events, tells the story of the Lafayette Escadrille, a group of American men who volunteered to fight for the French before the U.S.
Amazon.com:
World War I aviation action gets an impressive digital upgrade in Flyboys, a welcome addition to the "dogfight" sub-genre that includes such previous war-in-the-air films like Hell's Angels, Wings, and The Blue Max. While those earlier films had the advantage of real and genuinely dangerous flight scenes (resulting, in some cases, in fatal accidents during production), Flyboys takes full (and safe) advantage of the digital revolution, with intensely photo-realistic recreations of WWI aircraft, authentic period structures, and CGI environments requiring a total of 850 digital effects shots, resulting in an abundance of amazing images, many of them virtually indistinguishable from reality. Unfortunately, the film's technical achievement is more impressive than its screenplay, which conventionally and predictably tells the fact-based story, set in France in 1916, of the daring young pilots of the Lafayette Escadrille, a pioneering French air-combat unit that welcomed American enlistees prior to the United States' entry into the war.
There's a familiar cliché to match every thrilling scene of aerial combat, but director Tony Bill manages to keep it all interesting, from the romance between a young American maverick (James Franco) and a pretty French girl (newcomer Jennifer Decker) to the exciting action in the air, which includes a stock variety of heroes (many of them composites of real-life WWI pilots) and an intimidating villain known only as "The Black Falcon," whose Fokker Dr-1 triplane (one of many in the film) recalls the exploits of German "ace of aces" Manfred von Richtofen, the dreaded "Red Baron" of legend. With impeccable production values that will impress even the most nit-picking aviation buffs, Flyboys (like Superman Returns and Apocalypto, also released in 2006) was also one of the first feature films to be shot with Panavision's state-of-the-art Genesis digital cameras, resulting in beautiful images that meet or exceed the visual nuance of film. Flyboys also benefits from painstaking attention to physical detail, making it easier to forgive its shortcomings as a generic and formulaic slice of romanticized history. So while some viewers may have wished for a more realistic and grown-up depiction of the Lafayette Escadrille, it's safe to say that Flyboys will be thrilling its target audience for many years to come. --Jeff Shannon
Extras from Flyboys
Director Tony Bill on Filming Dogfight Sequences |
...On throwing away the script for pilot training |
...On the real-life stunt pilot who stars in the film |
Beyond Flyboys
More "War in the Sky" Films |
SPA124 Lafayette Escadrille: American Volunteer Airmen in World War 1 |
More "Military and War" Films |
Stills from Flyboys
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