Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
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This extraordinary comic version of the historic 1910 London-to-Paris air race features the greatest aviators from around the world. They all come together when a stuffy, but very rich, newspaper publisher decides to sponsor an airplane race across the English Channel. Convinced it will give his newspaper worldwide publicity, the publisher offers 10,000 pounds to the winner. The escapades between the American, British, French, German, Italian and Japanese teams result in the most darling and hilarious in-flight acrobatic stunts ever caught on film. But the film's greatest triumph is the amazing re-creation of the vintage airplanes which did the actual flying.
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An air race from London to Paris provides the premise for this marvelous comedy, which features thrilling aerial photography and some stupefying stunt flying. It's set in 1910, when the (lovingly re-created) airplanes of the period were likelier to sputter and crash than they were to go in a straight line. The international contest requires an international cast, including Stuart Whitman as a cowboy American interested in the ladylove (Sarah Miles) of an English ace (James Fox). Alberto Sordi and Gert Frobe represent the Italian and German nations; Terry-Thomas plans frightful sabotage for race day. From the jaunty opening song and the great opening-credits drawings by Gerald Searle onward, the movie has a pleasingly breezy tone that sits well with the meticulous flying sequences. This is a delightful example of a certain kind of internationally flavored film of the period, somewhat similar to The Great Race, released the same year (1965). --Robert Horton

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Actor(s):
Stuart Whitman
Sarah Miles
James Fox
Alberto Sordi
Robert Morley

Creators:
Christopher Challis (Cinematographer)
Ken Annakin (Writer)
Anne V. Coates (Editor)
Gordon Stone (Editor)
Jack Davies (Producer)
Jack Davies (Writer)
Stan Margulies (Producer)

Director(s):

Recording label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
EAN: 0024543112044
Binding: DVD
Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD, NTSC,
Release date: 2004-03-16
Universal product code (UPC): 024543112044
Number of discs: 1
Aspect ratio: 2.20:1
Audience rating: G (General Audience)
Region code: 1
Running time: 138 minutes
Language: English (Unknown)
Language: English (Subtitled)
Language: Spanish (Subtitled)
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: French (Original Language)
Language: Spanish (Original Language)
Brand: Fox Home Entertainment

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