Tollkühne Flieger

Originaltitel: The Great Waldo Pepper

1975
12
1 Std. 47 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,7/10

6792

IHRE BEWERTUNG

After WW1, an ex-pilot takes up barn-storming and chance-meets a former German ace fighter pilot with whom he co-stars in Hollywood war movies depicting aerial dog-fights.

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Adventure Drama

Nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg fängt ein Ex-Pilot an, Wahlreden zu halten und trifft zufällig ein ehemaliges deutsches Kampfpilotenass, mit dem er als Filmpartner in Hollywood-Kriegsfilmen über L... Alles lesenNach dem Ersten Weltkrieg fängt ein Ex-Pilot an, Wahlreden zu halten und trifft zufällig ein ehemaliges deutsches Kampfpilotenass, mit dem er als Filmpartner in Hollywood-Kriegsfilmen über Luftkämpfe auftritt.Nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg fängt ein Ex-Pilot an, Wahlreden zu halten und trifft zufällig ein ehemaliges deutsches Kampfpilotenass, mit dem er als Filmpartner in Hollywood-Kriegsfilmen über Luftkämpfe auftritt.

Regie
- George Roy Hill
Drehbuch
- George Roy Hill
- William Goldman
Hauptbesetzung

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,7/10

6792

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Regie
- George Roy Hill
Drehbuch
- George Roy Hill
- William Goldman
Hauptbesetzung

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Wissenswertes
There are no studio takes in airplanes. All close-ups of actors being airborne were done for real, sometimes with George Roy Hill, a former Marine pilot himself, flying the airplane while directing. Scenes with Robert Redford and Bo Svenson climbing out on the wing were done without any security harness or parachutes.

Patzer
When Ezra and Waldo drive up to the farmhouse in Ezra's pick-up it is very obvious that the truck looks far too old for the 1920's time frame of the movie. In the late 1920's that truck would have been new or nearly new. Instead, it is obviously 40 or 50 years old (which is just about exactly the age it would have been when the movie was released in 1975).

Zitate
Dillhoefer: Now, here's what we do. We put her up on the wing...
Duke: And she'll fake being afraid...
Dillhoefer: Right.
Duke: And the wind will blow her clothes off!
Dillhoefer: Yes! Yes!
Waldo Pepper: Wait! Why would the wind blow her clothes off? When I'm wing-walking, the wind doesn't blow MY clothes off.
Dillhoefer: Fool! Nobody wants to come and see YOU with YOUR clothes off!

Verbindungen
Featured in Um Kopf und Kragen (1978)

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One of the Great movies of the seventies

This movie is made by some of the same players that made Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Writer, Director and Actor). Unfortunately, it doesn't have nearly the acclaim. Perhaps because the ultimate tone of the movie is darker, the movie still captures that fun that permeates Butch Cassidy.

In terms of the aerial stunts and flying sequences, not only does the hold up to the modern movies like 'Flyboys', it is in fact, much better. Visually just as complete, you also know these are the real deal.

The script is brilliant. At the end of this film, one is forced to wonder why this level of movie so rarely is ever seen today.

You can read the other reviews for plot points, and details. Suffice to say that if you are a fan of movies with planes, actions, love, tragedy cool war history lover, or Hollywood of the early thirties, you'll eat this movie up.

Now lets get a DVD of this that is worthy!