Several misfits decide to restore a PBY flying boat and fly to a place where they can enjoy total freedom but a few obstacles hamper their plans.Several misfits decide to restore a PBY flying boat and fly to a place where they can enjoy total freedom but a few obstacles hamper their plans.Several misfits decide to restore a PBY flying boat and fly to a place where they can enjoy total freedom but a few obstacles hamper their plans.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 nomination total
Mel Stewart
- Black Man in Jail
- (as Melvin Stewart)
Beans Morocco
- Rocky
- (as Dan Barrows)
Lynette Bernay
- Bar Waitress
- (as Lynn Bernay)
Ed Greenberg
- Rookie Cop
- (as Edward Greenberg)
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- Writer
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- TriviaThe movie was actually filmed in 1971 shortly after Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland had co-starred in the very different picture Klute (1971). The production required re-shoots and had a few delays and was not released anywhere until 1973. Fonda and Sutherland, who briefly had a real-life personal relationship around that time, were also both involved in "The FTA Show", a wartime entertainment gig which toured towns in the USA which had military bases nearby. The show was a satirical event protesting the Vietnam War. Several other people connected with 'Steelyard Blues' were also involved and this notably included actor Peter Boyle. The three also had just appeared in a feature film version of the show [See: FTA (1972)].
- GoofsDuring the scene at the airfield when Eagle is dressed as a soldier and is shooting arrows, he is heard saying "Up yours, Kraut!" but his lip movements clearly don't match the "up yours" part.
- Quotes
Jesse Veldini: I'm not a criminal, Iris. I'm an outlaw.
Iris Caine: What's the difference?
Jesse Veldini: I don't know.
- Crazy creditsThe Committee is in the opening cast list
- Alternate versionsWhen originally broadcast on NBC in 1979, the film was retitled "The Final Crash".
- ConnectionsReferenced in A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
- SoundtracksBeing Different Never Been a Crime
Written by Nick Gravenites and Mike Bloomfield (as Michael Bloomfield)
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I spent the entire Summer during the making of the film on the set/location of the film, and I would say that being thirteen years of age at the time, it was a heck of ride!!! I learned about racial tension on the streets of Oakland. The local African American population wasn't always crazy about the film crew's presence...lots of discernible anger and tension.I learned about how you try to shoot on location at a real demolition derby with a real live audience. It was organized chaos, and fights were breaking out in the stands and on the track....Peter Boyle was always making everybody crack up with his Marlon Brando imitations.....there was a lot of focus and preoccupation on getting scenes done correctly with pyrotechnics and explosions....hours of debate and preparations...
It was the end of the sixties, and the Vietnam War was going on endlessly with no end in sight....Jane Fonda was blackballed by Hollywood and Steelyard Blues was at least a paycheck.
A piece of Hollywood history during a very uncertain time....
It was the end of the sixties, and the Vietnam War was going on endlessly with no end in sight....Jane Fonda was blackballed by Hollywood and Steelyard Blues was at least a paycheck.
A piece of Hollywood history during a very uncertain time....
- tadenmexico
- Jun 8, 2007
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- Gross US & Canada
- $20,000
- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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