In the year on 1916 England and France are allied against the powerful Germany Army in French soil, this is the story of the Royal Flying Corps on 76 Squadron receiving rookie pilots to their wooden airplanes coated by textile in those so dangerous missions in the front lines, Malcolm McDowell plays the Major Gresham a sort of Ace of the sky leading a small group of pilots in a very peculiar story of the newcomer pilot Ltd. Croft (Peter Firth) and others like the coward Ltd. Crawford (Simon Ward), the "Uncle" Sinclair (Christopher Plummer) and the Thompson (David Wood) mostly.
Each character is painstakingly dissected and given to the audience concerning their fears, behavior and thoughts in face the possible death on the air, due it haven't any device of security as parachute, who is the next that won't return above the trenches under heavy bombing, also focuses in their scarce happy times at Squadron's bar with Uncle playing piano or nearby night clubs with several girls available, where Croft has his first one-night-stand, worst when the faltering Ltd Crawford is willing defect is dissuaded by Maj. Gresham.
Fine Flyboys battles in the air, looping and so on, fabulous crashes on landing or even in the sky, palatable FX considering pre GGI process, Jack Gold made a good job re-telling this famous piece history on WWI.
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Resume:
First watch: 1983 / How many: 3 / Source: TV-DVD / Rating: 7.
Each character is painstakingly dissected and given to the audience concerning their fears, behavior and thoughts in face the possible death on the air, due it haven't any device of security as parachute, who is the next that won't return above the trenches under heavy bombing, also focuses in their scarce happy times at Squadron's bar with Uncle playing piano or nearby night clubs with several girls available, where Croft has his first one-night-stand, worst when the faltering Ltd Crawford is willing defect is dissuaded by Maj. Gresham.
Fine Flyboys battles in the air, looping and so on, fabulous crashes on landing or even in the sky, palatable FX considering pre GGI process, Jack Gold made a good job re-telling this famous piece history on WWI.
Thanks for reading
Resume:
First watch: 1983 / How many: 3 / Source: TV-DVD / Rating: 7.