Chicago – A glance at the premise of Ben Sombogaart’s “Bride Flight” would lead one to believe that the entire film chronicled the 1953 long distance air race from London to Christchurch, New Zealand. Yet that backdrop merely serves as the launching pad for a plethora of melodramatic fireworks. Despite occasional moments of hokum, the film benefits greatly from its three splendid leads.
Instead of focusing on the race itself, Marieke van der Pol’s script centers on a trio of female immigrants from Holland who board the plane known as The Flying Dutchman (dubbed “Bride Flight”) to meet their fiancés as they make a new home in New Zealand. Yet a chance encounter with a handsome young ladykiller, Frank (Waldemar Torenstra), proves to have a lasting impact on their lives. What follows is a relatively standard romantic tearjerker much like “Bridges of Madison County” with a dash of post-wwii intrigue.
Instead of focusing on the race itself, Marieke van der Pol’s script centers on a trio of female immigrants from Holland who board the plane known as The Flying Dutchman (dubbed “Bride Flight”) to meet their fiancés as they make a new home in New Zealand. Yet a chance encounter with a handsome young ladykiller, Frank (Waldemar Torenstra), proves to have a lasting impact on their lives. What follows is a relatively standard romantic tearjerker much like “Bridges of Madison County” with a dash of post-wwii intrigue.
- 10/4/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Anna Drijver connects with Waldemar Torenstra in Bride Flight.
On Sept. 20, Music Box Films Home Entertainment will release the 2008 Dutch epic romantic drama Bride Flight on Blu-ray and DVD, for the suggested retail prices of $38.94 and $29.95, respectively.
The movie tells the tale of three Dutch beauties — Marjorie (Elise Schaap), Ada (Karina Smulders) and Esther (Anna Drijver) — who meet on an airplane in the aftermath of World War II as they’re emigrating to New Zealand to meet their husbands-to-be. During the flight, the three become fast friends before meeting Frank (Waldemar Torenstra), a dashing young man who also yearns to start a new and better life. It’s this chance meeting that will mark a changing point in their lives—a destiny-altering encounter that will be revealed to the women when they reunite 50 years later at Frank’s funeral.
The most expensive film ever made in the Netherlands, Bride Flight...
On Sept. 20, Music Box Films Home Entertainment will release the 2008 Dutch epic romantic drama Bride Flight on Blu-ray and DVD, for the suggested retail prices of $38.94 and $29.95, respectively.
The movie tells the tale of three Dutch beauties — Marjorie (Elise Schaap), Ada (Karina Smulders) and Esther (Anna Drijver) — who meet on an airplane in the aftermath of World War II as they’re emigrating to New Zealand to meet their husbands-to-be. During the flight, the three become fast friends before meeting Frank (Waldemar Torenstra), a dashing young man who also yearns to start a new and better life. It’s this chance meeting that will mark a changing point in their lives—a destiny-altering encounter that will be revealed to the women when they reunite 50 years later at Frank’s funeral.
The most expensive film ever made in the Netherlands, Bride Flight...
- 7/20/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
If this story had been filmed in the 1930′s during the ” golden age’ of Hollywood it might have been condescendingly referred to as a “woman’s picture”. Jack Warner might have cast Bette Davis, Oliva DeHaviland, and Miriam Hopkins as the three female leads. Perhaps that important lead male role would have gone to George Brent ( or later in the decade by Errol Flynn ). But this tale begins in the modern age and spends most of it’s time in the early 1950′s. And while MGM or Warners would’ve shot on the studio back lot and on nearby California ranches, this film showcases the scenic wonders on New Zealand. Also this film features several terrific young actors who recite the dialogue in their native language of Holland. And of course modern times allow a greater intimacy during scenes of passion. Instead of calling this a “woman’s picture” a...
- 6/25/2011
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Title: Bride Flight Director: Ben Sombogaart Starring: Karina Smulders, Elise Schaap, Anna Drijver, Waldemar Torenstra, Rutger Hauer Based on the novel by Marieke van der Pol, Dutch import ‘Bride Flight’ is emblematic of the particular sort of heritage cinema that is from the outside and at first glance stuffy and a bit boring but, if one gives it time and an open heart and mind, eventually blossoms due to the strength of its characterizations. Directed by Ben Sombogaart (‘Twin Sisters’) and based on true events, the film opens in the present day at a funeral and then flashes back to 1953, as a plane full of (mostly betrothed) women escape...
- 6/18/2011
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
See poster and images from Bride Flight, starring Waldemar Torenstra, Karina Smulders, Anna Drijver, Elise Schaap, Rutger Hauer and Pleuni Touw. Ben Sombogaart directs from the screenplay by Marieke van der Pol. The drama is produced by Anton Smit & Hanneke Niens and opened this weekend. Bride Flight is a lavish romantic drama that charts the lives of three women who escape the gloom of post-wwii Holland for what they hope will be a better life in New Zealand. Ada, the shy but sensual farm girl, Marjorie, who dreams of a big family, and Esther, a Holocaust survivor who aspires to be a fashion designer, become fast friends...
- 6/12/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
See poster and images from Bride Flight, starring Waldemar Torenstra, Karina Smulders, Anna Drijver, Elise Schaap, Rutger Hauer and Pleuni Touw. Ben Sombogaart directs from the screenplay by Marieke van der Pol. The drama is produced by Anton Smit & Hanneke Niens and opened this weekend. Bride Flight is a lavish romantic drama that charts the lives of three women who escape the gloom of post-wwii Holland for what they hope will be a better life in New Zealand. Ada, the shy but sensual farm girl, Marjorie, who dreams of a big family, and Esther, a Holocaust survivor who aspires to be a fashion designer, become fast friends...
- 6/12/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
See poster and images from Bride Flight, starring Waldemar Torenstra, Karina Smulders, Anna Drijver, Elise Schaap, Rutger Hauer and Pleuni Touw. Ben Sombogaart directs from the screenplay by Marieke van der Pol. The drama is produced by Anton Smit & Hanneke Niens and opened this weekend. Bride Flight is a lavish romantic drama that charts the lives of three women who escape the gloom of post-wwii Holland for what they hope will be a better life in New Zealand. Ada, the shy but sensual farm girl, Marjorie, who dreams of a big family, and Esther, a Holocaust survivor who aspires to be a fashion designer, become fast friends...
- 6/12/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Reviewed by Amy R. Handler
(June 2011)
Directed by: Ben Sombogaart
Written by: Marieke van der Pol
Featuring: Karina Smulders, Anna Drijver, Elise Schaap, Waldemar Torenstra, Pleuni Touw, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Petra Laseur, Rutger Hauer and Mykola Allen
“Bride Flight” is a haunting masterpiece that combines the power of “Doctor Zhivago” with the ambiguity of “The End of the Affair.” The result is a psychological joyride of epic proportions.
Based upon the best-selling novel of the same name, “Bride Flight” focuses on three young Dutch women — Ada (Karina Smulders), Marjorie (Elise Schaap) and Esther (Anna Drijver) — who marry by proxy and travel to New Zealand for their formal weddings. The year is 1953, and the women are part of a select group of emigrant passengers chosen to travel aboard Klm in the Last Great Air Race from London to Christchurch. En route, the three women happen to meet a particularly gallant young man seated nearby,...
(June 2011)
Directed by: Ben Sombogaart
Written by: Marieke van der Pol
Featuring: Karina Smulders, Anna Drijver, Elise Schaap, Waldemar Torenstra, Pleuni Touw, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Petra Laseur, Rutger Hauer and Mykola Allen
“Bride Flight” is a haunting masterpiece that combines the power of “Doctor Zhivago” with the ambiguity of “The End of the Affair.” The result is a psychological joyride of epic proportions.
Based upon the best-selling novel of the same name, “Bride Flight” focuses on three young Dutch women — Ada (Karina Smulders), Marjorie (Elise Schaap) and Esther (Anna Drijver) — who marry by proxy and travel to New Zealand for their formal weddings. The year is 1953, and the women are part of a select group of emigrant passengers chosen to travel aboard Klm in the Last Great Air Race from London to Christchurch. En route, the three women happen to meet a particularly gallant young man seated nearby,...
- 6/7/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Reviewed by Amy R. Handler
(June 2011)
Directed by: Ben Sombogaart
Written by: Marieke van der Pol
Featuring: Karina Smulders, Anna Drijver, Elise Schaap, Waldemar Torenstra, Pleuni Touw, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Petra Laseur, Rutger Hauer and Mykola Allen
“Bride Flight” is a haunting masterpiece that combines the power of “Doctor Zhivago” with the ambiguity of “The End of the Affair.” The result is a psychological joyride of epic proportions.
Based upon the best-selling novel of the same name, “Bride Flight” focuses on three young Dutch women — Ada (Karina Smulders), Marjorie (Elise Schaap) and Esther (Anna Drijver) — who marry by proxy and travel to New Zealand for their formal weddings. The year is 1953, and the women are part of a select group of emigrant passengers chosen to travel aboard Klm in the Last Great Air Race from London to Christchurch. En route, the three women happen to meet a particularly gallant young man seated nearby,...
(June 2011)
Directed by: Ben Sombogaart
Written by: Marieke van der Pol
Featuring: Karina Smulders, Anna Drijver, Elise Schaap, Waldemar Torenstra, Pleuni Touw, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Petra Laseur, Rutger Hauer and Mykola Allen
“Bride Flight” is a haunting masterpiece that combines the power of “Doctor Zhivago” with the ambiguity of “The End of the Affair.” The result is a psychological joyride of epic proportions.
Based upon the best-selling novel of the same name, “Bride Flight” focuses on three young Dutch women — Ada (Karina Smulders), Marjorie (Elise Schaap) and Esther (Anna Drijver) — who marry by proxy and travel to New Zealand for their formal weddings. The year is 1953, and the women are part of a select group of emigrant passengers chosen to travel aboard Klm in the Last Great Air Race from London to Christchurch. En route, the three women happen to meet a particularly gallant young man seated nearby,...
- 6/7/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
On behalf of Music Box Films, we have a glimpse at the poster and a couple stills from the new film Bride Flight, by Academy Award-nominated director Ben Sombogaart. Bride Flight stars Anna Drijver, Elise Schaap, Karina Smuldersm, Waldemar Torenstra and Rutger Hauer.
Bride Flight is scheduled to open in Los Angeles and New York on June 10, 2011 followed by a national release.
Spanning over five decades, Bride Flight is inspired by the true story of the 1953 “Last Great Air Race” London-Christchurch (Nz), and follows Esther (Anna Drijver), Ada (Karina Smulders) and Marjorie (Elise Schaap), three young women who, eager to escape post-wwii Holland, emigrate to New Zealand for what they hope will be a better life. On the plane trip overseas – dubbed the “Bride Flight” – the three become fast friends and meet Frank, a dashing young man (played by Waldemar Torenstra and Rutger Hauer - Blade Runner/Hobo with a...
Bride Flight is scheduled to open in Los Angeles and New York on June 10, 2011 followed by a national release.
Spanning over five decades, Bride Flight is inspired by the true story of the 1953 “Last Great Air Race” London-Christchurch (Nz), and follows Esther (Anna Drijver), Ada (Karina Smulders) and Marjorie (Elise Schaap), three young women who, eager to escape post-wwii Holland, emigrate to New Zealand for what they hope will be a better life. On the plane trip overseas – dubbed the “Bride Flight” – the three become fast friends and meet Frank, a dashing young man (played by Waldemar Torenstra and Rutger Hauer - Blade Runner/Hobo with a...
- 5/24/2011
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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