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When electronics engineer Mitch MacAfee spots a UFO as "big as a battleship," from his plane, the Air Force scrambles planes to investigate. However, nothing shows up on radar, and one of the jets is lost during the action. MacAfee is regarded as a dangerous crackpot until other incidents and disappearances convince the authorities that the threat is real. Some believe it is a French-Canadian folk legend come to life, but it turns out to be an extraterrestrial giant bird composed of anti-matter whose disregard for human life and architecture threatens the world. Written by
Gabe Taverney (duke1029@aol.com)
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Flying beast out of prehistoric skies!
Certificate:
Unrated
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Trivia
The producers originally planned to use a stop-motion model created by
Ray Harryhausen for the bird. However, due to budgetary limitations they were forced to use a marionette.
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Goofs
Light hand-drawn X's can be seen on the map before Mitch draws his own X's, indicating where he is supposed to make his marks.
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Quotes
Sally:
Oh, nothing so domestic as a flying saucer, officer. Just a flying Battleship.
Police Officer:
Well, have a good time with your flying Battleship.
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Connections
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The Sci-Fi Boys (2006)
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I'm really getting tired of people "dissing" this film by apparently taking the attitude that all films have to mimic "Citizen Kane" in order to be worthy of enjoying! Sure, the "science" in the film is decidedly unscientific, and the monster DOES look like Beaky Buzzard from a Warner Brothers' cartoon, but, so what? The film is enjoyable for what it IS: just a fun-to-watch, schlocky "sci-fi" film of the fifties--with acting that is NOT "amateurish" (as another reviewer noted)--with the additional benefit (to us guys, at least) of having one heck of a sexy-looking heroine (Mara Corday).
Lighten up, and ENJOY.