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Director:
Don McBrearty
Writer:
Keith Ross Leckie (writer)
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Release Date:
12 January 1997 (Canada) more
Genre:
Drama | History more
Tagline:
The right stuff. The wrong time.
Plot:
The true story of how Canada built and destroyed the world's most advanced fighter plane back in the 1950s. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
9 wins & 7 nominations more
User Comments:
An interesting (not perfect) story more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Dan Aykroyd ... Crawford Gordon
Sara Botsford ... Kate O'Hara
Ron White ... Jack Woodman

Aidan Devine ... Jim Chamberlin
Nigel Bennett ... James (Jim) Floyd

Jonathan Whittaker ... Fred Smye
Ian D. Clark ... Edward Critchley

David Brown ... Joe Paloffski (as Dave Brown)
Catherine Fitch ... Ruby Paloffski
Robin Gammell ... C.D. Howe
Robert Haley ... John George Diefenbaker
Michael Moriarty ... President Dwight D. Eisenhower

Michael Ironside ... CIA Director

Christopher Plummer ... George Hees
Mauralea Austin ... June Callwood
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Projet arrow (Canada: French title)
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Runtime:
180 min
Country:
Canada
Language:
French | English
Filming Locations:
Gimli, Manitoba, Canada more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
To make the Avro Arrow fly they filmed radio controlled models of the Arrow from a helicopter. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: In the movie the engines were silent when the sound barrier was broken. When one breaks the sound barrier, the engines do not all of a sudden become quiet. The sound can be heard through the aircraft itself. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "The Greatest Canadian" (2004) more

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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
An interesting (not perfect) story, 6 July 2003
Author: Dreamer1

Having seen the mini-series when it initially aired and seen again since, I think that what "The Arrow" tries to do (and accomplishes pretty well, I'd say) is to do what few Canadian films do: that is, it tries to introduce a little bit of mythology into a Canadian story. Certainly, as far as Canadian events go, the story of the Arrow is one that still resonates in the Canadian psyche as an opportunity thrown away by the politicians of the day. Having the Arrow fly off to parts unknown at the end plays into that wish to be able to correct the mistakes of the past.

That said, it was an enjoyable mini-series and didn't play any faster or more loosely with the facts than most of what passes for "historical" narrative. The casting was well-done and it did a good job showing the social impact of the Arrow project

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