Junior Pilot (2005) (V)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Director:

James Becket

Writer:

James Becket (writer)

Genre:

Family

Tagline:

A high flying adventure!

Plot Keywords:

Air Marshal | Die Hard Scenario | Father Son Relationship | Title Spoken By Character

Cast

Veronica Alicino	...	911 Operator
Tom Ayers	...	Air Traffic Controller
Allen Barton	...	State Department Official
Jordi Caballero	...	Doctor Hector
Adam Cagley	...	Bruno
Art Cohan	...	Mr. Dorchester
Julie Condra	...	Marge
Makoa Dacascos	...	Child
Mark Dacascos	...	Kato
John D'Aquino	...	Senator Claghorn
Yvonne Delarosa	...	Maria
Marianna Elliott	...	Tower Controller 2 (as Marianna Elliot)
Jordan Garrett	...	Ricky
Kristin Herold	...	Midge
Tully Hunt	...	Little Monster
Steve Hytner	...	Stickler
Dot Jones	...	Amazon Lady
Melissa MacFarlan	...	Mom (as Melissa McFarlane)
Larry Miller	...	Walter
Troy Mittleider	...	F-16 Pilot
Rosemary Morgan	...	Ann Dorchester
Jeffrey Pierce	...	Captain Pierce
Kirstin Pierce	...	Tower Controller
David Rasche	...	General Perkins
Eric Roberts	...	Coach Davis
Eliza Roberts	...	Sissy
Tim Thomerson	...	Captain Noonan
Allen Williams	...	Captain Exupery
Julia Nickson-Soul	...	Hanna Reitsch
Skyler Samuels	...	Mary Jo
James Seale	...	FBI Agent
Robert Shalhoub	...	Journalist
Jeffrey Tedmori	...	Shashi
Jennifer Tedmori	...	Jr. Flight Attendant
Jude Tedmori	...	Jr. Flight Attendant
Stephen Tubbs	...	TV Anchorman (as Steffan Tubbs)
Angela Watson	...	Milly
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lloyd Garner III	...	Passenger / Cameraman (uncredited)
Dassler Jimenez	...	Airplane Passenger (uncredited)

Directed by
James Becket

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
James Becket		writer

Produced by
Michael Baumgarten	....	associate producer
Talaat Captan	....	producer
D'Arcy Conrique	....	producer
Wally Parks	....	line producer
Noha Wassif	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Peter Tomashek

Cinematography by
Denis Maloney

Film Editing by
Langdon Page

Casting by
Cathy Henderson
Dori Zuckerman

Production Design by
Narbeh Nazarian

Art Direction by
Ruston Head

Costume Design by
Stacy Stagnaro

Production Management
Michael Baumgarten	....	post-production supervisor
Christopher Kulikowski	....	post-production supervisor (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Yuri Elvin	....	second second assistant director
Arturo Guzman	....	second second assistant director
Pavlina Hatoupis	....	second assistant director
Edward McGurn	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Mike Manasewitsch	....	set dresser
Iva Sasheva	....	storyboard artist
Jason Whetzell	....	property master

Sound Department
Gregg Barbanell	....	foley artist
Teddy Champion	....	boom operator
Zsolt Magyar	....	sound mixer
Todd Morrissey	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jason Piatt	....	foley mixer
David Pigg	....	sound editor
Rick Polanco	....	assistant sound editor
Dominika Shiell	....	sound editor
Carl D. Ware	....	sound re-recording mixer

Visual Effects by
Derek Bird	....	digital compositor
Elliot Worman	....	visual effects
Geoffrey Mark	....	digital compositor (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Peter Albert	....	digital video assist operator
Richard Brush	....	grip
Jerry Gregoricka	....	electrician
Will Maloney	....	film loader
Ely Mennin	....	best boy electric
Roberto Schein	....	gaffer
James A. Seale	....	key grip

Casting Department
Dana Olson	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Reagan Jayne Lowery	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Mario Barrera	....	colorist
Kurt Tuffendsam	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Brian Benison	....	orchestrator
Elliott Goldkind	....	music editor
Russ Howard III	....	music scoring engineer

Transportation Department
Jeremy Dienstl	....	driver

Other crew
Manny Adams	....	production assistant
Nouhad Captan	....	production assistant
Justine Cogan	....	assistant coordinator
Belinda Ellis	....	production accountant
Joya Granbery-Hoyt	....	script supervisor
David B. Lyons	....	key set production assistant
Adam W. Marsh	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Cool Productions

Distributors

• EuroVideo (2009) (Germany) (DVD)
• Flashstar Home Vídeo (2005) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Flashstar Home Vídeo (2005) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Green Communications (worldwide)
• MTI Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Air Hollywood  aviation sets and interiors
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  stabilized remote camera systems
• On-Set Digital  video assist equipment

Also Known As:

Final Approach (USA) (new title)

Runtime:

Brazil:92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Filming Locations:

San Fernando, California, USA

Company:

Cool Productions

Trivia:

Originally released as Junior Pilot in 2004. (Filmed December 2003.)

Goofs:

Continuity: During the final approach, they state that the right engine has flamed out. However, when the footage of the plane landing is shown, you can plainly see jet exhaust coming from the rear of BOTH engines.

Movie Connections:

References Final Destination (2000)

Soundtrack:

WANNA FLY

Sometimes VIOLENCE isn't the only cruelty...

…perpetrated on children. More often than not it's simply a series of gross misrepresentations of reality. Packaged in a 'nifty' kids' format (as so many others in the genre) this film does just that. From the head-phone-less 777 pilot who reads a 'newspaper' in the cockpit (folded, read from the hand with less than serious attention, an en-route flight chart is hardly a suspect here; and taking off his glasses in the direst emergency during the film doesn't help) to the ridiculous time-segment distortions, children are given the impressions that not only does everything happen in slow motion in the world, but that 1) professionalism, 2) today's technology, and, 3) emotional stability – among countless other real-world scenarios requiring mature judgment - can be plucked out of the air and bent for their own use simply because they think it so (Hollywood: guilty as charged).

Parents, try this at home: give your offspring a good dose of REALITY during the viewing of this flick (put the recorder on 'pause' at the appropriate moment and MAKE IT SO). It may consume some precognitive time --- on your part. There's nothing wrong with fantasy, just make sure your kids know the difference. And, FYI, it's one of the main reasons English-speaking children fall so far behind many nations of the world in high-school and college aptitude. We're not only losing our engineers, teachers, artists – and yes, dreamers – for the same reasons, we're losing parentage.

FANTASY: 10 --- REALITY: 1, for an HGN rating – Hollywood Gross Negligence. PS/yes, I've raised children (5) – they're all out of college, doing well and having payed their own way; they know 'the difference' and I didn't pay a dime, just a lot of attention