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22 September 2006 (USA) moreTagline:
Inspired by a true storyPlot:
The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
2 wins & 3 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(11 articles)
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A fun adventure that plays loose with history more (215 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | James Franco | ... | Blaine Rawlings |
 | Scott Hazell | ... | Cinema Usher |
| Mac McDonald | ... | Sheriff Detweiller |
 | Philip Winchester | ... | William Jensen |
 | Todd Boyce | ... | Mr. Jensen |
| Karen Ford | ... | Mrs. Jensen |
| Ruth Bradley | ... | Laura |
| Abdul Salis | ... | Eugene Skinner |
| Jean-Philippe Écoffey | ... | Skinner's trainer |
| Tim Pigott-Smith | ... | Mr. Lowry |
| Tyler Labine | ... | Briggs Lowry |
| Gail Downey | ... | Mrs. Lowry |
| David Ellison | ... | Eddie Beagle |
 | Jean Reno | ... | Capt. Thenault |
| Augustin Legrand | ... | L.T. Giroux |
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Rated PG-13 for war action violence and some sexual content.Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
140 minColor:
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2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
USA:PG-13 (certificate #42281) | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Singapore:PG | Malaysia:U | UK:12A | Portugal:M/12 | Ireland:12A | New Zealand:M | Germany:12 | Finland:K-13 | Argentina:Atp | South Korea:15 | Australia:M | Netherlands:12 | Peru:14Fun Stuff
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The character of Skinner is based on the Escadrille-pilot Eugene Bullard, an American who has gone to France and worked as a boxer there. He was also a son of a slave, just like Skinner. moreGoofs:
Continuity: Lucienne's chinstrap during her first plane ride. moreQuotes:
Blaine Rawlings: [wondering why Cassidy is offering a pistol] What's this for?Reed Cassidy: Plane catches fire you got three choices: You can burn with it all the way to the ground; You can jump several thousand feet; or you can take the quick and painless way out.
[Handing gun to Beagle]
Reed Cassidy: Good luck, gentlemen.
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When I first saw the previews and read the synopsis, I was expecting a horrible film like Pearl Harbor. Fighter pilots in love with a girl. Happily the love story is not sappy or sickening and actually helps create character development. And how the love story ends is a very nice non-Hollywood ending.
The Planes look magnificent, but could have been done better. The use of German Dr1's (the Fokker Triplanes) as the only German fighter is understandable as distinguishing friend from foe. However, making all of the Dr1's (except for the main villains ) solid red is extremely annoying. While it is up to some discussion if the Red Baron's Dr1 was all red or mostly red, it does not mean that all Dr1's were red, especially all red. The Dr1's came from the Fokker factory usually in an olive drab paint scheme with a light blue underside. The film makers could have added a red scheme to the planes but left a portion olive drab and blue underside, it still would have made the Germans distinctive without being clones of Manfred von Rictoffen.
The dogfights are fun to watch and are fairly exciting, however the planes fly highly unrealistically at times. Overall the CGI is excellent but at times it is noticeable as CGI. The planes that explode (Explosions are such a Hollywood staple :) ) are unrealistic. The planes are traveling 70 t0 100 miles per hour in reality, but the explosions react as if the plane is standing still, going up in a ball instead of being spread along the doomed plane's path.
Over all it was fun to watch and covers a historical period that has long been neglected in film.