"Above and Beyond" (2006) TV mini-series

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Sturla Gunnarsson

Writers:

John W. Doyle (writer)
Lisa Porter (writer)

Release Date:

29 October 2006 (Canada)

Genre:

Drama | War

Plot:

True Story about the Atlantic Ferry Operation during World War II.

Plot Keywords:

Ferry | TV Mini-Series | Newfoundland | WWII

Awards:

4 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

Liane Balaban	...	Shelagh Emberly
Jonathan Scarfe	...	Bill Jacobson
Allan Hawco	...	Nathan Burgess
Peter MacNeill	...	Gen. Anderson
Robert Wisden	...	Pritchard
Joss Ackland	...	Winston Churchill
Jason Priestley	...	Sir Frederick Banting
Kenneth Welsh	...	Lord Beaverbrook
Richard E. Grant	...	Don Bennett
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
R.J. Adams	...	Sarg
Mark Caven	...	Group Captain Martin
Robert Chafe	...	Tailor
Steve Cochrane	...	Harrison
Mika Collins	...	Vanessa
Mark Critch	...	Pittman
Sean Wayne Doyle	...	Rider
Darryl Flatman	...	Jeffers
Brad Hodder	...	Worchuk
Mike Kiss	...	Dales
Sonia Laplante	...	Liz
Robert Latimer	...	Crowley
Leah Lewis	...	Rosie Burgess
Mary Lewis	...	Sheila
Natalie Lisinska	...	Miss Bogston
James Mainprize	...	First Lord
Roger Maunder	...	Cowboy
Peter Messaline	...	Sinclair
Jonathan Montes	...	Jazz Waiter
Tony Munch	...	Joe Mackey
Michael C. Newsome	...	BBC Radio Announcer
Mark O'Brien	...	Drake
Allissa Ourakova	...	Dancer
Anthony Paton	...	Minister
Tom Smart	...	Radioman
Pete Soucy	...	Sadler
Austin Strugnell	...	Duffy

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M | Netherlands:12 | Australia:PG (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Gander, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Company:

Pope Productions

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Newfoundland Airport manager is working on a piece of equipment which has three transistors visible. Transistors were not invented until 1947.

Pretty bad

That this was definitely not a great production. Although I admit that the story was entertaining and the acting wasn't bad. The computer generated imaging was terrible, and in almost in every scene I could see historical inaccuracies. All in all, a very amateurish production. Here are some factual inaccuracies I found.

- The DC-3 shown was equipped with the wrong engines (modern turboprops), and of course sounded nothing like a DC-3.

- One scene shows a de Havilland Chipmunk trainer in a hangar. There were no Chipmunks in service in 1940; the first one flew in 1946.

- The RCAF ensign with maple leaf roundel was not in use in 1940. Use of the RCAF ensign with the leaf in the roundel wasn't used until 1941. If you saw a flag in 1940 it would have been the RAF ensign.

- The USAAF landed in Gander in a Lancaster bomber. The USAAF did not use Lancasters, and certainly couldn't have been using them in 1940 since they were not yet in active operational service.

- A modern dial tone could be heard during overseas telephone calls between Bennett and Lord Beaverbrook.