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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: FRANCO,JAMES
EAN: 0027616062123
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 30, 2007
Running Time: 139 minutes
Sales Rank: 4990
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: September 22, 2006
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Inspired by true events, tells the story of the Lafayette Escadrille, a group of American men who volunteered to fight for the French before the U.S. entered World War I and became the country's first fighter pilots.
Genre: Feature Film-Action/Adventure
Rating: PG13
Release Date: 18-SEP-2007
Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com:
World War I aviation action gets an impressive digital upgrade in Flyboys, a welcome addition to the 'dogfight' sub-genre that includes such previous war-in-the-air films like Hell's Angels, Wings, and The Blue Max. While those earlier films had the advantage of real and genuinely dangerous flight scenes (resulting, in some cases, in fatal accidents during production), Flyboys takes full (and safe) advantage of the digital revolution, with intensely photo-realistic recreations of WWI aircraft, authentic period structures, and CGI environments requiring a total of 850 digital effects shots, resulting in an abundance of amazing images, many of them virtually indistinguishable from reality. Unfortunately, the film's technical achievement is more impressive than its screenplay, which conventionally and predictably tells the fact-based story, set in France in 1916, of the daring young pilots of the Lafayette Escadrille, a pioneering French air-combat unit that welcomed American enlistees prior to the United States' entry into the war.
There's a familiar cliché to match every thrilling scene of aerial combat, but director Tony Bill manages to keep it all interesting, from the romance between a young American maverick (James Franco) and a pretty French girl (newcomer Jennifer Decker) to the exciting action in the air, which includes a stock variety of heroes (many of them composites of real-life WWI pilots) and an intimidating villain known only as 'The Black Falcon,' whose Fokker Dr-1 triplane (one of many in the film) recalls the exploits of German 'ace of aces' Manfred von Richtofen, the dreaded 'Red Baron' of legend. With impeccable production values that will impress even the most nit-picking aviation buffs, Flyboys (like Superman Returns and Apocalypto, also released in 2006) was also one of the first feature films to be shot with Panavision's state-of-the-art Genesis digital cameras, resulting in beautiful images that meet or exceed the visual nuance of film. Flyboys also benefits from painstaking attention to physical detail, making it easier to forgive its shortcomings as a generic and formulaic slice of romanticized history. So while some viewers may have wished for a more realistic and grown-up depiction of the Lafayette Escadrille, it's safe to say that Flyboys will be thrilling its target audience for many years to come. --Jeff Shannon
Extras from Flyboys 
Director Tony Bill on Filming Dogfight Sequences | 
...On throwing away the script for pilot training | 
...On the real-life stunt pilot who stars in the film |
Beyond Flyboys 
More 'War in the Sky' Films | 
SPA124 Lafayette Escadrille: American Volunteer Airmen in World War 1 |
More 'Military and War' Films |
Stills from Flyboys
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Solid movie
Yes, it's cliched. Yes, it's predictable. And yes, there are some liberties taken with realism. But hey, it's a good movie. Solid fare: good heroes, bad villains, lots of dogfighting (and the dogfighting is really good, albeit unrealistically fast for the planes of the time), some romance, and no idiotic Hollywood attempts at artsiness for its own sake.
Acting is pretty decent, especially from the girl and the French captain. The movie is even clean (i.e. no sex scenes!).
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Rating:  - No Other Movie Like It
This is a one of a kind movie. War, flight, history, a bit of very tasteful romance (trust me, I hate romance stories in movies where the main plot is action and adventure), realistic, and fun to watch with anyone. My dad and I loved this movie, definitely an all time favorite for me.
Rating:  - "Inspired by History." Visuals: 5 stars. History: 2 stars.
"Flyboys" has great visuals, but the history is sorely lacking, and the story is really a bit trite (right down to "boy meets girl," and so on). That's too bad, because the real story of the Lafayette Escadrille had more than enough excitement, which is even recognized by one of the movie's writers -- "we didn't have to make these guys Hollywood." The question remains why the writers did just that.
I recommend "Flyboys," but only in the Collector's 2 disc edition - -and watch disc 2, ... Read More
Rating:  - Have any of you who said this was good seen Blue Max?
Obviously by all the 5 star reviews who think the dogfight seens are great have never seen the Blue Max. This is what WWI airplanes flew like, not the cartoon in Flyboys. The only disapointment in the Blue Max is George Peppard is not german. Don't buy flyboys, watch it on cable.
Rating: - Flying solo.
Flyboys starring James Franco kept my attention, great special effects and moving story from beginning to end. Martin Henderson also stars. This film is set against the turblent time of World War I. Parts of this film are a bit dragged out and I wish this movie was cut down to two hours but Flyboys will impress you frame by frame, enjoy!
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