Aviation movie night!

[spacegrrrl]

I want to make this a running thread. Once a week I am going to offer up a movie to watch. When the week is over we discuss!

Short notice but this weekend lets talk about

Always

I needed a favorite movie to watch for my birthday so I'm watching it now.

I'm adding a new thread to talk about this movie. This thread will be about what movies we pick for the next week.

So this week - Always

Next week I propose The Great Waldo Pepper, if someone has a better choice for the next movie post it here. :-)

Spacegrrrl

[hattend]

Re: Aviation movie night!

Strategic Air Command (although hard to find in DVD)

Birds of Prey (crappy movie but the best helicopter scenes EVER!)

The original Flight of the Phoenix with Jimmy Stewart

Top Gun (fast forward through the love story)

Final Countdown (Splash the zero...repeat...splash the zero)

[spacegrrrl]

Re: Aviation movie night!

I had to buy strategic air command on VHS. :-(

Flight of the Phoenix is a great choice, it was also remade I think! So I am going to basically take responses here as votes and in the next couple of weeks I'll post a schedule through the winter.

Here is a not complete list of movies under consideration.

The Great Waldo Pepper
Those Magnificent Men and Their Flying Machines
Top Gun
Air America
Bat 21
Hot Shots
Airplane
Blue Max
Battle of Britain
High Road To China
Jet Pilot
Strategic Air Command
The Aviator (Christopher Reeves)
The Aviator (Howard Hughes bio)
Flyboys
Six Days, Seven Nights
Torra Torra Torra
Pearl Harbor
Flying Leathernecks
The Dam Busters
633 Squadron
Spirit of St. Louis
Flight of the Intruder
Cloud Dancer
Iron Eagle
Fire Birds
12 O'clock High
Memphis Bell

adding

Birds of Prey
Thunder Over Reno
Test Pilot
Bridges of Toko Ri
Thirty-Seconds Over Tokio
No Highay in the Sky
Catch 22
Dr. Strangelove
Failsafe
Skycaptain and the World of Tomorrow
Rocketeer
The Skydivers
The Starfighters
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies

So everyone please let's pick a great list to talk about for the next couple of months!

Spacegrrrl

[AAFO_WSagar]

Re: Aviation movie night!

Michelle... should I "merge" this thread with the other to avoid confusion???

I do like the idea of a "movie night" not sure if I'm into or able to be into any "regimented" watch it tonight gig... (I'm so friggin "independent", wuz on my own, pretty much since 11 years old, if you tell me I have to drink water to survive, I'll die of dehydration!)

But I do like the idea of discussing movies!

[wolfee]

Re: Aviation movie night!

Jet pilot is def on my list spacegirl. Only because my grandfather did all of the flying seances for John Wayne. I have it on DVD, and original cast photos taken at Edwards infront of an F-86.

The movie isn't too bad either.

[AAFO_WSagar]

Re: Aviation movie night!

Jet pilot is def on my list spacegirl. Only because my grandfather did all of the flying seances for John Wayne. I have it on DVD, and original cast photos taken at Edwards infront of an F-86.

The movie isn't too bad either.

Wolfee... I smell a great public interest story here..

Wanna chat?

[sandramore]

Re: Aviation movie night!

(I'm so friggin "independent", wuz on my own, pretty much since 11 years old, if you tell me I have to drink water to survive, I'll die of dehydration!)

Man after my own heart. lol

[darrellmims]

Re: Aviation movie night!

"Fandango" while not a aviation movie has a short story in it when the group gets one guy to sky dive . The Hippie instructor and rickity Cessna is very funny !

[JLKnolla]

Re: Aviation movie night!

The Rocketeer - the retro look and Saturday Filmie feel were really great - plus I think there is a GB or Hughes-esque racer in it towards the end.

[N22252]

Re: Aviation movie night!

Don't forget to include Thunder Over Reno!!!

Cool Crop Duster Scene
(fast-forward through some crap)
Cool Super Corsair Scenes
(fast-forward through some crap)
Cool Mustang Scenes
(fast-forward through some crap)
Drink a toast to Jimmy Leeward
(fast forward through some crap)
Drink a toast to Gerry Beck
(fast-forward through some crap)
Cool Racing Scenes
(fast-forward through some crap)
Drink a toast to the "lucky pliers" saving the day
(fast-forward through some crap)
Watch the credits for the Real Stars

[degroodtt]

Re: Aviation movie night!

I couldn't get thru the movie ALWAYS. If you like the movie you have to find a copy of "A Guy Named Joe". Exact same movie only with Spencer Tracy and P-38's

http://www.videodetective.com/movies/trailers/a-guy-named-joe-trailer/326

My Favorite movie is Test Pilot with Clark Gable

[tim]

Re: Aviation movie night!

I had to buy strategic air command on VHS. :-(

Here is a not complete list of movies under consideration.

Spacegrrrl

Bridges of Toko Ri
and
Dr. Strangelove, mostly cause Slim Pickens deserved the Oscar for the best bomber pilot ever.

[Ramjets]

Re: Aviation movie night!

And, while we're still on Spencer Tracy, "Thirty-Seconds Over Tokio"!!!

[spacegrrrl]

Re: Aviation movie night!

"Fandango" while not a aviation movie has a short story in it when the group gets one guy to sky dive . The Hippie instructor and rickity Cessna is very funny !

I definitely considered Fandango, it has some fun flying scenes and it is one of my favorite moveis of all time! I also sort of considered Wind because of the semi-aviation aspects of it.

Maybe at some point we should compile the "best flying scenes in movies not about flying" list!

Spacegrrrrl

[spacegrrrl]

Re: Aviation movie night!

I couldn't get thru the movie ALWAYS. If you like the movie you have to find a copy of "A Guy Named Joe". Exact same movie only with Spencer Tracy and P-38's

http://www.videodetective.com/movies/trailers/a-guy-named-joe-trailer/326

My Favorite movie is Test Pilot with Clark Gable

I have "A Guy Named Joe" but I liked Always much better.

I need to chase down a copy of Test Pilot, I wish some of these movies were on DVD since I expect I'll have to find it on VHS.

Spacegrrrl