Robert Redford, Bo Svenson, Susan Sarandon

A biplane pilot who had missed flying in WWI takes up barnstorming and later a movie career in his quest for the glory he had missed, eventually getting a chance to prove himself in a film depicting t...( read more  read more... )he dogfights in the Great War.

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1,774 ratings

PG, 108 min.

Directed by: George Roy Hill

Release Date: March 13, 1975

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DVD Release Date: June 15, 1998

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  • April 25, 2009
    No thanks - Not interested
  • May 21, 2008
    I have given the 3,5 plus 0,5 rating because i had liked the film when i fisrt watched almost in my childhood. Performance of Redford and the story itself was good enough to take my attention and extra rating.
  • January 5, 2008
    i thought this was a pretty good movie wouldnt say it was really my favourite type of movie and the whole plot and storyline of it could have been alot better but the peformances in the film were good some could have been better though
  • August 4, 2007
    One of my favorite Redford films. Following the story of a post-WWI barnstormer, this movie captures the psyche of the aviation pioneers.
  • May 28, 2007
    A movie I saw as a kid that stuck with me
  • May 22, 2007
    An absolute classic that never gets old.
  • January 26, 2007
    The title font thing reminds me of Chicken Run. ^__^
  • September 25, 2006
    Fun story and great camera shots from the airplanes

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