Clara Bow, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Richard Arlen

Set during WWI, this film revolves around two friends who fall in love with the same girl. When they are recruited to fight, both train to be pilots in the American Expeditionary Corp. They remain fri...( read more  read more... )ends to battle the Germans but their association to the girl threatens their own relationship. Awards: Won 2 Oscars (1927-8) including Best Picture.

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Unrated, 2 hrs. 19 min.

Directed by: William A. Wellman

Release Date: August 12, 1927

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  • June 5, 2009
    When I first started my goal of seeing Oscar winning movies I started at the beginning. If this had not been so good, I probably would not have made it too far. I did not expect a film this old to be so action packed, but with bombs exploding and aerial dogfight maneuvers from ...( read more)WWI this is an exciting pic. Yes, there's a melodramatic love triangle too. This is the only film I've seen with Clara Bow, but let me say, she really stands out.
  • June 3, 2008
    Very long, very old, lots of bubbles
  • October 2, 2009
    Wings is a movie that I think should be appreciated more as an historical artifact than a film in itself. If you're in to long, plodding silent films with a middling plot, then here's your thing I suppose. The aerial dogfights are neat enough, and make the movie watchable, but ...( read more)other than that this is worth watching mainly so you can say "I've seen the first film ever to win the Oscar for Best Picture". And now I can do that.
  • September 16, 2009
    BIG BIG BIG SLASH SCENE worth all the planes of that movie.
  • August 26, 2009
    Steta sto je predugacak, polovicu filma sam ubrzala. Pocetak je bas odlican, onako malo hype kad skuzis da je to jos i nijemi film. Al oke mi je storija.
  • June 16, 2009
    Winner of the first Oscar. plus the "It" girl Clara Bow...
  • September 1, 2008
    dated and over rated
  • August 12, 2008
    One of my favorite silent films. Bow is wonderful in this film as are Rogers and Arlen. The dogfights in the planes are very realistic due to the director hiring real WWI flyers. Definitely worth a watch.
  • August 12, 2008
    First Best Picture winner at the Oscars and one of its most deserving winners.
  • June 14, 2008
    Surprisingly exciting. They make the most of the technology available, and the result is a classic war film that stands with the best - at least among WW I dramas.

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