Fighter Pilot - Operation Red Flag (IMAX) (2-Disc WMVHD Edition)

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A state-of-the-art, edge of your seat experience! Get in the cockpit with the world's best pilots to witness the most challenging flying of their careers... Follow a young American pilot as he makes his way through Red Flag - the world's most intense, simulated air war, training event - where U.S. and international pilots, ground crews, mechanics and rescue personnel are taken to the limits of their endurance. Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag delivers speeds of up to 800 miles per hour with thundering, roaring, screaming sound and stunning aerobatics that will blow you away! Filmed over the Nevada desert with unprecedented access to military procedures, the film features an enormous armada of aircraft including four American squadrons of F-15C Eagles and F-15E Strike Eagles, F-16 Aggressors, Stealth F-117s, B-1B Lancers, B-2 Stealth bomber, C-17 Globemaster III, a U-2R and more... This DVD version of the film has been specially mixed and mastered to produce an outstanding DTS Digital Surround and Dolby Digital 5.1 home theatre experience.

Disc 2 offers the complete feature in Microsoft Windows Media Video High Definition, playable on your PC widescreen version only). WMV HD delivers up to 1080p resolution(6 times the resolution of standard definition DVD video) and 5.1 or 7.1 surround sound

Customer Reviews:

Great Imax DVD.......2007-07-04

purchased for our 6 yr old grandson who watches the military channel religiously. He know all the names of the fighter planes that are retired & in service. We watched this DVD twice while we were visiting. The filming is fantastic.

Goosebumps all over.......2007-05-08

On the topic of the NTSC disc possibly not playing in "multizone" players outside of zone 1, I am happy to say that my JVC home theatre system (in Zone 2, PAL television country South Africa) had no problem in playing it in it's full glory. Despite it being obvious that quite a bit of the move was "staged", it doesn't detract enough from sheer moments of power, where surround sound comes to its right like never before, to warrant it not being given 5 out of 5. The Windows High Definition product also creates visuals on my computer monitor that has not been matched closely by anything else ever.
Despite the high cost of having it sent all the way to South Africa, it has already a "money well spent" item to me. No regrets (on the contrary, constant pats on the back!) on having taken the chance to purchase this product!
Hanno Liebenberg
Cape Town, South Africa

ok, but not great.......2007-03-27

The movie follows a fighter pilot sent to a elite training mission, however does not go into the more educational role as most IMAX movies do. It mainly tells a short story with no real details or plot line.

Very weak narrative, but some nice takes.......2007-03-17

The narrative is very weak up to the point of being embarrassed for those who wrote it.. But--the takes are nice and it gives a pretty comprehensive overview of what the exercise is all about.

Hollywood Gimmickry .......2007-03-12

I saw Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag on the USS Lexington museum in Corpus Christi, TX. At first I thought it was one on the most beautiful films ever made. But, I noticed some Hollywood gimmickry was afoot. In the dogfight scene, the pursuing F-16 didn't look right. Real dogfights are probably not that interesting in that computer guided missiles are fired many miles away so the aircraft never get that close. Also, in the live fire sequences, the bombs could not be seen and the explosions were too fiery. Wouldn't the target tank (as well as the camera) be destroyed?

Still, Fighter Pilot is an interesting film best seen at an IMAX theater with loud sound.

[DW]

John Wayne - An American Icon Collection (Seven Sinners/ The Shepherd of the Hills/ Pittsburgh/ The Conqueror/ Jet Pilot)

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Great American at some of his best
Not Iconic but Interesting
The Shepherd of the Hills
J.W. an american icon
The Shepherd of the Hills

John Wayne - An American Icon Collection (Seven Sinners/ The Shepherd of the Hills/ Pittsburgh/ The Conqueror/ Jet Pilot)
Starring: John Wayne
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
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ASIN: B000EQHXMI
Release Date: 2006-05-30

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He was no one's (including his own) idea of a great actor--one senses that the one Oscar he won, for True Grit in 1970, was as much for his longevity as his talent--but "icon" is an apt description for John "Duke" Wayne, who starred in scores of movies in a career that spanned 50 years. Five of them are collected on John Wayne - An American Icon Collection, a two-disc, no-frills (as in no bonus material) set offered at a very reasonable price. Ranging from 1940 to 1957, these items reveal that although he didn't have a lot of range ("I play John Wayne in pretty much every film I do," he once admitted), Wayne was at least willing to tackle other genres besides the Westerns with which he's so closely identified; here he portrays a coal miner, a moonshiner, and a legendary warrior, along with the more expected military roles. As for the quality of the films, let's just say that "good" and "entertaining" don't always go on the same page, and the set at least has plenty of the latter. Seven Sinners ('40) is the best of the lot, with Marlene Dietrich sly and radiant as the delightfully named Bijou Blanche, a South Pacific cabaret singer who tantalizes naval officer Wayne. At the other end of the spectrum is The Conqueror ('55), generally regarded as Wayne's worst feature ever, but even it is a campy hoot. Sporting a Fu Manchu 'stache and many silly hats and delivering some preposterously stilted dialogue ("Hi, Mom" becomes "I greet you, my mother!"), Wayne plays Mongol warlord Temujin, soon to become Genghis Khan, who's obsessed with a beautiful princess (Susan Hayward as a Tartar? Mayonnaise is more like it) who just happens to be the daughter of the man responsible for the death of Temujin's father. Pittsburgh ('42), again pairing Wayne with the luminous Dietrich, is considerably better, charting the rise, fall, and redemption of miner-turned-captain-of-industry Charles "Pittsburgh" Markham in a story that's both humorous and dramatic before devolving into flag-waving World War II propaganda. Neither The Shepherd of the Hills ('41), sentimental hokum about a clan of drawling, superstitious Ozark hicks, nor Jet Pilot ('57), with a pre-Psycho Janet Leigh as a Russian spy (!), ranks as what you'd call a classic--indeed, there are no classics to be found anywhere here--but the Duke, always a man's man, probably wouldn't mind. "When people say a John Wayne picture got bad reviews," he said, "I always wonder if they know it's a redundant sentence, but hell, I don't care. People like my pictures and that's all that counts." --Sam Graham

Description

John Wayne remains, without a doubt, a legend of the silver screen and one of Hollywood's most talented and versatile leading men of all time. See "The Duke," with his rugged good looks and undeniable charm, take command of the screen in the amazing collection of five unique films from his long and illustrious film career. This must-own set confirms John Wayne's status as a true American icon!

Customer Reviews:

Great American at some of his best.......2007-06-27

Movies used to be great, John Wayne truly was a great icon of American bigscreen, movies then always defeated the evil forces, good always triumphed. I guess, we had real writers then, who knew what people wanted to see. I highly reccommend this. The DVD got here in a timely fashion.

Not Iconic but Interesting.......2007-06-11

This collection fills in another void in available John Wayne films. Most of these movies, save Shepherd, have not been seen on TV for decades, if ever and none of them are his best work. But these movies span the War years, during Wayne's transition into a star.

In the "Seven Sinners" - 1940 - Wayne plays second fiddle to Marlene Dietrich, a cabaret singer for whose love Wayne is willing to sacrafice his Naval career. Made a year before Pearl Harbor, the movie shows a strangely innocent view of the service - where chasing chorus girls and visiting native bars seemed to be the sole occupation of the Navy.

The "Shepherd of the Hills" - 1941 - is the gem of this collection, in which Wayne plays an Ozark orphan who is manipulated by his aunt to murder his absent father. Harry Carry, as Wayne's long-lost father, who is willing to kill his own son rather than see him branded a murderer, steals the show.

Pittsburgh - 1942 - Wayne stars with Randolf Scott and Marlene Dietrich (again) in this "Horatio Alger" story about two coal miners with an idea that make them rich. Along the way, Wayne loses his moral center and loses the girl and his friends. This movie almost turns into a pro-industry/anti-labor propoganda piece in support of the war effort.

The Conqueror - 1955 - This is one of the worst movies John Wayne ever made. It is worth watching just to see how bad an actor he could be. Wayne plays Genghis Khan, and Susan Hayward plays a mongol princess. The costumes are ridiculous, the acting awful, and the results are tragic, as Howard Hughes filmed the movie out in the Nevada desert in a region polluted by above-ground nuclear testing. Worse yet, when the production moved into the studio, Hughes had tons of the red, radioactive dirt trucked into the set. Many of the actors in the movie, including Wayne, eventually died of various cancer. No doubt Wayne's lifetime of cigarette smoking was the main factor in his death, but the fact that he spent months, during the filming of the Conquerer, breathing radioactive isolotes did not help.

Jet Pilot - 1957 - is another forgettable Wayne film, in which he plays a pilot who defects to Russian (but not really) for love of a female Russia pilot who defects to the U.S., turns out to be a spy, but not really. The only virtue of this film is that it is marginally better than The Conqueror.

This set is a good mix of Wayne's non-cowboy films and show the wide range of roles he was able to play from romantic comedies to period drama and propaganda film to war movies. Wayne affectionados will want to add this to their collection.

The Shepherd of the Hills.......2007-06-08

this was very good movie and of special interest to me. the other movies were good, too. John Wayne was an excellent actor.

J.W. an american icon.......2007-05-27

The "Duke" is my favorite action hero. Out of 152 movies this giant has made, I have seen 116. The oldest being "SALUTE'. I will continue to add to my collection as his older movies are being added to the dvd list.

The Shepherd of the Hills.......2007-01-21

I bought this DVD simply because it contained The Shepherd of the Hills, which is a different kind of movie for John Wayne, who did a great job in his role as a young and determined Ozark mountain man who learns a great lesson at the end of the movie.

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Amazing
inept and boring
Stealth [Blu-ray]
Blu-Ray version
spotty video

Stealth [Blu-ray]
Starring: Josh Lucas , and Jessica Biel
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
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Binding: Blu-ray

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ASIN: B000F9RB9O
Release Date: 2006-07-25

Customer Reviews:

Amazing.......2007-08-01

Takes a great movie, add awesome sound and superb video and you get 1 Great Blu-ray! No Regrets!

inept and boring.......2007-07-17

They call it brainless fun, but it's not even fun. Yes, "Stealth" is that not-rare-enough bad movie that's actually so bad, it's no fun. It looks like there were several story ideas considered for the movie - and "Stealth" just uses them all, developing none of them.

We start off with an elite team of pilots flying hyper-technology fighters - the F/A-37 Talon. They can do anything, but the team played by Jamie Foxx, Jessica Biel and Josh Lucas long more than anything else for a real mission to test their mettle. The opportunity comes when the team is detailed to an aircraft carrier - some chance at nabbing evil doers is inevitable. Unfortunately, it also teams our heroes up with EDI - an airplane with a mind of its own. When EDI decides that it has a better handle on its mission than its military handlers, it's up to the team to rein EDI in. Unfortunately, EDI's designers and its military design chief (played by Sam Shepard) can't afford to let the rest of the world learn of their psycho-UAV. Biel's character will eventually require rescue from hostile territory while Lucas will dogfight with and against EDI over Russia.

This was a horrible movie for so many reasons, at times utterly inept. You know the kind of movie that stuck-up critics complain about - the ones that are made only for teenage boys, when not even teenage boys will watch it? "Stealth" is that movie The flick is so determined to wow us with special effects, that we never stop realizing that we're watching an overlong CGI cartoon. (Recurring effects include impossible-without-CGI shots like those that seamlessly transition from a fighter plane in the distance to the interior.) The movie's other big flaw is that it never centers on a single story - there's an early subplot that has our heroes on vacation, followed by the disastrous debut of EDI (where it takes the characters an extra long time to realize what the audience pretty much pegged on first site: EDI is evil!!!)) followed by Lucas going up against a mysterious army of goons determined to keep EDI secret, followed by Biel evading capture in hostile N. Korea. The script never weaves these plot ideas - just discards the older for the newer.

Not quite as bad (until you factor in what this movie probably cost) is how sloppy it is, with all sorts of flubs or near-flubbery, all signifying that those who made this movie have a collective understanding of even basic aviation well below that of somebody cracking open "Microsoft Flight Simulator" for the first time. The designers over-did how futuristic their hardware was - never explaining why everything else looked much less sophisticated. EDI's voice effects sound more annoying than high-tech, and the interiors of our high-tech fighters (even accounting for technology) don't look convincingly like those of any aircraft. There's an explosive scene involving a huge floating gas tank - with accompanying visuals alternatively suggesting that it's standing still and zooming through the clouds at the same time, while an early battle scene has ground artillery positioned so that they're more likely to shoot each other than the flick's precious jets.

But worst of all, "Stealth" is just boring, raising the question of whether there's something inherent to military aviation that makes it impossible to base even a decent movie on.

Stealth [Blu-ray].......2007-07-17

EXCELLENT BLU-RAY !! The sound is 4.6 Mbps !! The definition is perfect !! I recomand it !!

Blu-Ray version.......2007-05-12

Okay I am not going to bother reviewing the content as such, suffice to say that it is a futuristic idea of what the armed forces may look like.
The Blu-Ray version of this movie is definitely one to showcase this format the colour renditioning is superb and PQ is second to none. I would have given this 5 stars but I felt the audio, as is often the case with BD titles, let the production down. Not to say that it was bad but more that it could have been better.

spotty video.......2007-05-12

a fun popcorn movie with some memorable scenes,the blue-ray version offers some fine detail in many scenes but bad color in some.black levels are lacking though.a good movie for your ps3 if it's on sale.

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don't bother with this one
american top guns
A great program, polluted with some annoying editing
The story is good but the editing is bahhh.
A Great Inspiring Video Worth Your Money

American Fighter Pilot
Starring: Todd Giggy , Mike Love (III) , Marcus Gregory , Chris Penn , and Regina Pope
Manufacturer: Hanover House
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ASIN: B0007XG4D2
Release Date: 2005-09-15

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Top Gun gets the reality-TV treatment in American Fighter Pilot, a riveting seven-hour TV series that grants an all-access pass to the Air Force's most elite pilot training program. Produced immediately following the terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Center on 9/11/01, this is a serious examination of Air Force culture and the profound responsibility of warriors-in-training. The glory and glamour of being an F-15 "Eagle Driver" is presented as a noble privilege, in addition to the sheer adrenaline rush of piloting the Air Force's most versatile jet-fighter killing machine. Coproduced by Top Gun director Tony Scott and his director brother Ridley, and created with intelligent focus by Jesse Negron, AFP follows every stage of a pilot's rigorous 110-day training course at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida, where "Top Gun" hopefuls endure an intense regimen of academics, flight simulation, two-man flights with intensely critical trainers, solo flight tests, basic fighter maneuvers, weapons deployment, dogfight combat scenarios and, ultimately, the selection of a "Top Gun" pilot in each graduating class.

There's plenty of high drama and male bonding to accompany AFP's wall-to-wall soundtrack. Most of the series' appeal comes from its focus on three well-chosen pilots-in-training: A promising Top-Gun candidate with prior experience as a B1 Bomber pilot; a devout Christian and expectant first-time father; and a hot-shot maverick who learns there's more to being a fighter-ace than living the Tom Cruise lifestyle. Their different personalities give the series a perfect blend of style and substance, and the constant threat of failure gives each of them added depth and conviction that anyone can relate to. These are proud, respectable young men who are living their dream, but AFP never forgets the higher purpose to which they've been called. A basic "making-of" featurette shows how the series' amazing in-flight footage was achieved. --Jeff Shannon

Description

Complete Season One Set -- contains 7 hours of programming, plus bonus materials including "the making of" documentary, interviews with Tony Scott, Jesse Negron and Leon Malas, additional footage, effects and animation and much more!

Customer Reviews:

don't bother with this one.......2007-05-28

american fighter pilot , I might have watched it on free to air tv but don't bother buying it's a disapointment , I guess I hoped for more or some , actual inside plane footage , not just a Big Brother show that happened to include pilots ,

american top guns.......2007-05-13

Great documentary if you like fighter jets and what it takes to get there then this series is well worth it

A great program, polluted with some annoying editing.......2007-04-29

I originally found out about this program when viewing a Google Video trailer for a documentary that used to be called "Eagle Drivers". The trailer included various briefing shots, small insights about life in a squadron, and some vary nice aerial and flightline footage. I was thrilled that someone was going to release a documentary that actually went into some detail about the training procedures and life as an aspiring military aviator instead of a dull narrative dubbed to dated, stock footage of military flying.

I did a little bit of searching and discovered that the project had turned into a "reality" TV show which was unfortunately canceled after a few episodes had aired. I wasn't able to find any more footage online than just the trailer, and I was very intrigued to check out the show. I found it here and was a little put-off by some of the reviews, but I decided to take the plunge.

It is a 3 DVD set and spans 7 one-hour episodes an an hour-long interview. The show follows 3 Lieutenants who are beginning training at Tyndall AFB in Panama City, FL to fly and fight in the F-15C. A big part of what drew me to the program is how much I like that plane. 2 of the pilots, Todd Giggy and Marcus Gregory, are straight out of Undergraduate Pilot Training and only have a small amount of flying experience from the airframes there (the T-37 and T-38). The other pilot, Mike Love, has former experience as a B-1 pilot.

They are filmed during various briefings and debriefings, simulator and centrifuge training, at the squadron bar, at home with their families, and there are a lot of shots with comments and personal insights from the pilots themselves. There are also numerous commentary shots from instructors and family members of the pilots, and it is really a great way to get a personal view of what is going on.

There was a lot of great aerial footage in the trailer I watched, and I saw that great aerial footage again. The only problem was that this footage was all I saw in pretty much every flying scene. It becomes increasingly obvious with each episode that they had a small amount of aerial and cockpit footage and they had to reuse it in as many different ways possible, such as reversing the image, using high-contrast filters on some shots, etc.

There are also some staged cockpit shots in which the pilot jerks the stick and throttle around, complete with exaggerated "clanging" sound effects. It was a little cheesy, but it's understandable that the camera crew probably would not be allowed to film a ton of flying footage. However, there are a lot of great shots of the flightline at Tyndall, and it's a pretty awe-inspiring sight to see the groups of planes all taxiing together at Tyndall on a sunny day.

All this talk about the footage gets me to the complaint that I'm sure you've already read about numerous times. The editing. The show is edited in the cheesy, short-attention span MTV style. Camera angles change rapidly every few seconds and random parts of dialog are emphasized with cheesy echo sounds put on the voice and a caption of the words placed on the screen. Although it is disappointing, I can understand why this editing might be necessary on the flying scenes since they apparently didn't have a lot of footage, but it gets pretty annoying after a while. Some of it seems really unnecessary though, like the captions during simulated training missions stating whether each pilot passed or not, as if the viewer really couldn't tell by watching the show.

Although all of the episodes are abundant in this cheesy style of editing, it seems to cool down a bit after the first few episodes. There's a lot less of the "emphasis on a particular phrase" thing. The thing that disappoints me the most is just that I wish they would have spent more time in each episode on each particular part and not jump around so much, but this is understandable because most average television viewers would not be looking for a very in-depth look at what goes on.

A lot of people claim the show was canceled because of its editing style, but I disagree. A majority of the "reality" shows you see on major-networks have editing just like this and they seem to do fine. I think the show was canceled because the average viewer isn't too interested in military aviation to begin with, and because there actually isn't really a ton of drama going on throughout the program (which is what most of these average viewers want). It's a real shame, but at least those of us who do care about what happened can now purchase this DVD set.

Anyway, if you can look past the editing, there is a great program here. Although it is not the most in-depth look at it you could ever get, it does put things into perspective a bit and gives you a very good idea of what the pilots have to go through and it is very entertaining. I'd highly recommend this program to anyone who is at least moderately interested in military aviation.

The story is good but the editing is bahhh........2007-04-27

I brought this together with the following:

Blue Angels: A Year In The Life
Fighter Pilot - Operation Red Flag (IMAX) (2-Disc WMVHD Edition)
The Magic of Flight (IMAX) (2-Disc WMVHD Edition) D

IMHO the editing of the video is like a movie trailer and too much gimmick. There are far too many scenes of dialoges remix and flashy replays. It slow down the rhythm of the story needlessly. To a certain point I got a little frustrated and thought I was watching a Rap /Hip Hop MTV. I did finish watching the whole video and think one can get use to the editing if one makes it through the first episode.

Apart from the bad thing mentioned, I actually enjoy the story of the three student pilots, however it was a bit too dramatic to my taste. e.g. they all face disqualification crisis in the story but all made it pass on their last try. Nice (but only okay video quality) dogfight scenes. Most are played out in external 3rd person views, just don't expect to see any great cockpit action. I get better treat from my F-16 flight sim cockpit.

All in all it may worth your money if you are really into jet fighter stuff, since there ain't much choice out there when it comes to fighter pilot documentary.

A Great Inspiring Video Worth Your Money.......2007-04-01

A great story about patriotism and overcoming obstacles to achieve your dream. A lesson more Americans need to hear today. I used to fly with this squadron in the early 90's as a geek in the back seat of the I.P.'s jet when they were teaching these students and I can tell you that this video only covers a small portion of everything these pilots have to go through. Buy this video and show it to everyone you know.

Stealth (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)

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For Those Who Need A Dose Of Action
Utterly Idiotic
I am not happy!
Such a waste
One of my hubby's favs

Stealth (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)
Starring: Josh Lucas , Jessica Biel , Jamie Foxx , Sam Shepard , and Richard Roxburgh
Director: Rob Cohen
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
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ASIN: B000B8IA44
Release Date: 2005-11-15

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Featuring the best special effects that money can buy and a screenplay that any six-year-old could follow, Stealth is a pure action thriller that starts fast and never slows down. Moving up from The Fast and the Furious and xXx, director Rob Cohen proves himself as a master of popcorn entertainment for teenagers, turning this derivative military sci-fi action thriller into a dazzling showcase for impressive aerial action sequences, featuring digital effects and highly detailed model work (by James Cameron's Digital Domain effects company, among others) that are so realistic you could swear the movie's high-tech aircraft are absolutely real. The plot serves the effects (it should be the other way around), and it's a cheesy hybrid of Top Gun, The Right Stuff, Firefox and Behind Enemy Lines, in which a close-knit trio of Naval Air Force aces (Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel, and Jamie Foxx) pilot state-of-the-art "Talon" fighter-bombers, ready to scramble on orders from their not-entirely trustworthy commander (Sam Shepard). They're teamed up with an ultra-high-tech UCAV (Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle) nicknamed "EDI," an artificially intelligent fighter drone that's as erratically dangerous (after its circuitry is damaged by lightning) as it is deadly effective. With a standard third-act rescue mission amidst the threat of global warfare, Stealth is brainless entertainment from start to finish, but the aerial action and epic-scale pyrotechnics ensure that it's never, ever boring. Cohen may be guilty of dumbing down his recycled plots for mass appeal, but there's no denying his skills as an action auteur. Move over, Michael Bay, you've got serious competition. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews:

For Those Who Need A Dose Of Action.......2007-09-08

If you are in need for a good dose of action, this is the film for you. By the end, you've had your "fix." Being someone who is fascinated by the Stealth bomber, I enjoyed most of the action. Only the last 15 minutes was irritating in its stupid action, not that the previous hour- plus was believable. At least it wasn't as ridiculous as those final scenes with Josh Lucas defeating 10-15 guys at once and Jessica Biel doing likewise.

The main story - human pilots flying Stealth bombers trying to stop a pilot-less, state-of-the- art totally computerized-driven Stealth which has gone wacky - is fun to watch. The latter is obviously very reminiscent of the computer "Hal" in the famous sci-fi film "2001: A Space Odyssey." There are more than just a few coincidences here as the computer reads lips of the people, has a mind of its own, etc. The big difference is that this updated-Hal has a heart, too. Yeah, it's really far-fetched.

However, if you can put your brain on hold for two hours and just enjoy some wild action shots, you'll enjoy this film. It's basically a fun ride.

Utterly Idiotic.......2007-08-19

This is what happens when you combine the military with Beverly Hills, 90210. Pilots lecturing their superiors over the radio about the unacceptability of the civilian casualties they will inflict if they obey their orders? Let me tell you something. I don't care how much it cost to train them for their futuristic training, an armed committee would have been waiting for them on the deck of that aircraft carrier once they had landed -- and they never would have seen the inside of a military cockpit again (but, in all likelihood, would have seen the inside of prison cells).

A pilot who blasts his stereo aboard ship because...well, because he's just so darn cool and superior. Yeah, right, just try that in reality.

Multiple overseas locations with minimal rhyme or reason -- other than to give Jessica Biel a bikini scene opportunity or lend the movie some sense of James Bondian-jetsetting? That's what happens when you have no real storyline, marginally competent actors, paper-thin performances, and all-over-the-map movie direction.

Finally, the hero of the movie -- the unpiloted, super-intelligent drone (plane). It's ridiculous transformation into some sentient hero is something you'd see in a Walt Disney movie.

But at least Jessica wore a bikini (after confessing, so "convincingly," that she'd finally found a man who was man enough for her). Ugh.

I am not happy!.......2007-08-11

C'mon people, Jamie Foxx drove a cab in Collateral like he was Mario Andretti, so now I am supposed to believe that he takes something that can do almost any angle or lift of movement and crash into a mountain? Oh and his last word was: "..oh" Sorry that did not cut it his last words would have been "dam sum btch the stick iz frozen probably made in japan why am I here chasing Short Circuit's cousin I should be in Iraq taking out insurgents oh great I left the iron on at home**" Game over

Yeah pretty faces on all the people in it, man that one girl is too hot though you know, there is no way they would have a General that would say "hey, you are too hot to fly this jet and be up there by yo-self come and be my personal assistant" yeah let us be realistic.

I was expecting Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer to get shot down in this thing but they are now working at Taco Bell or something. That is what happens when you wait so long for a sequel. Now that movie Flyboys they are not very good planes they only go like, 90 and you know they were probably watching this going "Oh man I wish I had that back when those Germans were strafing our fields" yo.

Hey good action in the skies but do not expect Top Gun II

Such a waste.......2007-06-12

Boy talk about unfulfilled potential. This movie was it. A good cast wasted and a good idea put into a brainless plot. Sam Shepard made a good effort as always but he could not save this movie. Jamie Foxx also was doing a good up until he got killed in such a way you had to see it coming long before it happened. Let's see, what can I do that I know I shouldn't that will undoubtedly result in my death? Then he does it. Paleeeeze. Jessica Biel gets shot by the high powered rifle of a sniper then manages to cross 5 miles of rugged terrain to get rescued. There is nooooo way. Anyway, if you just want to watch some kind of cool aerial acrobatics done on computers, this is an okay film. Forget the plot, forget the acting. Do that and you can tolerate this one, although it had the potential to be so much more.

One of my hubby's favs.......2007-04-26

I give it a 4, because my husband absolutely loves this movie and I find it tolerable. I liked it the first couple of times I watched it, but after 2 or 3...not so well.

Average customer rating:

Great prep for flight with young children!

Cleared for Takeoff
Starring: Fred Levine
Manufacturer: Little Hardhats
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ASIN: B000AOEQAQ
Release Date: 2005-09-20

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Great prep for flight with young children!.......2007-07-13

My 2 year old daughter was fascinated with the airplanes in this video. She has watched it a million times. It does a very good job of outlining what a day of air travel will be like for a child. This was very helpful in preparing my daughter for our vacation. She stayed very calm throughout the airport/flight experience---the complete opposite of what happened on another trip a few months before watching this video. I highly recommend buying this if you plan on traveling with toddlers in the near future!

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This is must see for everyone
Best inside look at Air Force One
Best inside look at Air Force One
Fantastic Video

National Geographic - Air Force One
Director: Peter Schnall
Manufacturer: Nat'l Geographic Vid
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ASIN: B00009Q4XU
Release Date: 2003-08-12

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The world's most exclusive airplane, a combination of a luxury hotel and a super-secret military command post, is profiled in this documentary produced by National Geographic. The history of presidential flight, from its beginnings with President Roosevelt making a secret wartime flight in 1943, is covered, and particular attention is appropriately given to the historic flight that returned President Kennedy's body to Washington after his assassination. Filmed in the closing months of the Clinton administration, the film features the preparation for a presidential trip, which includes close involvement of the military and antiterrorist specialists of the U.S. Secret Service. The makers of this highly informative film were given unprecedented access to Air Force One, and the footage of the presidential 747 is spectacular. --Robert J. McNamara

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National Geographic takes you on an exclusive tour inside Air Force One, part luxury hotel, part super-secret military command post. From its beginnings with President Roosevelt making a secret wartime flight in 1943 - to the historic flight that returned President Kennedy's body to Washington after his assassination - to the closing months of the Clinton administration, Air Force One takes you through the history of the world's most powerful plane. Features exclusive interviews with Presidents George W. Bush, William Jefferson Clinton, George H. W. Bush, and Jimmy Carter.

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Not so good!.......2006-02-28

I tought that this movie was going to tell you the real secrets of Air Force One, but it only talks about the story of the airplane since Nixon, and then it just tells you that it is cassified everything about it, so not so many details. I didn't like it.

This is must see for everyone .......2005-03-26

This is a great movie about the U.S president's official plane Air Force One or rightly called White House on wings. Covers the history of Air Force One as to how the need for an air travel was considered a must after the second world war as the head of states of the world usually avoided Air travel before world war 2. Shows the planes in complete details alongwith the interviews of some of the former Presidents of U.S and some of the Crew members of this amazing plane. Also covers some of the sad moments of history of mankind like the transport of Dead Body of the former president of U.S John Cannedy who was shot dead in 1963 and was carried back by Air force one and the next president took oath in the plane itself. Quite a sentimental and at the same time dutiful moment captured on film.

The movie tells about the routine of the flights and the jobs of the crew members in details and what weapons and accessories are carried alongwith the plane. All in all it's a must see for everyone who lives in this world and is in touch with the current events of the globe. Must make you feel envy about the fate of U.S presidents for possesing such an out of the world Air Plane.

Best inside look at Air Force One.......2002-10-27

This video is up to date and shows you Air Force One like never before. I am a TV news photographer and have covered Air Force One many times. This was a great way to see what goes on inside and behind the scenes. Great job National Geographic!!

Best inside look at Air Force One.......2002-10-27

Fantastic Video.......2002-02-01

This is a fantastic video on Air Force One. They have done a great job getting access. A little too much was shown I think
that could hurt the security of the President

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Utterly Idiotic
I am not happy!
Such a waste
One of my hubby's favs

Stealth (Two-Disc Full-Screen Edition)
Starring: Josh Lucas , Jessica Biel , Jamie Foxx , Sam Shepard , and Richard Roxburgh
Director: Rob Cohen
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
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ASIN: B000BB18PO
Release Date: 2005-11-15

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From the director of XXX and The Fast and The Furious comes an exhilarating epic blockbuster starring Jessica Biel, Josh Lucas and Academy Award® winner Jamie Foxx (Best Actor, RAY, 2004). Breathtaking from take-off, it thrusts you in the cockpit, hits Mach 5 and never looks back. Henry, Ben and Kara are hands down the world's best tactical fighter pilots. But a new member joins their team, a state-of-the-art, fully-automated, pilotless, super stealth warplane - inhuman and invincible. But once this stealth goes up it's never coming down, wreaking destruction in seconds across the globe, leaving the team with one last no-fail mission: to stop it - no matter what.

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For Those Who Need A Dose Of Action.......2007-09-08

Utterly Idiotic.......2007-08-19

I am not happy!.......2007-08-11

Such a waste.......2007-06-12

One of my hubby's favs.......2007-04-26

I give it a 4, because my husband absolutely loves this movie and I find it tolerable. I liked it the first couple of times I watched it, but after 2 or 3...not so well.

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Hollywood prepares for the possible war ahead

Sky Raiders - 12 Chapter Movie Serial
Starring: Kathryn Adams , Robert Armstrong , Eduardo Ciannelli , Jr. Bill Cody , and Jacqueline Dalya
Director: Ford I. Beebe , and Ray Taylor
Manufacturer: Alpha Video
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ASIN: B0002W4SPO
Release Date: 2004-10-26

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Hollywood prepares for the possible war ahead.......2007-09-05

UNIVERSAL STUDIOS made 137 serials between 1914 and '46-- more than any other outfit. Some of their most famous cliffhangers featured Tarzan, Flash Gordon, The Green Hornet, Buck Rogers and the Dead End Kids.

SKY RAIDERS played theaters half a year before the attack on Pearl Harbor drew America into WWII. With all the war news coming out of Europe in those months prior to that terrible event, it's clear the country was already gearing up for the possibility of military action. Serials such as this one, HOLT OF THE SECRET SERVICE or SEA RAIDERS were good barometers of pre-war America's mood.

THE STORY of SKY RAIDERS (1941):
A former WWI ace (Woods) hires a member of the Air Youth of America (Halop) to help him develop an aircraft with a special bombsight. An enemy agent (Ciannelli) seeks to ruin their goal and steal the plans.

CAST:
Donald Woods - Capt. Bob Dayton/John Kane
Billy Halop - Tim Bryant
Robert Armstrong - Lt. Ed Carey
Eduardo Ciannelli - Felix Lynx
Kathryn Adams - Mary Blake
Jacqueline Dalya - Innis Clair
Reed Hadley - Henchman Caddens

CHAPTERS:
1. Wings of Disaster
2. Death Rides the Storm
3. The Toll of Treachery
4. Battle in the Clouds
5. The Fatal Blast
6. Stark Terror
7. Flaming Doom
8. The Plunge of Terror
9. Torturing Trials
10. Flash of Fate
11. Terror of the Storm
12. Winning Warriors!

RAIDERS trivia:

After he retired from acting, Donald Woods became a newspaper editor who fought against apartheid. In support of this cause Woods was the first-ever private citizen to address the United Nations, in 1978.

Kathryn Adams had the same name as a more famous silent screen star. Besides SKY RAIDERS, Adams' 8-year Hollywood stint included roles in THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (1939) and Alfred Hitchcock's SABOTAGE (1942).

Billy Halop was the original leader of the Dead End Kids on Broadway and in movies. Other gang members included Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Gabe Dell, Bernard Punsley and Huntz Hall.

Reed Hadley was 6' 4" tall. Hadley was typecast throughout his 35 year career as either a cop or bad guy. In the 1950s he hosted two TV crime dramas: RACKET SQUAD and PUBLIC DEFENDER.

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Dead End Kids: SEA RAIDERS - Chapters 1-6 and Dead End Kids: SEA RAIDERS - Chapters 7-12 is a similar UNIVERSAL serial.

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John Wayne, say it isn't so!
Give Me A Break
Early 50's Sex Film
When the soup hits the fan?
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Jet Pilot
Starring: John Wayne , Janet Leigh , Jay C. Flippen , Paul Fix , and Richard Rober
Director: Jules Furthman , and Josef von Sternberg
Manufacturer: Good Times Video
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ASIN: B00003TKE2
Release Date: 2001-05-15

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John Wayne, say it isn't so!.......2007-01-13

John Wayne has made some turkeys in his long and illustrious career, but this one tops them all. As for the air footage, it's great stuff. Especially for those who love the history of the American jet fighters.

But, if you love good acting and demand the movie has a plot, you can skip this one.

Janet Leigh does an excellent job of displaying her curvaceous wares, a la Howard Hughes. (His signature is all over this one)!

Give Me A Break .......2006-06-10

Great flying scenes do make this movie an aviation classic. But....That's as far as it goes. Duke, ya gotta be kidding-what the heck were you thinking! The acting and plot is way too predictable. It was really hard to enjoy tihs movie-definitley not one of the Dukes best acting jobs. Again, the flying scenes are great, and probably worth the price, but skip the rest of the movie.

Early 50's Sex Film.......2005-11-23

Tight sweaters and provacative scenes are what this movie is about. Poor acting and a stupid script are there just to fill time. However, the flying footage is great. If you aren't into vintage aircraft, don't waste your time or money.

When the soup hits the fan?.......2004-12-16

Ok, it pretty hokey & is one of John Wayne lesser efforts. But the aerial shots are superior. Janet Leigh is a luscious Ruskie spy. John Wayne is a leering Air Force pilot. She gets naked for him, but you'll have to use your imagination.
Dumb plot. Apparently the word "sex" hadn't been invented in 1950. It's Howard Hughes week & this is his movie. Great pilot & once again the shots of the F-86's in the air are excellent. A great movie maker? Not.

bi-polar rating.......2004-08-22

As noted by others, the wonderful aerial scenes, including a sequence with actual flying footage of the Bell X-1, plus all the shots of Korean War-vintage aircraft, make this movie more than worthwhile for aviation buffs (especially knowing that Chuck Yeager participated in the flying). Most of this is original footage shot for 'Jet Pilot' -- with the cooperation of the USAF; no grainy stock shots, minimal fake process shots. If one can overcome the ludicrous story and dramatics, its jaw-dropping badness can become entertaining (consider the 'atomic-powered' fighter jets which can fly all over the northern hemisphere without refueling!).

Of interest to military buffs in this 1950 movie (having a delayed 1957 theatrical release) is the mix of brown and blue uniforms for Air Force personnel, the brown uniforms being a hold-over from AAF days. As an independent service the Air Force probably was less than three years old when 'Jet Pilot' was filmed.

For cinema/home theatre buffs, note that because 'Jet Pilot' was made in 1950, it was NOT filmed NOR framed for widescreen, so for its 1957 release it would have been illegitimately cropped at the top and bottom to achieve a widescreen effect during theatrical projection. The DVD letterbox bands simulate this effect, but the authentic video framing should be 1.33:1, which corresponds to the full 1.37:1 Academy frame used in production.

Paul Frees has an amazingly energetic bit part.

Five stars for aerial sequences, four stars for historical interest, zero stars for cinema/dramatics, three stars for entertainment value.

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