What was that Movie?

[Obergrafeter]

Might have been something else thought it was an AN-2 maybe not. Yeah a teenanger and his sister go to commie country to get their dad. Saw it only once and all the Iron Eagle movies replay all the time unless this one was so bad they burnt it never to be seen again.

[gregv]

I very faintly remember a 70's flick, set in the present day somewhere woodsy, that featured audio of a floatplane being shot-down by a P-51; I'm not sure if footage was ever shown, or if it was just audio. I do remember at the end of the flick that a guy watches (through the glass-bottom of a tour boat?) another boat sinking while the passenger mouths "forgive me" or something like that, all set on a lake. Maybe Gene Hackman was in it?

ring any bells?

I do clearly remember watching both "Death Race" and "Murphy's War" while being "sick" at home from from elementary school...good times!

greg v.

[Dave Homewood]

What was the movie were this kid puts up a commando action to go get his Dad from some Commie country and they escape with a Bristol 170?

That was Disney's "The Rescue", made here in New Zealand with a Safe Air Bristol Freighter and RNZAF A-4K Skyhawks. From memory RNZAF Whenuapai was also used as a location.

Disney generously donated a F4U-5N to the RNZAF as a thank you for the RNZAF's help in the film, and originally the museum staff began to backdate it to F4U-1D status because that is what we used in WWII, but then the decision was made to stop this work, and return it to -5N status, and put it up as a swap item. It was swapped to Australia for the P-40F wreckage which they're now restoring as a lovely P-40E.

[Obergrafeter]

The Rescue finally found out the name. It was such a horrible aviation movie I will have to get it to add to my collection. Good thing a restoration came out of it, as it was so bad a movie there should be something redeeming about it.

[Dave Homewood]

I agree, the film is rubbish.


I am mistaken about Whenuapai being a location I think - the base appeared in another US made production filmed here around the same time called "Which Way Home?"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103246/

And here's the page for The Rescue
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095981/

[RNDMTRS4EVR]

So has anyone made up a list of movies that use Warbirds or some sort of interesting airplanes in them? I would have to say that one of my favorites to watch when I was at home sick from school had to be: Murphy's War.
Scott.....

[airnutz]

Yes RndMtrs, Michel Lemieux reminded us on page 1 of this thread of
www.coastcomp.com/av/fltline2/avmovie.htm

also there is
www.aerofiles.com/film.html

Edit, oops sorry fixed the the 1st address

[Chris Brame]

I very faintly remember a 70's flick, set in the present day somewhere woodsy, that featured audio of a floatplane being shot-down by a P-51; I'm not sure if footage was ever shown, or if it was just audio. I do remember at the end of the flick that a guy watches (through the glass-bottom of a tour boat?) another boat sinking while the passenger mouths "forgive me" or something like that, all set on a lake. Maybe Gene Hackman was in it?

That sounds like "Night Moves" from 1975, in which a Cub (?) on floats crashes alongside a boat and Hackman dives into the water and sees the person inside the plane trying to speak - pretty good film noir mystery.

[RNDMTRS4EVR]

Airnutz;
Thanks, Missed that in the first part of the post, read right on past.
Scott.....

[gregv]

I very faintly remember a 70's flick, set in the present day somewhere woodsy, that featured audio of a floatplane being shot-down by a P-51; I'm not sure if footage was ever shown, or if it was just audio. I do remember at the end of the flick that a guy watches (through the glass-bottom of a tour boat?) another boat sinking while the passenger mouths "forgive me" or something like that, all set on a lake. Maybe Gene Hackman was in it?

That sounds like "Night Moves" from 1975, in which a Cub (?) on floats crashes alongside a boat and Hackman dives into the water and sees the person inside the plane trying to speak - pretty good film noir mystery.

Chris, that would be the one, thanks!

greg v

[T J Johansen]

And yet another, though my memory of it is very vague as I was quite young. However, I do recall a movie where a guy, I think he was either an airshow pilot or a race pilot, decides to commit suicide by diving his Bearcat into the ground only to be thwarted by someone in a Mustang. (possibly his wife or girlfriend?) This was just one scene in the movie and I don't recall anything else. Anybody remember anything like that or did I just dream it up in my head?

OOOooo...wasn't Suzanne Pleshette in this one?

Almost, Ole Suzanne was the 51 driver and the James Farintino (mis spelled) the 'ole ex was a war vet. She was going away as she told the guy on the ground and then James Farnitino, ( I know its mis spelled) jumps into the Bearcat and stops her.
I think that one was Sky Fire, again, Ober would know...

Lynn

Lynn

That movie was filmed on location at Brackett Field in Los Angeles and featured some clips of two of Stan Kurzet's P-51s, as well as his F8F-2. Had a copy on tape years ago as the movie did appear from time to time on TNT (does that channel still broadcast?)

T J

[John-Curtiss Paul]

The other P-40 was my Dad's (john paul) E model AK899. They also used a few clips from the movie [u]TOBROK

[Lynn Allen]

What was the movie were this kid puts up a commando action to go get his Dad from some Commie country and they escape with a Bristol 170?

That was Disney's "The Rescue", made here in New Zealand with a Safe Air Bristol Freighter and RNZAF A-4K Skyhawks. From memory RNZAF Whenuapai was also used as a location.

Disney generously donated a F4U-5N to the RNZAF as a thank you for the RNZAF's help in the film, and originally the museum staff began to backdate it to F4U-1D status because that is what we used in WWII, but then the decision was made to stop this work, and return it to -5N status, and put it up as a swap item. It was swapped to Australia for the P-40F wreckage which they're now restoring as a lovely P-40E.

Ober, New Zealand, you would think I would remember that one...
Lynn