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Julius CSAR
Oct 3, 2007

by sebmojo
As a sucker for aviation films I have to say it's Battle Of Britain. A great cast including Laurence Olivier, Christopher Plummer, Michael Caine, and Ian McShane. The aerial sequences are probably the best ever put to film as (90% of the time) it's all real aircraft, usually flown by WW2 veterans. In fact a few of the aircraft and pilots served in the ACTUAL Battle of Britain. Director Guy Hamilton (Goldfinger!) had several shots in mind which required specific maneuvers by the pilots. Most of the time though he basically told the pilots, "You know what you're doing, so get up there and just go at it." And the result is spectacular. Some of the quick runs on bombers by the Spitfire show that they clearly knew what they were doing. Also, United Artists studios bought most of the aircraft surplus and actually had the 10th largest air force in the world at that time. Most all of these were sold to private owners which helped to kickstart the warbird restoration movement.

Great flick.

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