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VHS : Lafayette Escadrille

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starring: Raymond Bailey, Etchika Choureau, Marcel Dalio, Denny Devine, Clint Eastwood See Larger Image Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786302756494 Format: Black & White, NTSC ISBN: 6302756499 Label: Warner Home Video Manufacturer: Warner Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Warner Home Video Release Date: June 13, 1995 Running Time: 92 minutes Sales Rank: 14657 Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: 1958-03 Related Items: Tarantula (1955) Flyboys (Widescreen Edition) Away All Boats Lady Godiva Francis in the Navy see more Editorial Review: Description: Epic historical drama about the famous French flying legion of World War I. Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Final Film from the Director of WINGS William "Wild Bill" Wellman directed 1927's WINGS the first film to win an Academy Award. "Wild Bill" Wellman was a real life Ace in the US Army Air Corps in World War I. He was wounded, went to Hollywood and ended up a prolific and hard edged director. It would seem fitting that Wellman's last film would be LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE. Unfortunately Wellman's status as a director had greatly diminished in Hollywood and so was the budget allotted for this would-be epic. Wellman tries to put what style he ... Read More Rating: - Final Film from the Director of WINGS William "Wild Bill" Wellman directed 1927's WINGS the first film to win an Academy Award. "Wild Bill" Wellman was a real life Ace in the US Army Air Corps in World War I. He was wounded, went to Hollywood and ended up a prolific and hard edged director. It would seem fitting that Wellman's last film would be LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE. Unfortunately Wellman's status as a director had greatly diminished in Hollywood and so was the budget allotted for this would-be epic. Wellman tries to put what style he ... Read More Rating: - American Movie Classic type movie, not an airplane movie. This video was interesting in a couple of areas. It has early appearances from Clint Eastwood, Tom Laughlin (Billy Jack), David Jansen. Some of the early training flights are interesting in their realism. But, it is not a movie for airplane buffs. Or WW1 historians. Or war movie fans. It is a love story based on a young American boy, who makes some mistakes, fights with his father, and runs off to join the war. While there, he falls in love, makes more mistakes, grows up, repents, etc.... ... Read More

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