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What is a good plane movie?

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I am trying to find a nice plane movie for an inflight movie :( I know there is some really nice flying movies that have came out in the last few years but cant think of one name :( Im sorry if this isnt the right forum, but I dont kno what to put it in :(

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Airplane! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080339/ Dr. Rumack: Captain, these passengers don't have much time. How soon can we land? Capt. Oveur: I can't tell. Dr. Rumack: You can tell me, I'm a doctor. Capt. Oveur: What I mean is, I don't know. Dr. Rumack: Well can't you take a guess? Capt. Oveur:...Not for another two hours. Dr. Rumack: You can't take a guess for another two hours? Capt. Oveur: No what I'm saying is we can't land for another two hours. That is all you need.

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thats the one I did think of... aw what the hell why not

While its not a movie, I would highly recommend the ITVV DVDs. Personally I like the Concorde and the MD11 ones. Those are excellent. The other ones are also pretty good

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  2. The Battle of Midway
  3. Pearl Harbour
  4. Top Gun
  5. The Final Countdown
  6. The Flight of the Phoenix
  7. Aviator (Howard Hughes (biopic)
  8. Amelia (Earhart biopic)

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ok thanks for all the movies :) lol im gonna bookmark this page now for days ahead... I went and got and ITVV DVDs. as said there not movies but they float my boat.. err crank my propeller :( I would definatly reccomend to any serious avaition enthusiest.

A few more: best of haute voltige volume 1vols blancesthe great waldo pepperthe blue maxvon richthofen and brownflight of the intruderdr. strangelove or: how i learned to stop worrying and love the bomb and this very good one: http://www.haute-vol...aticsushis.html

Here's a few good ones worth a look.. The Hunters (1958) - probably the best jet fighter movie ever, it features the F-86 Saber and has some good aerobatic sequences with that aircraft. The Thousand Plane Raid (1969) - this one is cheesy and some of the green-screening is a bit naff (watch for the dodgy Spitfire mock up), but it has a lot of good flying in it, including the best B-17 stunt you'll ever see (you will know the one I mean when you see it, because your jaw will be on the floor). Strategic Air Command (1955) An intruiging movie which features a lot of early USAF jet bombers such as the B-47 Stratojet. Very authentic, this is one for anyone who likes big jet bombers. Flight of the Phoenix (1965) Quite simply one of the best movies of all time, with one of the best ensemble casts of all time too, beware of the appallingly awful 2004 remake, which is a very pale imitation of the original classic, the original 1965 version directed by Robert Aldrich is the one you want, the remake DVD will serve as a coaster for your cofffee mug at a push. Flight of the Intruder (1991) A great movie based on US Navy bombing missions flown from carriers into North and South Vietnam in the Stephen Coonts novel of the same name, its success was somewhat stymied by the fact that its release coincided with the build up to the first Gulf War, but this is the movie which the appallingly bad Top Gun desperately wanted to be. Its main character - Jake Grafton - is played by Brad Johnson, who also shows up again as a pilot in... Always (1989) A movie about firefighting aircraft and the risks the pilots of such craft take, which is excellent and features a lot of great old aircraft converted into firebombers. This movie was also Audrey Hepburn's last film, and she is as beautiful as ever in it. Given the themes about death and such which Always covers in a much better way than the soppy ''Ghost'' chick flick of the following year managed, Hepburn's appearance in it, just three and a half years before she herself died, adds a poignant touch to a truly great movie which will make you cry. It also has a fairly stellar cast too, which doesn't hurt. Anyone who likes aeroplanes who does not love this movie, has no heart. This is one even your girlfriend/wife will like. Turbulence (1997) This is a great fun movie, actually quite authentic too as far as the flying bits go, even including a dramatic scene involving programming the FMC, which is not something you see in many airliner flicks. It features a real airline too - Tower Air - which is another unusual thing for a movie of this nature. Ray Liotta is at his over-the-top best in this movie. Don't forget the popcorn. Aces High (1976) One of the better WW1 air combat movies - it is based on several novels and autobiographies by genuine WW1 combat pilots. Filmed in Ireland, it is one of the few WW1 air combat movies which has authentic-looking terrain below the aircraft. The Blue Max (1966) Another good WW1 air combat movie, lots of Fokker Dr1s, DVIIs and a nice Pfalz (all replicas), it is made with loving attention to detail and centres around a good storyline which mirrors the experiences of the many WW1 aces who started out as foot sloggers. The Great Waldo Pepper (1975) One of the classic aeroplane movies, centred around the post-WW1 Flying Circus craze and Hollywood movies of the 1920s, it features a large number of really superb stunts, mostly with Curtis JN-1s, but there are some good stunts with WW1 replicas in it as well. Fantastic storyline too which will appeal to anyone who ever wanted to be a fighter pilot. The Battle of Britain (1969) Authentic blow-by-blow retelling of Britain's 'finest hour' it features many genuine Spitfires and Hurricanes, plus plenty of Casa 112s (Spanish licensed-built versions of the bf-109 with a Merlin engine) and genuine He-111s. Great soundtrack and a big, star-studded cast, there will probably never be another movie made which has so many genuine aircraft from the real period in it. Al

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I would also recommend "One Six Right", mentioned above, for any aviation enthusiast, but watch at home in HD and good sound..

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My god this is a bad one, but worth to watch because of the ultimate badness. One worth to watch is Steve McQueen's War Lover:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056676/ For extreme cheesiness 70's or early 80's plane disaster dramas are really fun (the ones Airplane! is mocking): some titles include Airport-movies, Airspeed, Flight 90 and Starflight One, which tells the story of hypersonic passenger plane escaping to orbit by accident. Overload of cheesiness, but fun Clown.gif

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