The Wings of Eagles
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 50 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: May 22, 2007
- Originally Released: 1957
- Label: Warner Home Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | John Wayne | |
Performer: | Dan Dailey, Maureen O'Hara, Ward Bond, Sig Ruman, Kenneth Tobey & Edmund Lowe | |
Directed by | John Ford | |
Edited by | Gene Ruggiero | |
Screenwriting by | Frank Fenton & William Wister Haines | |
Composition by | Jeff Alexander | |
Art Direction by | William A. Horning & Malcolm Brown | |
Story by | James Todd & Frank Wead | |
Produced by | Charles Schnee | |
Director of Photography: | Paul Vogel |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: C --
This routine sentimental biopic is directed with much feeling by John Ford.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Rating: B --
Though sentimental as a biopic of Navy hero Frank (Sig) Wead, John Ford's film has old-fashioned charm, a result of John Wayne's lead performance and his chemistry with Maureen O'Hara.
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EmanuelLevy.Com
Coming from a director as esteemed as John Ford, this is a disappointing entry-a loud, long and shamelessly corny biography of a naval airman...
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Maclean's Magazine
Rating: 2.5/5 --
Wants to be epic in scope but ends up feeling like ham-fisted CliffsNotes version of a man's life. The film loiters way, way too long on Frank Wead's early days as a hell-raising test pilot, then skips ahead through long sections of his life.
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Sarasota Herald-Tribune
A bizarre, but touching, comical biopic.
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Combustible Celluloid
...An oddity beloved by admirers of the remarkable Ford/Wayne collection...
USA Today
Product Description:
John Ford's biopic of his friend Frank "Spig" Wead stars John Wayne as the decorated naval hero who went on to become the screenwriter of such films as Ford's THEY WERE EXPENDABLE and Howard Hawks's CEILING ZERO. After World War I, Frank strives to demonstrate the potential of seaplanes for use in warfare to the navy by winning a number of competitions. As the pilot's star rises, he spends time working and indulging in adolescent horseplay with his buddies while his wife, Minnie (Maureen O'Hara), languishes at home with the children that Frank barely knows. On the night when a much desired assignment to command a fighter squadron finally comes through, the pilot is paralyzed after an accidental fall. Ashamed of his condition, Frank refuses to accept consolation or help from his wife or family and will allow only his military mates, Jughead Carson (Dan Dailey) and John Price (Ken Curtis), to aid his long rehabilitation. After a bout of depression, he begins to write of his experiences, slowly transforming himself into a professional author. THE WINGS OF EAGLES features an endearing mix of low comedy and high drama expertly interwoven by Ford, who also allows a delightful spoof of himself in the form of Ward Bond's hilarious portrayal of a Fordian director named John Dodge.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 19,096
- UPC: 012569798632
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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