Flyboys
Released Sept. 22, 2006, by MGM, budget of $60 million, color 35mm negative, 1.85:1 screen ratio, digital sound, 139 mins.
Production:
- Directed by Tony Bill
- Written by David S. Ward, with Phil Sears, Blake T. Evans, from the story by Blake T. Evans
- Produced by Dean Devlin, Marc Frydman
- Original Music by Trevor Rabin
- Cinematography by Henry Braham
- Film Editing by Chris Blunden, Ron Rosen
- Sound Editing by Mark Taylor
- Production Design by Charles Wood
- Art Direction by Philip Elton, Matthew Gray
- Set Decoration by Eliza Solesbury
- Costume Design by Nic Ede
Cast:
- James Franco as Blaine Rawlings
- Philip Winchester as Jensen
- Martin Henderson as Cassidy
- Abdul Salis as black boxer Eugene Skinner
- Jean Reno as Captain Thenault
- Jennifer Decker as Lucienne
- Tyler Labine as Briggs Lowry
- Christien Anholt as Higgins
- David Ellison as Eddie Beagle
- Max Bollinger as British RFC Pilot
- Kyle Hensher-Smith as Jacques
- Mac McDonald as Sheriff Detweiler
- Keith McErlean as Toddman
- Barry McGee as Dewitt
- Pip Pickering as Nunn
- Ian Rose as Wolfert
- Stephen Samson as R.A.F Pilot Newman
- Lex Shrapnel as Grant
- Gunnar Winbergh as The Black Falcon
- John Gomez as French army medic
- James Payton as Gotha Bomber Engineer
- Ralf Rueller as German Soldier
Notes:
This war film was inspired by the Lafayette Escadrille volunteer American flyers in 1917.
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