Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TCFHE/MGM
EAN: 0027616062123
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 25
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDTS 5.1FrenchOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 SurroundEnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitledEnglishDubbedDTS 5.1FrenchDubbedDolby Digital 2.0 SurroundSpanishDubbedDolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
MPN: DM106212D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 30, 2007
Running Time: 140 minutes
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: September 22, 2006

Editorial Review:

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World War I aviation action gets an impressive digital upgrade in Flyboys, a welcome addition to the "dogfight" sub-genre that includes such previous war-in-the-air films like Hell's Angels, Wings, and The Blue Max. While those earlier films had the advantage of real and genuinely dangerous flight scenes (resulting, in some cases, in fatal accidents during production), Flyboys takes full (and safe) advantage of the digital revolution, with intensely photo-realistic recreations of WWI aircraft, authentic period structures, and CGI environments requiring a total of 850 digital effects shots, resulting in an abundance of amazing images, many of them virtually indistinguishable from reality. Unfortunately, the film's technical achievement is more impressive than its screenplay, which conventionally and predictably tells the fact-based story, set in France in 1916, of the daring young pilots of the Lafayette Escadrille, a pioneering French air-combat unit that welcomed American enlistees prior to the United States' entry into the war.



There's a familiar cliché to match every thrilling scene of aerial combat, but director Tony Bill manages to keep it all interesting, from the romance between a young American maverick (James Franco) and a pretty French girl (newcomer Jennifer Decker) to the exciting action in the air, which includes a stock variety of heroes (many of them composites of real-life WWI pilots) and an intimidating villain known only as "The Black Falcon," whose Fokker Dr-1 triplane (one of many in the film) recalls the exploits of German "ace of aces" Manfred von Richtofen, the dreaded "Red Baron" of legend. With impeccable production values that will impress even the most nit-picking aviation buffs, Flyboys (like Superman Returns and Apocalypto, also released in 2006) was also one of the first feature films to be shot with Panavision's state-of-the-art Genesis digital cameras, resulting in beautiful images that meet or exceed the visual nuance of film. Flyboys also benefits from painstaking attention to physical detail, making it easier to forgive its shortcomings as a generic and formulaic slice of romanticized history. So while some viewers may have wished for a more realistic and grown-up depiction of the Lafayette Escadrille, it's safe to say that Flyboys will be thrilling its target audience for many years to come. --Jeff Shannon



Extras from Flyboys

Director Tony Bill on Filming Dogfight Sequences

...On throwing away the script for pilot training

...On the real-life stunt pilot who stars in the film

Beyond Flyboys

More "War in the Sky" Films

SPA124 Lafayette Escadrille: American Volunteer Airmen in World War 1

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Average Rating:

Rating: - Great movie for kids enjoyed by adults
I ordered two copies of this movie for two families with preadolescent boys. Having seen The Flyboys, I knew it was a great movie for kids. Both families were delighted with a great evening of good movie watching.

Rating: - Late received but product was the best
I had UPS problem, one day shipment was delivered on first day but the UPS driver couldn't recognize the apt$ on the door. (as I forgot to write the apt number in the mailing address + I was standing out side at door, I asked the UPS driver 10am = he said, "sir, there are no mails on shivang pota." He came in the building saw my name on my name plate but took it back and said me that I haven't wrote full information. I tried my best.

I got it 5th day. As it was weekend, well this weekend ... Read More

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Rating: - Flyboys (Full Screen Edition)
Before the United States entered World War I, young Americans went to France to be fighter pilots, joining the Lafayette Escadrille. This fictional version follows a laconic Texas rancher, an eager Nebraska kid, a Black boxer already in France, and a New York swell, as they arrive green for training, get their baptism by fire when German planes ambush them on their first mission, and graduate to heroics. Rawlings, the Texan, falls in love with a young woman he meets at a bordello. Keeping their eyes on ... Read More

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Rating: - FLYBOYS SOARS! Blu ray review.
Inspired by the true story of the legendary Lafayette Escadrille, it tells the tale of America's first fighter pilots during WWI. Of course Hollywood takes it's liberties, but it is a compliment to the courage of these men. The action and aerial fight sequences are intense and exciting. You will enjoy this film and want to learn more about these great heroes!

NOW FOR MY BLU-RAY THOUGHTS: I feel the picture is clean and beautiful with the stand out scene being the Zeppelin fight. However, I ... Read More

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Rating: - WW1 Esquadrille Squadron
This is an excellent movie about a little known piece of history, wherein a group of American volunteers traveled to France to learn to fly and assist the French in their effort against German aircraft. There are several encounters with the German Ace, the Red Baron, who had shot down something like 80 allied planes.The movie is well done and the air action is exciting.