I suggested those because they were good aviation movies. Jimmy Stewart
(who, in real life, was a General in the USAF Reserves) was in /The
Flight of the Phoenix/ and /Strategic Air Command/. John Wayne was in
/The High and the Mighty/, and Glenn Ford was in /Fate Is The Hunter/ -
you can't go wrong with those!
Model airplanes feature in the plot of /The Flight of the Phoenix/. Come
to think of it, the /Phoenix/ would make an awesome scale model. (Now
where did I put those C-82 plans?)
There were a bunch of other Earnest K. Gann movies, including /I//sland
in the Sky/ (also with John Wayne), //Soldier of Fortune/, The Raging
Tide/ (Gann wrote the screenplay), /The //Aviator/, /Masada/, /The Last
Flight of Noah's Ark/ (good family pic), /Twilight for the Gods/, /Blaze
of Noon/. You could have a whole Earnest K. Gann film festival!
Here's a site with a dozen movies that feature airplanes in leading
roles: https://www.historynet.com/movie-stars-with-wings.htm
Cheers,
Tom
On 3/23/20 3:47 PM, (Redacted sender jhshmud for DMARC) wrote:
Jake,
I have not seen the movies, Fate is The Hunter and The High and The Mighty. I have read those books along with Island in the Sky written by Earnest Gann and they all were excellent. As a little trivia
he lived in Friday Harbor and his favorite airplane to fly was a Pietenpol.
Thanks for the tips on movies. John
-----Original Message-----
From: Jake Boyd <dyob42@xxxxxxxxx>
To: orcachat <orcachat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Mon, Mar 23, 2020 9:01 am
Subject: [orcachat] Re: Inmate entertainment
*INMATES MOVIE AND BOOK LIST*
**
*The list so far….thanks guys……more members will be appreciated *
Submitted by Jake Boyd
Danny Collins filmed in 2015
Starring: Al Pacino, Annette Bening, Bobby Cannavale, Christopher Plummer, Jennifer Garner
Submitted by Dennis Christianson
We watch the just released Jumanji from Redbox, saw the previous two. Was ok. Probably will watch Ford vs Ferrari, Midway
Submitted by Tom Speer
The Wind Rises, Hayao Miyazaki, 2013.
The Flight of the Phoenix, Robert Aldrich, 1965
Fate Is The Hunter, Ralph Nelson, 1964
The High and the Mighty, William A. Wellman, 1954
Strategic Air Command, Anthony Mann, 1955
Wind, Carroll Ballard, 1992
Submitted by Tom Condon
The Last Starfighter!
Sent from EKAJDYOB
On Mar 22, 2020, at 21:56, Dennis Christianson <DenC23@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
We watch the just released Jumanji from Redbox, saw the previous two. Was ok. Probably will watch Ford vs Ferrari, Midway
Sent from my iPhone
On Mar 22, 2020, at 9:20 PM, Jake Boyd <dyob42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
It seems most of us are a bit housebound during this Covis19 thing. After a hard day of model building and a multitude of other around the house projects I imagine you could use some entertainment......a movie maybe? If we each share a title of a movie we have enjoyed in the past that is available in the home (Netflix or Amazon Prime Video, etc) it could save some time searching. Of course not everybody likes movies so book titles can be shared as well. No particular genre is suggested.
I’ll start off with a movie from Amazon Prime Videos.....Enjoy......Jake
Danny Collins filmed in 2015
Starring:Al Pacino <https://www.metacritic.com/person/al-pacino>, Annette Bening <https://www.metacritic.com/person/annette-bening>, Bobby Cannavale <https://www.metacritic.com/person/bobby-cannavale>, Christopher Plummer <https://www.metacritic.com/person/christopher-plummer>, Jennifer Garner <https://www.metacritic.com/person/jennifer-garner>
Sent from EKAJDYOB
