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Release Date
• USA: Sep 22, 2006
Budget USD 60,000,000
BoxOffice: $13.0M
Official Website:
Flyboys Website
MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13 for war action violence and some sexual content.
Running Time
2 hours, 19 minutes
Country France, USA
Production Companies
Flyboys Films Ltd., Elstree Film & Television Studios, Electric Entertainment, Ingenious Entertainment, Ingenious Film Partners, Skydance Productions
Studio MGM
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• Flyboys (2006)
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Genre: Action, Adventure, War, Drama
Plot: "Flyboys," the first World War I aviation film in over 40 years, is inspired by the epic, courageous tale of the American young men who would become known as the legendary Lafayette Escadrille. They were ordinary boys who volunteered for the first World War looking for adventure, and in the process, they became heroes. Never before has a movie so accurately portrayed the thrill and danger of the aerial dogfights that played such an integral role in the Allied resistance.In 1917, prior to the official entry into the war by the United States, the Allied powers of France, England and Italy were on the ropes against the German juggernaut. Some altruistic young Americans volunteered to fight alongside their counterparts in France. Some joined the infantry, others chose the Ambulance Corps. But 38 young men had a different idea: they decided to learn how to fly. Their motivations for enlisting may have been different: Blaine Rawlings (James Franco) is searching for his purpose following the bank's foreclosure of his family ranch, Briggs Lowry (Tyler Labine) is shamed into joining by his disciplinarian father, while African-American expatriate boxer Eugene Skinner (Abdul Salis) vows to repay his debt to his adopted, racially-tolerant country. But under the command of French
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Tony Bill
Untamed Heart, My Bodyguard, Crazy People |
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Leon, The Da Vinci Code, Mission: Impossible |
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Batman, The 51st State, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | | Todd Boyce
Spy Game, Behind Enemy Lines, The Punisher | |
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| Music By |
Trevor Rabin
Armageddon, Snakes on a Plane, Gone in Sixty Seconds |
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