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| Air Force | 
 enlarge | Director: Howard Hawks
Actors: John Ridgely, Gig Young, Arthur Kennedy, Charles Drake, Harry Carey
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 18906
Format: Black & White, Full Screen, Ntsc, Subtitled
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 124
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: WARD65998D
UPC: 012569599826
EAN: 0012569599826
ASIN: B000NTPG5M
Theatrical Release Date: March 20, 1943
Release Date: June 5, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: AVIATION/WAR/HISTORY FILMS OUR SPECIALTY - 10, 000 IN STOCK - NEW AND FACTORY SEALED
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Product Description
Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 06/05/2007 Run time: 124 minutes
Amazon.com
Director Howard Hawks casually referred to Air Force (1943) as his "contribution to the war effort." It's also a masterpiece, standing with John Ford's They Were Expendable as the best WWII films Hollywood made while the war was still on. On the evening of December 6, 1941, a B-17 flies out of San Francisco on a routine peacetime training mission to Hickam Field in Hawaii. While en route, the officers and crew overhear radio traffic of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor ("Whatcha got there," somebody asks the radio operator, "Orson Welles?"). They touch down in a smoking world like a vision out of Dante, then hop from one Pacific outpost to the next as the clouds of war roil. The plane itself, the Mary Ann, is the movie's main character; the biggest star, John Garfield, actually gets last billing as her newly assigned tail gunner. Air Force is one of Hawks's supreme guys-doing-their-job movies, and the definitive war-movie portrait of America as a melting-pot of diverse individuals and types making common cause. The ensemble (Garfield, Gig Young, John Ridgely, Arthur Kennedy, the great Harry Carey, et al.) is superbly directed, there's a strong Dudley Nichols screenplay (with an uncredited contribution by William Faulkner) and breathtaking editing of the battle scenes (which won George Amy an Oscar), and the camerawork is by James Wong Howe in peak form.
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 Air Force September 16, 2008
Who could go wrong with Howard Hawks? A fanciful propagandistic tale set in the days surrounding the Pearl Harbor attack. The "Mary Ann" goes more places in a few days and even leads a counterattack on the entire Japanese fleet only a few days later. Still, it is one of my favorites, I dig the B-17C/D and the cast, featuring a lot of second-line Warner Brothers actors for the time, except Harry Carey, is tight. Commentary would have made this even better.
A good buy August 3, 2008
I wanted to buy this film because I heard the Lux Radio Theatre version of it, and it was not only enjoyable, but the story began at Maither Field, which is not very far from where I live. And...I wasn't disappointed, but I do think the ending drags a bit. However, it's a valuable film because it gives the viewer a good survey of the first few days of World War II. Many people don't know that Pearl Harbor was only one of the places attacked by the Japanese on December 7th and 8th. I sure didn't until recently, when I saw the Ken Burns documentary. Pearl Harbor was just the tip of the iceberg.
Also, the Special Features section on the disc is excellent. Not only is the Lux program included, but there is a short subject about the WACs which is very interesting. All in all, this disc is a nice starting place for someone who might be curious about the era, or just looking for some good entertainment.
 Off We Go.... March 26, 2008
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
Ahhh to hate those from Japan! How easy it was to twist the facts to put the fear of God into the average American! This attempt at propaganda had it all...the proud father, the tough kid, the boy next door, and even the cute dog! Too bad it was over the top. Still...it is a popcorn movie that could be used to open talk on fear and racism in the 1940's as well as what people will do to win you over to their cause. I enjoy watching it and would recommend it for a collector. Most others would be put off by the heavy hand of hollywood!
 A fantastic classic World War II movie December 28, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a classic must have for all lovers of history and World War II.
Air Force September 6, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
As a fan of most flying films and military ones in particular, this was a good movie. Naturally because it was produced during WWII it was very slanted in its language and portrayal of the Japanese. As I desire to have as many classic WWII flying films in my liabrary as possible, I am happy to have this one.
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