Bruno stachel george peppard, a brash german world war i fighter pilot, is driven to shoot down 20 enemy planes, thus garnering him the blue max. The cast of the 1966 movie the blue max where are they now. Recommended for aviation buffs and those who like war stories. The blue max is a 1966 british war film in deluxe color and filmed in cinemascope, about a german. The movie portrays stachel initially as an idealistic, humble. A young pilot in the german air force of 1918, disliked as lowerclass and unchivalrous, tries ambitiously to earn the medal offered for 20 kills. The blue max easily outpaces modern day cgi crap fests like flyboys. I havent seen any of the lord of the rings movies, and i am not familiar with peter jacksons other works, but hopefully he will be more restrained than whoever was responsible for the ph fx if a blue max remake actually comes off. The blue max the 1966 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio.
Released by legacy recordings in 1995 jk 57890 containing music from the blue max 1966. In the movie version, bruno is obsessed with the blue max. There was no quiet on the western front a young pilot in the german air force of 1918, disliked as lowerclass and unchivalrous, tries ambitiously to earn the medal offered for 20 kills. During a camping trip, matters get further complicated by a partial resumption of an incestuous affair between the.
They appear to be notes used to familiarize the pilots with the general operation and characteristics of the wwi replica aircraft. In reality the pfalz diiis and the fokker dris entered service about the same time in the fall of 1917, they would have been the old and worn out planes in 1918 with the new aircraft being the fokker dvii, this. Go to the internet movie database laserdisc database buy posters from buy posters from moviegoods. The civil class was revived as an independent organization in. Bruno stachel, an ambitious young german soldier who, from the muck of the world war i trenches, becomes determined to join the aristocratic ranks of his countrys heroic fliers. With george peppard, james mason, ursula andress, jeremy kemp. Characters meet blue s big musical movie part 1 nick jr. The menu is in english and the default audio is english dts 3. Released 1966, the blue max stars george peppard, james mason, ursula andress, jeremy kemp the movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 36 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which. The blue max is a 1966 british color motion picture filmed in ireland. However, there never was a standard uniform for the german luftstreitskraefte during ww1.
The blue max 1966 stream and watch online moviefone. The blue max 1966 by stuart galbraith iv on march 11, 2014 add comment over the years i tried several times, and failed, to watch john guillermins the blue max 1966, the bigscale adaptation of jack d. Blauer max ceased with the end of the prussian monarchy in november 1918. I was browsing on ebay and i noticed that the actual moranesaulnier trainer that featured in the final scenes of the movie the blue max was up for sale. For his role in the blue max, george peppard won the harvard lampoon award for the worst actor of 1966, and ive never been able to understand that. The film centers around teen idol brothers, harry and max.
Rent the blue max 1966 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Bruno stachel is a corporate in the german army who stops fighting in the trenches in order to pursue his dream of serving his country as a fighter pilot in the german air services division. He needed only 20 to win the award, but he had to shoot down two more in order to make up for willys kills that he claimed as his own earlier in the film. The trouble with the pearl harbor cgi sequences is that they are overcooked. Hunters novel about german fighter pilots during world war i.
Shoot the balloon the blue max movie on il2 1946 in six parts. Watch them from first to last to understand the storyline. Jerry goldsmith, jerry goldsmith the blue max amazon. The blue max tells the story of a german pilot in ww1, and his quest for glory. We get battle action, drama, politics, blackmail, humor and more all wrapped in a nice character focused story. The blue max 1966 a young pilot in the german air force of 1918, disliked as lowerclass and unchivalrous, tries ambitiously to earn the medal offered for 20 kills.
Immelmann was also the first aviator ever to win the award. The blue max official trailer offering some of the best ww i aerial footage ever committed to film, the blue max stars george peppard as bruno stachel, an. The blue max is probably my favorite world war 1 film, hands down. Oh and of course the planes play a huge part in the film. Harry is heterosexual, whereas max is gay and, despite his youth, has come to terms with his sexuality. May 01, 20 the blue max 1966 was an ambitious and epic score from a young jerry goldsmith. The blue max soundtrack cd details and availability. I saw it back before i was a movie critic, back in the days when i was able to dig movies without wondering whether they were really masterpieces and all that, and i enjoyed it. Leading man george peppard who played bruno stachel sadly died of leukemia in 1994, aged 66. Bruno stachel, an ambitious young german soldier who. The blue max hd movie trailer 20th centuryfox, 1966 youtube.
The blue max movie has an historical accuracy that is rarely seen, let alone truly noticed, in a war movie, and there is something about those world war 1 biplanes and triplanes that capture the imagination. Released by lala land records in 2014 lllcd 1296 containing music from the blue max 1966. The blue max 1966 movie mistakes, goofs and bloopers. The blue max soundtrack from 1966, composed by jerry goldsmith. A former convict poses as a cop to retrieve a diamond he stole years ago. The world war i film focuses on an arrogant german infantryman named bruno stachel george peppard, turned. The film stars george peppard breakfast at tiffanys as lt. Original pilots notes for wwi replica aircraft used in. The blue max, starring george peppard as bruno stachel, was released by 20th centuryfox in 1966.
The blue max soundtrack 1966 movie soundtracks for sale. The story is about a very handsome young german who has spent two years as an enlisted soldier in the infantry at the western front in world war i. Stachel earns his blue max not from 20 victories, but by. Original pilots notes for wwi replica aircraft used in the. Peppard earned a private pilots license during filming, offering to fly some of the vintage aircraft himself. Aug 23, 2009 shoot the balloon the blue max movie on il2 1946 in six parts. The way they move in the air, that makes the metaphor of. This is the opening of the 1966 war film the blue max, directed by john guillermin, and starring george peppard, ursula andress, and james mason. John guillermin s 1966 aerial war epic the blue max makes its bluray debut from twilight time. Mad max is a 1979 australian dystopian action thriller film directed by george miller, produced by byron kennedy, and starring mel gibson as mad max rockatansky, joanne samuel, hugh keaysbyrne, steve bisley, tim burns, and roger ward.
A national hero, peppard wins the blue max, the highest award that can be bestowed upon an aviator. Lowborn infantryman george peppard becomes a pilot, almost deliberately stepping on the sensibilities of his aristocratic comrades in the process. The film was made in deluxe color and filmed in cinemascope. The number of the berlin hotel room bruno stachel stays in the night before he is to be awarded the blue max is 22, which equals the number of planes he has shot down. The blue max is a 1966 war film directed by john guillermin and starring george peppard, james mason, ursula andress, karl michael vogler, and jeremy kemp. If you recall the film, it played the mysterious unnamed silver fighter that was only referred to as the new monoplane and was meant to be a new superplane that would give the germans. The blue max differs from so many war films in its portrayal of german war heroes not as the usual stereotypes but as ruthless opportunists more concerned with personal gain than patriotism. Harry is at the end of his career while max is just starting his. In the blue max, when the film starts they are flying worn out pfalz diiis and fokker dviis. His mission is to be awarded germanys highest military honor, an. It follows stachel through his being accepted for the imperial german air service, commissioned as an officer, and his becoming an ace in the air battles of world war i. With martin lawrence, luke wilson, peter greene, dave chappelle. The colloquial name blue max was given in honour of max immelmann, the first recipient of the pour le merite during wwi. Its the red fokker triplane thats had the most dramatic life story.
I compiled the list in 1986 and included a short description of each plane and the engines used. Sadly, the following members of the cast are no longer with us. John guillermins 1966 aerial war epic the blue max makes its bluray debut from twilight time. Jan 24, 2015 i dont own anything copyright goes to owner. Offering some of the best ww i aerial footage ever committed to film, the blue max stars george peppard as bruno stachel, an ambitious german infantryman who. This is a list of the blue max movie aircraft that were purchased in the early 1980s by the fighting air command. Bruno stachel george peppard, a brash german world war i fighter pilot, is driven to shoot down 20 enemy planes, thus garnering him the blue max, a coveted medal. New awards of the military class known during the first world war informally as the blue max german. The producers could not get a hold on actual ww1 aircraft almost all had been scrapped or had fallen apart but they did a great job of fitting out current biplanes to look like pfalz diiis and dr 1 triplanes. In october 1978 it vanished from garrisons ireland hangar. Lowborn infantryman george peppard becomes a pilot, almost deliberately. The plot is about a german fighter pilot on the western front during world war i. Hunter, the blue max is a world war i aviation drama, told from the german point of view. They appear to be notes used to familiarize the pilots with the general operation and characteristics of.
In my opinion, the blue max is one of the best flying movies ever made. Watch the blue max online stream full movie directv. The counts nephew, willi jeremy kemp, is brunos main competition for. To begin with, the blue max wasnt such a bad movie.
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