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16 June 1965 (USA) moreTagline:
or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutesAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 6 nominations moreUser Comments:
"Up, Down, Flying Around, Looping The Loop And Defying The Ground" more (34 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Stuart Whitman | ... | Orvil Newton |
| Sarah Miles | ... | Patricia Rawnsley |
| James Fox | ... | Richard Mays |
| Alberto Sordi | ... | Count Emilio Ponticelli |
| Robert Morley | ... | Lord Rawnsley |
| Gert Fröbe | ... | Colonel Manfred von Holstein (as Gert Frobe) |
 | Jean-Pierre Cassel | ... | Pierre Dubois |
| Irina Demick | ... | Brigitte / Ingrid / Marlene / Françoise / Yvette / Betty |
| Eric Sykes | ... | Courtney |
 | Red Skelton | ... | Neanderthal Man |
| Terry-Thomas | ... | Sir Percy Ware-Armitage |
| Benny Hill | ... | Fire Chief Perkins |
| Yûjirô Ishihara | ... | Yamamoto (as Yujiro Ishihara) |
| Flora Robson | ... | Mother Superior |
| Karl Michael Vogler | ... | Captain Rumpelstoss |
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Iceland:L | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Finland:S | Norway:7 | Portugal:M/6 | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | UK:UFun Stuff
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Factual errors: Just before the German airplane falls into the sea, it flies almost level while in an inverted attitude with the tail higher off the water than the nose. This is impossible. Also when the Colonel drops into the sea he is under it, but the plane is then seen to crash some distance behind him, not past him. moreSoundtrack:
LA CALUNNIA UN VENTICELLO moreFAQ
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I'm one of the biggest fans of old newsreels and I don't think there are too many of us who haven't seen some of that ancient footage with all those odd contraptions showing man's attempt to fly in the early 20th century. I guess it was only a matter of time before someone got the bright idea to do a comedy from those attempts.
Some of them weren't all that funny, people did in fact get killed, a lot of them in trying to master the air. But by 1910 there were all kinds of airplanes and even some early helicopters and a lot are shown in Those Magnificent Men.
The plot centers about an international race from London to Paris sponsored by one of the English press lords played in true John Bull style by Robert Morley. He's got a spirited suffragette daughter in Sarah Miles and a most proper member of the King's Coldstream Guards in James Fox courting her.
But along comes another flier, an American cowboy, Stuart Whitman who becomes Fox's air and romantic rival. But the film's got more than that. It's got Italian hopeful Alberto Sordi who can impregnate his wife with a dirty look. It's got Frenchman Jean Pierre-Cassel who keeps running into Irina Demick every place he goes. It's even got another English contestant in Terry-Thomas who's busy trying to sabotage everyone else.
However my favorite is the German entry, Gert Frobe. Poor Frobe has to pinch hit for the original German flier who partied too hardy. But as he tries to prove as long as you follow the instruction book, the German Army can accomplish anything. Seeing him try to fly his airplane while reading the instruction book is my favorite memory of Those Magnificent Men.
That and that incredibly catchy title song. I defy anyone to watch this film and not come away humming that tune for weeks. It will embed itself in your subconscious forever.
Those Magnificent Men is good entertainment and a gentle tribute to those early air pioneers.