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28 August 1969 (USA) moreTagline:
When you turn on by falling free... when jumping is not only w way to live, but a way to die, too... you're a Gypsy Moth. morePlot:
Three skydivers and their travelling thrill show barnstorm through a small midwestern town one Fourth of July weekend. full summary | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Wonderful vintage skydiving sequences, interesting tale. moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Burt Lancaster | ... | Mike Rettig | |
| Deborah Kerr | ... | Elizabeth Brandon | |
| Gene Hackman | ... | Joe Browdy | |
| Scott Wilson | ... | Malcolm Webson | |
| William Windom | ... | V. John Brandon | |
| Bonnie Bedelia | ... | Annie Burke | |
| Sheree North | ... | Waitress | |
| Carl Reindel | ... | Pilot | |
| Ford Rainey | ... | Stand Owner | |
| John Napier | ... | Dick Donford |
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107 minCountry:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoCertification:
Australia:PG (TV rating) | West Germany:18 (f) | Canada:14A (video rating) | Finland:K-8 | Sweden:15 | USA:R | Australia:GFun Stuff
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Revealing mistakes: During the parachute jump that opens the film, the Gypsy Moths jump from the exact same plane flown by the same pilot they meet and hire -- supposedly for the first time -- in another town several days later. moreQuotes:
[Last lines]Elizabeth Brandon: He wanted me to go with him.
Allen Brandon: Did he?
Elizabeth Brandon: [long pause] The thought terrified me.
Allen Brandon: And me...
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Burt Lancaster, Gene Hackman, and Scott Wilson portray a team of professional sport parachutists barnstorming their way through small-town America.
The movie features some fine performances, particularly Lancaster's. I enjoyed the way the small town was depicted; it felt curiously familiar and yet distant at the same time. The movie holds its own, even 30 years after its initial release.
The jumping sequences are fantastic...truly the finest jump sequences ever captured on film at that time (1969). Pay particular attention to the 'cape' jumps, particularly the last one (Scott Wilson's) which gets me bug-eyed every time I see it (yes, I'm a jumper too).
Longish and slow-moving at times but well worth it.