Memphis Belle

Titolo originale: Memphis Belle
Regia: Michael Caton-Jones |
Anno: 1990
Origine: Japan | United Kingdom | United States of America |
Generi: Dramma Guerra Azione
Tag: world war ii | bomber | u.s. air force | danger of life | soldier | nostalgic | military airplane | heroic mission | flying fortress | nazi germany | stern | admiring |
Cast: Matthew Modine | Eric Stoltz | Tate Donovan | D. B. Sweeney | Billy Zane | Sean Astin | Harry Connick Jr. | Bradley Lavelle | Reed Diamond | Courtney Gains | Neil Giuntoli | David Strathairn | John Lithgow | Jane Horrocks | Ben Browder | Steven Mackintosh | Martin McDougall | Morag Siller | Mac McDonald | Jodie Brooke Wilson | Keith Edwards |

Nel maggio 1943, da una base aerea in Inghilterra, si leva in volo per la sua venticinquesima missione un bombardiere B-17, battezzato con il nome di "Memphis Belle". La fortezza volante è condotta da un equipaggio di nove componenti: nove aviatori dai caratteri e dagli ideali personali non proprio omogenei. La missione risulta durissima, sia per le cattive condizioni atmosferiche, sia per gli attacchi aerei tedeschi e per l'azione della contraerea.

Approfondimenti

The tail gunner of the real Memphis Belle was John Quinlan. He was also awarded 3-kills in the pacif [...] D
The real Memphis Belle has been restored and was displayed at Memphis, Tennessee from 1987 to the pr [...] D
Producer Catherine Wyler is the daughter of William Wyler, who directed the wartime documentary The [...] D
Actor Matthew Modine's uncle Wylder Modine was an actual B-17 pilot during WWII. Matthew wore his un [...] D
The 358th B-17F #41-24577 Hell's Angels, from which the Group later named itself, completed its 25th [...] D
The footage that plays while LtCol. Derringer reads Col. Harriman's letters is actual film footage f [...] D
Sandra Bullock filmed a role that was deleted from the final print. D
The ball turret gunner of the real Memphis Belle was Cecil Scott. From Altoona, PA. "From down there [...] D
There was originally a part written for the Memphis Belle's ground crew chief called "Les". He had a [...] D
There are only five real B-17 flying in the movie. Two were flown in from the US, two came from Fran [...] D
The left waist turret gunner of the real Memphis Belle was Clarence "Bill" Winchell. The right waist [...] D
The Sally B, one of two B-17s portraying the Belle in the film, is the last airworthy B-17 in the UK [...] D
Memphis Belle was originally conceived by its producer, David Puttnam, as a film about a British air [...] D
The Memphis Belle was named for Margaret K. Polk of Memphis, TN. Although she and Robert K. Morgan b [...] D
The film's dedication states: "This film is dedicated to all the brave young men, whatever their nat [...] D
The poem Sgt. Danny Daly (Eric Stoltz) reads is "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death", by Irish poet [...] D
The real Memphis Belle is an early-production B-17F model. The aircraft used to portray the Belle in [...] D
The top turret gunners of the real Memphis Belle were Leviticus "Levy" Dillon, Eugene Adkins, and Ha [...] D
The aircraft's appearance is not exactly like the actual Memphis Belle. The nose art, style of the b [...] D
The co-pilot of the real Memphis Belle was James Verinas. Col. Morgan always referred to him as the [...] D
Film debut of Harry Connick Jr. D
Part financed by the short lived British television channel, British Satellite Broadcasting. A year [...] D
The movie was originally to be called "Southern Belle", to avoid possible legal problems with real " [...] D
The plane which portrayed the Belle in the movie is actually a converted B-17G, while the real Belle [...] D
During the second squadron landing one of the B-17s fires a red flare. In 1943 this would have been [...] D
According to the film, the "Memphis Belle" flew her 25th and last mission on 17th May 1943. D
The Radio Operator of the real Memphis Belle was Robert Hanson D
The movie's closing epilogue says: "Over a quarter of a million aircraft battled for supremacy in th [...] D
The navigator of the real Memphis Belle was Charles Leighton. From Flint Michigan, he retired as a t [...] D
The bombardier of the real Memphis Belle was Vince Evans. Hollywood writer for Bogart, friend of Ron [...] D
The pilot of the real Memphis Belle was Robert K Morgan. After reaching the rank of Lt. Col. he led [...] D
Three actors from Memphis Belle were cast in Back to the Future. Billy Zane played Match and Courtne [...] D
Bombardier 1Lt. Val Kozlowski (Billy Zane) is depicted looking through the Norden bombsight and rele [...] D
Joe Giambrone was the crew chief of the "Belle". He kept the Belle Flying through six months of comb [...] D
The film's opening prologue reads: "In the Summer of 1943, a fierce battle raged in the skies above [...] D
One of the pilots who ferried and flew one of the B-17s for the movie was actually a P-47 pilot who [...] D