IMDB 6.5 / 10 (38,654 votes)

Flyboys (2006)

Flyboys | United States of America| United Kingdom

In 1914, "The Great War" - WWI - began in Europe. America chose at first not to fight, but some altruistic young Americans disagreed. A handful of volunteers decided to learn how to fly. The first of them - a squadron of only 38 - became known as the Lafayette Escadrille. In time, America joined their cause. The Escadrille pilots became legendary. Flyboys is inspired by their story. Blaine Rawlings (James Franco) along with the other young Americans arrives in France, unable to speak the language and challenged by learning to operate a device that was only invented 10 years prior to the war-the airplane. At this point in time, France has been in battle for three years and has lost millions of men in battle. Blaine and his squadron are trained under the command of the French Captain Thenault (Jean Reno). He and the other French pilots put the boys under vigorous training to prepare them for aerial combat. What they didn't realize was that they were about to embark on a great, romantic adventure, becoming the world's first combat pilots. But it is when Rawlings falls in love with a local French woman named Lucienne he learns firsthand the costs of war as it has affected her and her family. When Lucienne finds herself behind enemy lines, Rawlings risks everything to save her and her family. Fighting a war that wasn't theirs, these young, na?ve adventure-seekers slowly learn the true meaning of love, brotherhood, heroism, courage, tolerance and, in return, gain a true reason to risk their lives. Cast: James Franco, Jean Reno, David Ellison, Martin Henderson, Jennifer Decker Directed by Tony Bill English language with latvian and russian subtitles.

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Director

Tony Bill

Writers

David S. Ward

Stars

James Franco
Blaine Rawlings

David Ellison
Eddie Beagle

Jean Reno
Capt. Thenault

Philip Winchester
William Jensen

Abdul Salis
Eugene Skinner

Todd Boyce
Mr. Jensen

Karen Ford
Mrs. Jensen

Mac McDonald
Sheriff Detweiller

Scott Hazell
Cinema Usher

Ruth Bradley
Laura

Others...

Budget

60,000,000.00

Revenue

17,834,865.00

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Keywords

world war i, biplane

Production

Skydance Media, Electric Entertainment, Ingenious Film Partners, Flyboys Films

Actor

James Franco, David Ellison, Jean Reno, Philip Winchester, Abdul Salis, Todd Boyce, Karen Ford, Mac McDonald, Scott Hazell, Ruth Bradley, Tim Pigott-Smith, Tyler Labine, Gail Downey, Augustin Legrand, Keith McErlean, Jennifer Decker, Lex Shrapnel, Martin Henderson

Creators

Tony Bill (Director), Phil Sears (Author), Blake T. Evans (Author), David S. Ward (Screenplay), David Brown (Executive Producer), James Clayton (Executive Producer), Dean Devlin (Producer), Marc Frydman (Producer), Phillip Goldfarb (Executive Producer), Duncan Reid (Executive Producer), Trevor Rabin (Original Music Composer), Henry Braham (Director of Photography), Chris Blunden (Editor), Ron Rosen (Editor), Daniel Hubbard (Casting), John Hubbard (Casting), Ros Hubbard (Casting), Nic Ede (Costume Design), Charles Wood (Production Design), Ray Chan (Supervising Art Director), Philip Elton (Art Direction), Matthew Gray (Art Direction), Eliza Solesbury (Set Decoration), Sally Ross (Art Department Coordinator), Dave Rand (3D Supervisor), Gilly Martin (Costume Supervisor), Steve Cummings (Armorer), Jon Baker (Armorer), Nick Jeffries (Armorer), Sally Jones (Script Supervisor), Simon Neville (Armorer), Ian Foster (Camera Operator), Graham Hall (Camera Operator), Gary L. Camp (Steadicam Operator), Jay Maidment (Still Photographer), John Handler (Underwater Camera), Larry Randall (Gaffer), Rick Leary (CG Supervisor), Mattias Lindahl (CG Supervisor), Alex Wuttke (CG Supervisor), Brian Eyre (CGI Supervisor), Stewart Ash (Animation), Aysha Madina (Animation), James Lewis (Animation), Nicholas Symons (Animation), Laura Miles (Visual Effects Coordinator), Clare Tinsley (Visual Effects Coordinator), Billy A. Campbell (Visual Effects Editor), Richard Diver (Visual Effects Editor), Mark Franco (Visual Effects Producer), Fay McConkey (Visual Effects Producer), Rupert Porter (Visual Effects Producer), Ellen Walder (Visual Effects Producer), Peter Chiang (Visual Effects Supervisor), Charlie Noble (Visual Effects Supervisor), Johnny Lockwood (Visual Effects Supervisor), Steve Street (Visual Effects Supervisor), Iain Eyre (Dialogue Editor), Dominic Gibbs (Music Editor), Michael Price (Music Editor), Peter Afterman (Music Supervisor), Matt Biffa (Music Supervisor), Margaret Yen (Music Supervisor), Jack Stew (Foley), Andy Kennedy (Sound Designer), Jed Loughran (Sound Effects Editor), Jon Olive (Sound Effects Editor), Mark Paterson (Sound Re-Recording Mixer), Mike Prestwood Smith (Sound Re-Recording Mixer), David Evans (Supervising Sound Editor), Stefan Henrix (Supervising Sound Editor), Patrice Iva (Hairstylist), Lorna McGowan (Hairstylist), Carmel Jackson (Hairstylist), Graham Johnston (Makeup Designer), Lorna McGowan (Makeup Artist), Carmel Jackson (Makeup Artist), Laura McIntosh (Makeup Artist), Tania Clarke (First Assistant Editor), Paul Swinburne (First Assistant Editor), Steve Dent (Stunt Coordinator)

Alternative titles

Flyboys: Héroes del Aire (ES)
Sky Busters - Die Himmelsstürmer (DE)
פרחי טייס (IL)

Release dates

29.06.2007 (DE)
01.06.2007 (GB)
29.06.2007 (IT)
30.01.2007 (FR)
22.09.2006 (US)