Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (DVD)

In the early days of flight, Lord Rawnsley offers Ł10,000 in prize money for the winners of a London to Paris air race. Intending to prove that British means Best, Rawnsley puts his faith in a Royal Navy Lieutenant (James Fox), but other competitors, including a German officer (Gert Frobe) and a caddish English gent (Terry-Thomas), are determined to prove their own worth.

General

Studio:	20th Century Fox Home Ent.
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2006
Movie released:	1965
Actors:	Terry Thomas • James Fox • Stuart Whitman • Sarah Miles • Robert Morley • Fred Emney • Gert Fröbe • Tony Hancock • Benny Hill • Gordon Jackson • John Le Mesurier • Flora Robson • Alberto Sordi • Eric Sykes • Sam Wanamaker • Willie Rushton • Cicely Courtneidge
Contributors:	Stan Margulies • Jack Davies • Ken Annakin • Ron Goodwin
Directors:	Ken Annakin
Dimensions:	192 x 137 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:
Running time:	2 hours, 7 minutes
Region encoding:	Region 2. This DVD will play in all South African DVD players.
Languages:	English
Age restriction:	A
Categories:	DVD > Classics DVD > Feature Film
LSN:	XQA-HVF-9ME-1
Barcode:	5039036020084

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Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 | Review by: Micky B

While unlucky not to win an Oscar (for which it was nominated in numerous categories,) this British comedy won many other international awards. Directed by Ken Annakin, it is, in a way, Britain’s answer to American producer/director Stanley Kramer’s multi-starred <i> It’s a Mad, Mad World<i> of a few years before. Sub-titled <i>How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours and 11 Minutes,</i> this constitutes on of the longest titles in movie history! The year is 1910; and at the suggestion of his daughter, Patricia, English newspaper magnate Lord Lawnsley (Robert Morley) agrees to sponsor an international air race from London to Paris – an event hitherto never even thought of back then! Competitors include Patricia’s suitor and British airrnan, Richard Mays (James Fox;) American pilot Orvil Newton (Stuart Whitman.) Other pilots represent the countries of Italy (Alberto Sordi), Japan (Jojuri Ishihara,) France (Jean-Pierre Cassel, ) and Germany – reluctant German flyer Count Manfred von Holstein (Gert Frobe – old “Goldfinger” himself!) Terry-Thomas, as Sir Percy Ware-Armitage, and a mad aeroplane designer/constructor (Tony Hancock) also represent Britain in the race. Also in the cast are Red Skelton (his last movie;) Eric Sykes, Dame Edith Evans, Benny Hill; Gordon Jackson; Maurice Denham; Irena Demick…and, of course, the wonderful old aeroplanes themselves! As an added bonus, the credit titles feature against a background of wickedly funny Ronald Searle illustrations. The incidental narration is by James Robertson Justice. The London take-off airfield just happens to lie next to a sewage farm, so I don’t have to spell out where many of the planes (and other vehicles) manage to crash-land! Yes, there <i>is</i> a fair amount of slapstick…but the British humour still come shining through it all! If you want a good giggle, then this one is for you!

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