Hip hip, hooray... World War II and as the battle for the skies rages, the youthful crew of B-17 Bomber Memphis Belle embark on their 25th and final mission... David Puttnam co-produces with Catherine Wyler and Michael Caton-Jones directs this poignant and gripping WWII story. The crew of "Belle" are made up of a youth inflected cast of actors headed by the likes of Eric Stoltz, Sean Astin, Billy Zane and Matthew Modine, while John Lithgow and David Strathairn provide the mature acting weight on the ground hoping that the boys come back safely. In truth it's all a bit too predictable, but never insultingly so, though research into the real exploits of the brave heroes involved reveals that Hollywood has, well, been Hollywood. Tech credits are a mixture of the brilliant and the poor, but when it involves the aerial sequences the film is stunning, and the makers do a sterling job of making "Belle's" final flight suspenseful and emotionally potent. 6.5/10
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Memphis Belle
"Brave young men who rode on the wings of victory."
1990 • 1h 47m • ★ 6.7 (409 votes) Released
The "Memphis Belle" is a World War II bomber, piloted by a young crew on dangerous bombing raids into Europe. The crew only have to make one more bombing raid before they have finished their duty and can go home. In the briefing before their last flight, the crew discover that the target for the day is Bremen.
Director
Michael Caton-Jones
Screenplay
Monte Merrick
Rating
6.7
Runtime
107 min
Budget
$23.0M
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures Enigma Productions
Fujisankei Communications Group
British Satellite Broadcasting
NatWest Ventures The Bountiful Company
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★ 6.5/10 • Nov 23, 2014
Keywords
world war iibomberu.s. air forcedanger of lifesoldiernostalgicmilitary airplaneheroic missionflying fortressnazi germanysternadmiring
