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Excellent Flying Filming

posted 19 years ago by jbm27
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The way they followed Murphy's plane on his path to vengeance, I must say was filmed in a impressive way. In no shot could you tell their was a another plane/copter following.

[–] richardkarlgood 17 years ago

Yes, it was very well done, especially for a '71 flick. Their was no evidence of a secondairy 'filming' aircraft, and the flying scenes were just a treat.

~Rich

[–] HenryScudder 16 years ago

I agree. The flying scenes are pure adrenaline. Great action sequences.

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[–] tommyuk 15 years ago

Yes some of the filming was well done with the little aircafts engine cutting in and out.

[–] ThomsonAAA 15 years ago

That first take off sequence is a full 3 minutes long, i was gripping my chair and gritting my teeth! Absolutely fantastic bit of film and what a machine that is pounding through the waves, the sheets of water being thrown back through the prop. Absolutely stunning!

[–] Slime-3 12 years ago

I agree whole-heartedly, it's a great sequence and I loved the scene straight afterwards where a very excited O'Toole enthuses "Louie, Louie! Th FEELING!" And you know exactly what he means! It conveys that 'feeling' perfectly.
I think overall it's a gem of a film, very atmospheric and sadly ignored for too long.

[–] AbesOddysee 12 years ago

Feel the same way, glad i decided to watch it when it was on tv yesterday.

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[–] joscco 11 years ago

Yup. There's something about an open cockpit biplane. I was fortunate to go up in a Stearman (like the yellow plane used in the The English Patient) for some aerobatics. Loops, split-esses, barrel rolls, hammerhead stalls, Immelmanns, spins, snap rolls, the works. You're not tossed about, but stationary inside a spinning hollow ball with the ground on one side and the sky on the other. Except that one moment, you can be hanging only by your shoulder straps looking "up" and 2,000 feet "above" is the ground sliding past. Unforgetable!

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[–] frequency-2 10 years ago

I agree, the Second Unit stuff is great. You must also remember this is a Peter Yates film, the director of "Bullit" which still has the best car chases ever shot.