The Blue Max
by John Guillermin
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Actor: George Peppard, James Mason, Jeremy Kemp, Karl Michael Vogler, Ursula AndressDirector: John Guillermin
Producer: Christian Ferry
Writer: Basilio Franchina
Writer: Ben Barzman
Writer: David Pursall
Writer: Gerald Hanley
Writer: Jack Hunter
Writer: Jack Seddon
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Color, NTSC
Running Time: 156 minutes
Release Date: 1990-05-24
Audience Rating: Unrated
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Studio: 20th Century Fox
VHS Movie Reviews of The Blue Max
Movie Review: Great aviation combat footage
Summary: 4 Stars
A great World War 1 classic aviation movie. The aerial combat footage, done without any computer virtual reality animation is quite spectacular. The acting, especially from the european cast was quite good.
Summary of The Blue Max
The Blue Max is highly unusual among Hollywood films, not just for being a large-scale drama set during the generally overlooked World War I, but in concentrating on air combat as seen entirely from the German point of view. The story focuses on a lower-class officer, Bruno Stachel (George Peppard), and his obsessive quest to win a Blue Max, a medal awarded for shooting down 20 enemy aircraft. Around this are subplots concerning a propaganda campaign by James Mason's pragmatic general, rivalry with a fellow officer (Jeremy Kemp), and a love affair with a decadent countess (Ursula Andress).As directed by John Guillermin (who later made The Battle of Britain in 1969), the film's main assets are epic production values, great flying scenes, and stunning dogfights. The weak point is the sometimes ponderous character drama, not helped by Peppard, who is too lightweight an actor to convince as the driven antihero. Clearly influenced by Kubrick's Paths of Glory (1958), The Blue Max is a cold, cynical drama offering a visually breathtaking portrait of a stultified society tearing itself apart during the final months of the Great War. --Gary S. Dalkin
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