Bruno stachel george peppard, a brash german world war i fighter pilot, is driven to shoot down 20 enemy planes, thus garnering him the blue max, a coveted. Stachel becomes a bit of a fish out of water with his new higher class comradesinarms, but this doesnt bother him as stachel is interested in only one thing. Share your thoughts, experiences and the tales behind the art. It was recorded on december 2, 1956 and features performances by morgan, hank mobley, kenny rodgers, horace silver, paul chambers and charlie persip. Personally im a huge fan of this composer, his incredibly effective theme to ridley scotts original alien may be the most underregarded uic soundtrack ever. Review of region 1 20th century fox dvd unmistakably one of the most entertaining war films to come out of the 1960s, the blue max is the kind of film that could only have been made in hollywood. Rent the blue max 1966 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. The film was made in deluxe color and filmed in cinemascope. Of course, nobody goes to a picture like the blue max for the bedroom antics or for the soap operatics but for the flying sequences which are superb and plentiful. James mason is an uppercrust baron and general and ursula andress is his sexy, younger wife whom peppard beds. I can understand why it was panned by the critics when it first came out in 1966. Famous for jack in the box and nine and oh in chicago a history of the sports reference sponsorship system.
Dirty harry collection clint eastwood box set new bluray regb magnum force. Watch series online for free, full episodes watch series. Goldsmiths music for blue max is not one of his very best but. The blue max bluray twilight time george peppard james. Featuring some of the best aerial combat scenes ever shot and a great ensemble cast, its enjoyable pulp fantasy for any war film fan. Elm, the nazi officer who knows that david is a double agent, escapes from a british pow camp and makes his way to berlin, determined to prove to his superiors that david, and not he, is the real traitor.
Don adams stars as maxwell smart, a hilariously inept and maladroit operative working for control, a top secret counterintelligence agency, in season 1 of this classic, emmyrwinning spy spoof series created by mel brooks and buck henry. The general finds him useful as a hero even though his wife also finds him useful as a love object. Hold on to your hats, switches on, contact and chocks away, were going up diddly up. Lee morgan sextet also known as lee morgan volume 2. Released by legacy recordings in 1995 jk 57890 containing music from the blue max 1966. It is a followup to ultra q, though not technically a sequel or spinoff. Get smart stakeout on blue mist mountain tv episode. Episode 1 web of venom when spiderman and max modell experiment on a sample of venom symbiote, it escapes and unleashes. How i met your mother complete season 19 dvd, 28disc set new boxset. He needed only 20 to win the award, but he had to shoot down two more in order to make up for willys kills that he claimed as his own earlier in the film. The film has a great story and will entertain at many levels straight war high action and daring due look into class and how it effected ones place and job in the german army during ww1 looks into propaganda and how germany liked to make public heroes of its sucessful wariors. The 1966 green bay packers season was their 48th season overall and their 46th in the national football league. The body needed dents banged out and was in desperate need of a new paint job. If you like the blue max you are looking for exciting, serious and realistic movies about with fighter pilot, military, soldier, ambition, rivalry, biplane and war themes of action, drama and romance genre shot in uk.
Rent the blue max 1966 starring george peppard and ursula andress on dvd and bluray. Ultraman, urutoraman is a japanese tokusatsu science fiction television series created by eiji tsuburaya. Winners and vote totals for the mvp, cy young, rookie of the year, and manager of the year awards. The third season also includes the tholian web, where kirk becomes trapped between universes. Spoilers 1 george peppard flew one of the pfalz replicas offscreen, but did not fly in any of the scenes in the movie. Hes so driven that hell do anything to achieve it, honorably or dishonorably. The blue max is probably my favorite world war 1 film, hands down. His mission is to be awarded germanys highest military honor, an award called the pour le merite, known to many as the blue max, given to the pilot capable of shooting down 20 enemy aircraft. Some image caption 1 image description some image caption 1. The tactics of a german fighter pilot offend his aristocratic comrades but win him his countrys most honored medal, the blue max. The blue max is a 1966 war film directed by john guillermin and starring george peppard.
The blue max 1966 dvd, 2004 at the best online prices at ebay. The blue max 1966 a young pilot in the german air force of 1918, disliked as lowerclass and unchivalrous, tries ambitiously to earn the medal offered for 20 kills. He has blue eyes and most often wears a brown or in season 3 a black suede leather jacket. The blue max dvd 1966 by george peppard,james mason. Max has disarmed a bomb by getting his tie stuck in the mechanism i dont know how you did it, max, but you just saved the east coast, maybe the. Hunter, the blue max is a world war i aviation drama, told from the german point of view. Stachels unearned kills have come to light, via a petulant phone call from the countess. The producers could not get a hold on actual ww1 aircraft almost all had been scrapped or had fallen apart but they did a great job of fitting out current biplanes to look like pfalz diiis and dr 1 triplanes. The blue max 1966 backdrops the movie database tmdb.
The cast of the 1966 movie the blue max where are they now. The blue max 1966 by stuart galbraith iv on march 11, 2014 add comment over the years i tried several times, and failed, to watch john guillermins the blue max 1966, the bigscale adaptation of jack d. The complete hd movies database with lots of fast free streaming server links from 123movies, gostream, gomovies, and 123movieshub is available here. Sextet is an album by jazz trumpeter lee morgan released on the blue note label in 1957. The medal itself, which was reproduced on the sides of all subsequent blue max race cars, consisted of a blue enamel maltese cross with eagles between the arms. During the ceremony, the general receives a phone call from the field marshall telling him to stop the ceremony. Were it not for a disappointingly ordinary batfight this could have been a classic rather than just a very good entry. A 1966 camp trailer gets a colorful facelift designsponge. Nesbitts film career began in the late 1950s and he also appeared in numerous tv series in the late 1960s into the 1970s. The blue max easily outpaces modern day cgi crap fests like flyboys.
The blue max is superb on many levels and had a great impression on future directors george lucas and peter jackson who salvaged and restored peppards plane from the film. Yes, fly boys was made a few years ago, but although a good effort, the flying scenes were nothing more than computer enhanced video game nonsense. Rodney dangerfield at his best on the tonight show starring johnny carson 1983 duration. The blue max is a 1966 british war film in deluxe color and filmed in cinemascope, about a german fighter pilot on the western front during world war i. The blue max le crepuscule des aigles bluray region abc import. The audio is clear and crisp, but since this is a 1966 film dont expect epic sounds and. Spoilers 1 george peppard flew one of the pfalz replicas offscreen, but did not fly in any of the. I originally posted this in the books section in the thread devoted to the recent sad passing of blue max author jack d hunter.
Released 1966, the blue max stars george peppard, james mason, ursula andress, jeremy kemp the movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 36 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which. George peppard, james mason, ursula andress, jeremy kemp, karl michael vogler, anton diffring, harry. Movies123 watch full hd movies online for free, you can choose any movies you want to watch just one click to play without register and fast stream. Lowborn infantryman george peppard becomes a pilot, almost deliberately. He started getting noticed when he played robert mitchums illegitimate son in the popular. Max has disarmed a bomb by getting his tie stuck in the mechanism i dont know how you did it, max, but you just saved the east coast, maybe the whole world. Musicmusic film series moviesmovies and tv showstv seriesantonjames mason. The plot is about a german fighter pilot on the western front during world war i. Hunters novel about german fighter pilots during world war i. Numbers tells max they are from fargo, north dakota, and have come over to find out what happened to sam hess. Star trek s final, 24episode season began in september 1968 with spocks brain. Following broadway and television experience, he made a strong film debut in the strange one 1957. At the blue max ceremony for stachel, the crown prince himself presents the medal. The blue max 1966 posted on october 30, 2014 august 20, 2016 by trommelfeuer.
Great air combat sequences, still unequalled to this day. You must see this seriously fantastic film the blue max is an excelant war film way ahead of its time. The blue max 1966 stream and watch online moviefone. The blue max dvd, 2003, fox war classics for sale online. The number of the berlin hotel room bruno stachel stays in the night before he is to be awarded the blue max is 22, which equals the number of planes he has shot down. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of the blue max with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. As far as wwi flying movies, there just arent any good ones out there. The blue max bluray twilight time george peppard james mason.
Sadly, the following members of the cast are no longer with us. We were ready for a good handson project, however, this had a little more work than we originally anticipated. James mason, george peppard, ursula andress, jeremy kemp, karl michael vogler, derren nesbitt. Tsuburaya productions produced 39 episodes 40, counting the prepremiere special that aired on tokyo broadcasting system tbs from july 17, 1966 to april 9, 1967. Released by lala land records in 2014 lllcd 1296 containing music from the blue max 1966. Lowborn infantryman george peppard becomes a pilot, almost deliberately stepping on the sensibilities of his aristocratic comrades in the process. Jan 28, 2017 the blue max 1966 trailer media graveyard. The blue max 1966 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Superheroes batman adam west and robin burt ward are called into action to protect gotham city from colorful masterful criminals, often at the request of police commissioner gordon neil. Two of his novels were made into motion pictures, including the blue max, and another, the expendable spy, was awarded the edgar allan poe special award from the mystery writers of america. Stachel immediately is at odds with his superior officer because he finds no place for chivalry in war. Find the perfect deal for 1966 season baseball cards with free shipping on many items at ebay. The blue max 1966 movie mistakes, goofs and bloopers. The defending nfl champions had a leaguebest regular season record of 122, led by eighthyear head coach vince lombardi and quarterback bart starr, in his eleventh nfl season. There was no quiet on the western front a young pilot in the german air force of 1918, disliked as lowerclass and unchivalrous, tries ambitiously to earn the medal offered for 20 kills. Latest daily aired movies and episodes full online. Max hodge was the writer who scripted this two parter, plus the next freeze, green icedeep freeze, this time impersonated by director otto preminger, who at least had a genuine teutonic accent. The blue max was the colloquial name applied to the pour le merite, germanys highest military honor from the days of the prussian empire through 1918 and world war 1. The blue max is a 1966 war film directed by john guillermin and starring george peppard, james mason, ursula andress, karl michael vogler, and jeremy kemp.
The blue max 1966 pg 06211966 us war, action, adventure, drama 2h 36m user score. A young pilot in the german air force of 1918, disliked as lowerclass and unchivalrous, tries ambitiously to earn the medal offered for 20 kills. The blue max soundtrack from 1966, composed by jerry goldsmith. Hunter 19212009 wrote many novels while working as a journalist and serving in the military and corporate sectors. Stachel receives the blue max at an airfield the following day. The blue max soundtrack cd details and availability. Shop by team such as new york yankees, boston red sox, atlanta braves. Enjoy your time watching free movies and tv shows on 0123movies. Jul 28, 2014 the blue max is a big budget war movie with subpar acting, gorgeous cinematography, magnificent stunt flying, and a bloated, bmovie script that ultimately works as a leftwing critique of neoliberalism. Derek newark, derren nesbitt, john guillermin, the blue max 1966. In the end the general arranges for him to testfly an untried fighter. Handsome and elegant george peppard occasionally displayed considerable talent through his career, but was too often cast in undemanding action roles.
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