Flyboys

“Inspired by a true story.“

James Franco as Andy
Directed By: Tony Bill
Screenplay by: Phil Sears
Release Date: September 22, 2006
Genre: Action | Adventure | War
Cast: Tyler Labine, Jean Reno		 External Links
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Before the United States entered World War I, young Americans went to France to be fighter pilots, joining the Lafayette Escadrille. This fictional version follows a laconic Texas rancher, an eager Nebraska kid, a Black boxer already in France, and a New York swell, as they arrive green for training, get their baptism by fire when German planes ambush them on their first mission, and graduate to heroics. Rawlings, the Texan, falls in love with a young woman he meets at a bordello. Keeping their eyes on them are Captain Thenault and Cassidy, the resident ace, who keeps a pet lion. Can the boys measure up?

Trivia & Facts

- James Franco earned his pilot’s license in preparation for this film.

- Filmmakers attempted to use lightweight reproductions of WWI aircraft, but grounded them after an accident.

- The first movie to motion capture planes.

- This film’s opening prologue states: “By the start of 1916, World War I had wreaked havoc across Europe. Over nine million people would eventually die. Although the airplane had only recently been invented, it was quickly adapted into a war machine. The young men who flew them became the first fighter pilots and a new kind of hero was born.”

Quotes: Blaine

Blaine Rawlings: You, uh, slip there, killer?

Quotes: James

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