Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
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Short description
In 1910, a British newspaper magnate, Lord Rawnsley, announces a race from London to Paris to prove his country's supremacy in the air, offering a large cash prize to whoever completes the crossing first. The contest draws aviators from around the world, among them an American cowboy, a British officer engaged to Rawnsley's daughter, a Frenchman, an Italian count, a German colonel and a Japanese pilot, each with a primitive flying machine and a different reason for taking part. Rivalry, mishaps and romance follow as the competitors prepare and then set off across the Channel.
Ken Annakin directed and co-wrote the film with Jack Davies, with Stan Margulies producing. It came after Annakin's The Longest Day and Battle of the Bulge and before Monte Carlo or Bust!, part of a run of large-scale ensemble productions he made during the 1960s. The cast includes Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, James Fox, Alberto Sordi, Robert Morley and Gert Fröbe, among 38 credited performers.
The film was released in June 1965 and runs 138 minutes. Made for about 6 million dollars, it took roughly 30 million worldwide, a strong return. On IMDb it holds 7 out of 10 from around 9,800 votes, and on TMDB 6.8 out of 10 from roughly 200 votes, showing broad approval from viewers. Its critics' rating of 6.4 out of 10 from nine reviews is somewhat lower than those audience scores.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film's title can be literally translated as “These Amazing Men and Their Flying Machines, or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours and 11 Minutes.”
- Twenty full-scale, accurate replicas of 1910s airplanes were specially built for the film, including monoplanes, triplanes and biplanes. Original materials were used to make the models, except for safer engine versions. Six of the twenty models were actually capable of flying.
- The aircraft flown by Pierre Dubois is a replica of the "Demoiselle" plane created by Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873-1932) from Brazil. He was a pioneer of aviation who proved the possibility of regularly performing controlled flights on airships. The model was created with the utmost accuracy, but it simply wouldn't take off. No one could understand what was wrong until it turned out that Dumont himself weighed only 38 and a half kilograms and was a very small man. They then signed a contract with a British female aviator named Joan Hughes (1918-1993), who participated in the filming.
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