Flyboys
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?
PG-13
HD
Action, Adventure, Drama
2006
140 min
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Movie Info:
- Full Name : Flyboys
- Duration : 140 min
- Languages : English, French
- Writers : Phil Sears (screenplay), Blake T. Evans (screenplay), David S. Ward (screenplay), Blake T. Evans (story)
- Directors : Tony Bill min
- Imdb : 6.6 (33754 votes)
- Tomatoes : 3.4 (88298 votes)
- Actors : James Franco, Scott Hazell, Mac McDonald, Philip Winchester
Movie Storyline
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?