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The Wings of Eagles (DVD, 2007)
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Leading Role: John Wayne
Director: John Ford
Rating: Not Rated
Release Date: May 2007
Format: DVD
UPC: 012569798632
Product ID: EPID58723560
Description: John Ford's biopic of his friend Frank "Spig" Wead stars John Wayne as the decorated naval hero who went on to become the screenwriter of such films as Ford's THEY WERE EXPENDABLE and Howard Hawks's CEILING ZERO. After World War I, Frank...
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1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
A good classic movie. This movie has lots of war time action and great acting from all the actors and just a good holsome movie.
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Thank you for voting. If your vote meets our Wings of Eagles, An excellent flick
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For shear escapism this little know movie staring John Wayne, Dan Dailey and Maureen O'Hara is an excellent film. As a Navy film it takes place during the infancy of Naval Avaiation centering around Wayne's true life character Cmdr "Spig" Wead and the personal and professional adventures he undergoes as Naval Aviation becomes established. The diretion is top notch by John Ford. The romance with Maureen O'Hara is swomewhat similar to The Quiet Man movie they made together earlier. Dan Dailey provides supurbe support as Jughead. If there is any weakness in the film it is a tendency to become a little like a soap opera at times. These periods however are short. An excellent entertaining movie.
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john wayne lives!!!Review created: 03/30/09
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) this is one of waynes best movies! i highly reccomend it to anyone who is interested in trying out john wayne.
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Great title!A wonderful & entertaining movies about the real life of Commander Frank "Spig" Wead, played by john Wayne, who fought physically, militarily & politically to have the Navy be given aircraft carriers from which to fly planes. Along with Wayne's favorites Maureen O'Hara (as his wife "Min"), Dan Dailey (as his life-long sidekick) & Ken Curtis, Wead is driven by his passon for the Navy, sometimes at the expense of family & friends. There's a great lesson here. Also, Wayne's life-long friend Ward Bond plays a characterization of John Ford himself, as Ford was the director. Note the prevalence of just about everyone smoking cigarettes! You won't be disappointed. Enjoy!!
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Wings of EaglesGreat movie that added to my John Wayne Collection. I am trying to collect a lot of his movies and this was one that I was having trouble finding. The seller has many good movies and I will be looking for more in the future.
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The Wings of EaglesReview created: 02/23/09
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It's nice to find a John Wayne movie I haven't seen. Great story. It's hard to go wrong with a John Wayne/Maureen O'Hara movie, they work well as a couple. We enjoyed this movie very much.
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The wings of eaglesReview created: 02/19/09
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I like all John Wayne movies because I collect his movies.
I will give it a excellent rateing there was nothing that i
disliked about it at all . was good acting and well produced
and directed.had a great cast.
I will give it a excellent rateing there was nothing that i
disliked about it at all . was good acting and well produced
and directed.had a great cast.
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the real american !i am trying to make a collection of his movies and this one is one of my favorites.i even have his auto bio and got it on ebay.
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If you like airplanes...this is it.If you know about aviation and some of the people involved in Aviation then this film is great to watch. I wasn't so much interested in the story but in the airplanes used in the movie. I was richly rewarded with some of the OLD airplanes (that are no longer flying)and was thrilled to see pre-world war 2 airplanes flying. But as the movie/story plays along I greatly enjoyed the acting it protrayed. Some of it is comical. John Wayne has always been a good actor in his flying movies and this one rates just as good as his other ones. I never seen this movie and I was so entertained by it. You don't see much acting like this in today's world and it would awaken your folk's memory who grew up in the 40's and 50's. Toward the end of the movie I enjoyed seeing the Navy ships used and enjoyed our former protector of the United States Navy. A very good film to watch.
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