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Old 29th May 2003, 19:49
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ozplane
 
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A film that hasn't been mentioned yet is the recently released "Dark Blue World" which tracks the pre and post war history of the Czech pilots who flew with the Royal Air Force. Apparently the Communists locked them up post-war as potential "freedom fighters" which was a bit tough. The new flying sequences are excellent and also use computer enhanced outtakes from the "Battle of Britain" movie. It didn't do well here as it was released the same week as the latest "Star Wars". I saw it in the Astra cinema at Duxford and it was really moving.
One note on the "Battle of Britain " movie is that it was alleged to have made more money in Germany than here, due mainly to it's reasonably even handed treatment of the Battle.
Although it was jingoistic (and why not) I enjoyed "Reach for the sky" and for technical merit at the time the "Sound Barrier" was good.
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