Bombers B-52 [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures ; a Warner Bros.-First National Picture ; screenplay by Irving Wallace ; story by Sam Rolfe ; produced by Richard Whorf ; directed by Gordon Douglas.
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FilmPublisher number: 1000035654 | Warner Home Video3000018432 | Warner Home Video (set)3000018438 | Warner Home VideoLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French Publication details: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2009]Edition: Widescreen versionDescription: 1 videodisc (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 1419867563 (set)
- 9781419867569 (set)
- Director of photography, William Clothier ; aerial photography, Harold E. Wellman ; art director, Leo K. Kuter ; film editor, Thomas Reilly ; sound by Oliver S. Garretson ; set decorator, William L. Kuehl ; costumes designed by Howard Shoup ; assistant director, William Kissell ; music by Leonard Rosenman.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Main Library | DVD | DRAMA Bombers | Available | 33111008297315 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Karl Malden plays an air force sergeant who is tempted by a better-paying civilian job. Malden's daughter Natalie Wood is in love with a young colonel (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) whom her father regards as an insolent hothead. The younger man proves his worth during jet maneuvers, while Malden decides that he's of more value in the service than as a working stiff. Bombers B-52 has some excellent moments, including a well-staged variation of the obligatory "breaking the news to the pilot's widow" scene. The film earned latter-day notoriety in the 1980s when a prominent movie historian analyzed the script (by Irving Wallace) and found an overabundance of sexual innuendo--including such in-flight dialogue as "She's unable to receive fuel" and "Request jet penetration!" ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Also issued as part of the box set: Natalie Wood collection.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1957.
Special features: "Boyhood daze" classic cartoon; Theatrical trailer.
Director of photography, William Clothier ; aerial photography, Harold E. Wellman ; art director, Leo K. Kuter ; film editor, Thomas Reilly ; sound by Oliver S. Garretson ; set decorator, William L. Kuehl ; costumes designed by Howard Shoup ; assistant director, William Kissell ; music by Leonard Rosenman.
Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Marsha Hunt, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Don Kelly, Nelson Leigh, Robert Nichols, Ray Montgomery, Bob Hover.
Ever since a run-in during the Korean War, grizzled airplane mechanic Sgt. Chuck Brennan has disliked hotshot pilot Col. Jim Herlihy. Brennan has a new reason to be ticked off: Helihy is dating his daughter. Central to Cold War-era preparedness is the new airship they're putting through a key test run: the 200-ton B-52 Stratofortress. There is no room for animosity, because on this flight, danger rides the skies.
Not rated.
DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby Digital mono. ; dual-layer.
In English with optional English SDH or French subtitles.