The spirit of St. Louis [videorecording].
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FilmPublisher number: 81614 | Warner Home VideoPublication details: [United States] : Warner Home Video, 2006.Edition: Widescreen edDescription: 1 videodisc (135 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 1419833944
- Screenplay, Billy Wilder, Wendell Mayes ; producer, Leland Hayward ; director, Billy Wilder ; music, Franz Waxman.
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Dr. James Carlson Library | DVD | DRAMA Spirit o | Available | 33111006553388 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This retelling of one of Charles Lindbergh's most famous feats stars Jimmy Stewart as the legendary flier, and was directed by Billy Wilder. The story, adapted from Lindbergh's autobiography, begins when the aviator is working as an airmail pilot, but has much loftier goals in mind for himself. He begins to envision a nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic - something that no one has ever done before - and finds a group in St. Louis, Missouri willing to provide the necessary financial backing; he then has a special plane built in honor of the funders. Later, as Lindbergh sits in his cockpit, waiting to take off, he thinks back over his days as a circus flier, stunt flier and aimail pilot. The journey itself presents a series of hazards, but Lindbergh perseveres, using the stars for navigation when his compass disappears and overcoming other obstacles such as ice on the wings. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
Release date: Aug. 15, 2006.
Special features: new digital transfer from restored picture and audio elements; soundtrack remastered in Dolby digital 5.1; The Spirit of St. Louis premiere; vintage Joe McDoakes comedy short "So your wife wants to work"; classic cartoon Tabasco Road; theatrical trailer.
Screenplay, Billy Wilder, Wendell Mayes ; producer, Leland Hayward ; director, Billy Wilder ; music, Franz Waxman.
James Stewart.
From barnstormer to flying-circus wing walker to air-mail pilot, Charles Augustus Lindbergh assaulted the beckoning skies like a lovestruck kid. On May 21, 1927, his affair with the air propelled him into 20th-century legend. That day he landed his single-engine plane at Le Bourget Field outside Paris, following takeoff 33 1/2 hours earlier from Roosevelt Field, New York.
Rating: Not rated.
DVD; Dolby digital 5.1.
In English or French; subtitles in English, French, or Spanish; closed-captioned.