A sure thing! I watched this movie when I was younger and I have good memories of it. I remember vaguely there was a love story too; something unusual in the Soviet films of the time.
2 years ago | 0
A little slow in the first half building up the main characters, the second half action and acting pretty good. Worth a look see...
2 years ago | 0
Mosfilm
"Air Crew", disaster movie
Some facts about the picture:
Alexander Mitta (the director) decided to make the first Soviet disaster film after watching the screen adaptation of Arthur Hailey's "Airport". Hollywood films at that time rarely reached Soviet cinemas, and it was decided to create own blockbuster - an action-packed film, the action of which would be built around a plane crash. However, Alexander Mitta knew that special effects alone would not be enough for the Soviet audience, so he decided to make this movie in several more genres - melodrama, comedy and science fiction...
The picture "Air Crew" became not only the first Soviet disaster film and the first film with an erotic scene, but also the first experience of producing. Part of the money for the filming was allocated by Aeroflot, however, with several conditions. In addition to financial support, Aeroflot provided the film crew with decommissioned aircraft and equipment, vacated several runways and premises. In addition, the company's specialists made several models of aircraft for combined shooting.
To film a flaming plane at an African airport, pyrotechnicians decided to set fire to a decommissioned Tu-114. They poured diesel fuel into the plane, laid wires and began to wait for the start of shooting. But the wires sparked and the plane burst into flames. Everyone around was worried, they urgently called Mitta in order to have time to remove the fire, but while the director was driving, the plane managed to burn out unplanned...
From the "main character" - the Tu-154 aircraft, only the tail was found for filming. The plane recently took to the tracks, and there was simply no decommissioned air transport. But it turned out that in one Siberian city, one of the liners caught fire during landing, and only a fragment remained of it. The tail was brought to Moscow's Vnukovo airport and a scene of skin repair in the air was filmed in it. One of the main characters allegedly got out of a flying plane and, to the whistle and roar of engines, which imitated a powerful wind blower, was repairing the liner ...
While the tail was being removed, the "body" appeared. Mercury spilled on one of the planes, and it was sent for repairs. The director went to talks with the Minister of Aviation in order to quickly shoot several scenes there before the aircraft returned "to service". The minister allowed, on one condition, to shoot a movie as popular as "Heavenly slug"...
On October 28 the online premiere of the film will take place on our channel.
Viewing the picture will be available from 7:00 PM (Moscow time).
Do not miss! We are waiting for your feedback and comments!
2 years ago | [YT] | 191