Flyboys

Flyboys (2006)

Timing: 2:18 (138 min)

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Release date

2006-09-22

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Production

Ingenious Media, Skydance, Electric Entertainment

Genre

Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War

Budget

$60 000 000

Revenue

$17 834 865

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Director

Tony Bill

Actors

James Franco, David Ellison, Jean Reno, Philip Winchester, Todd Boyce, Mac McDonald, Abdul Salis, Karen Ford, Scott Hazell, Ruth Bradley
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Scenario

Producer

Dean Devlin, Marc Frydman, David Brown, James Clayton, Phillip Goldfarb, Duncan Reid

Operator

Henry Braham

Composer

Trevor Rabin

Artist

Audition

John Hubbard, Dan Hubbard, Ros Hubbard

Editing

Chris Blunden, Ron Rosen
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• The squadron was named in honor of Marquis de Lafayette.
• The character of Eugene Skinner (Abdul Salem) was based on Eugène Bullard, whose biography only partially corresponds to what is shown in the film.
• The RMS Aquitania, on which Briggs Laurie arrives in Europe from New York, was converted into an armed merchant cruiser at the very beginning of the war, and then into a transport ship, and was no longer used as a passenger liner.
• The actual mascots of the Lafayette Escadrille were a pair of lion cubs. One of them was named Whiskey (as shown in the film), and the other was named Soda.
• In preparation for filming, James Franco obtained a pilot's license.
• Everyone refused to finance the project, so a group of filmmakers and investors, including producer Dean Devlin and David Ellison, son of Oracle Corp. founder Larry Ellison, invested over $60 million of their own money in the film's creation.
• Models of French 'Nieuport' fighters were filmed on the ground, while the 'Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter' biplane actually flew. In the best Hollywood tradition, its paint scheme was simply changed as needed, as it depicted several aircraft at once.