| green beanie | 30 May 2009 5:35 a.m. PST |
OK, saw the trailer on line and I know it is not true to fact, but the air combat looks great. I know the movie tanked in Germany, but will DVD's be for sale here in the US? if so, where to buy? |
| jsmcc91 | 30 May 2009 7:20 a.m. PST |
Check with Steve at Belle And Blade. I do remember that he had some copies last time I browsed the selection of DVD's. |
| idontbelieveit | 30 May 2009 9:35 a.m. PST |
they were on offer at cold wars, so someone in the US must be selling them |
| Daffy Doug | 30 May 2009 9:39 a.m. PST |
Cool, I want one too, or at least availability to one so I can watch it…. |
| jsmcc91 | 30 May 2009 10:48 a.m. PST |
Go to warshows.com You can get the contact information for Steve at Belle and Blade. |
Dave Jackson  | 30 May 2009 11:47 a.m. PST |
Not a bad flick. Enjoyed it. Good aerial scenes! |
| HobbyGuy | 30 May 2009 12:00 p.m. PST |
What was wrong with it historically? |
| green beanie | 30 May 2009 4:26 p.m. PST |
baron did not have a nurse as a love interest to begin with. |
| Wargamer Blue | 30 May 2009 5:58 p.m. PST |
You can get it from Singapore via ebay. Good copies but you need a multi-region DVD player. |
| HobbyGuy | 30 May 2009 8:50 p.m. PST |
I was hoping it wold have some good points other than effects. So is the story just made up then? |
| Oddball | 30 May 2009 8:59 p.m. PST |
The story has nothing to do with history of the Red Baron. That being said, it is a very good movie with GREAT air combat scenes. So, if you are looking for a life story of the Baron, this isn't it. If you want to watch a very good movie about W.W. I flying, you really want to see this. |
| quidveritas | 30 May 2009 9:47 p.m. PST |
Warshows is a great place to look at. Love the metal signs. I will get a couple of these for Christmas -- hints are going out now. mjc |
| green beanie | 07 Jun 2009 11:20 p.m. PST |
downloaded the movie and watched it tonight. I know the story line was messed up, but wanted to see the the air combat. I kind of wished there was more in the movie. Glad I did not pay to see it. What air combat there was ( and not much ) was OK. |
| MBTX23 | 03 Jul 2009 12:37 p.m. PST |
tried to get it from belle and blade and was treated horribly. The guy I talked to said they DID have it and that he didnt know if he would get anymore. He didn't offer to try and order one for me or anything. I was apparently annoying him so I decided to try and get it from another source. |
| Dawkins | 03 Jul 2009 10:28 p.m. PST |
Hello,
just go to amazon.de
link
look for the version that is not dubbed in German since it was shot in English, or at least that is what I was told, looked that in in the trailers.
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| Old Slow Trot | 07 Jul 2009 6:38 a.m. PST |
Bought a copy at Origins. Belle & Blade. English dialogue,Region 1 capable play. Got to watch it during the 7/4 weekend. Not the best,but not as bad as it could've been. Had it's moments,especially the way they skirted the issue of who actually brought MvR down by not showing the actual final fight,and the air combat segments too.. And Boelcke(or whoever) dressing down MvR and his kette mates for the funeral wreath flight. |
| Old Slow Trot | 07 Jul 2009 6:38 a.m. PST |
Also bought a copy of "Aces High" from there. |
| crhkrebs | 08 Jul 2009 4:04 a.m. PST |
After hearing the bad reviews I must say that the movie was a pleasant surprise. It was much better than both Flyboys and Passchendaele (a double disappointment as I am Canadian). baron did not have a nurse as a love interest to begin with. Maybe not, but he had enough interest to pose with her as the archival photograph at the end of the movie showed. No trace is heard of the nurse again, so she most likely was consumed in the late war carnage. The look of the movie was outstanding. The computer generated planes and battles surpassed Flyboys (which were good too). I liked the way the planes jerked when they received fire. Also one got a close hand feel for how unescorted WW1 bombers were death traps to their crews. I liked how, as the war proceeded, the Baron was looked to to save the German war effort by superiors who never truly understood the power of an air force. What didn't I like? 1)The made up bickering between Lothar and Manfred. Pure BS. 2)The bogus "meeting" between Brown and Manfred when they are both shot down in the same field. Ya sure. 3)Joseph Fiennes "channeling" Bruce Willis in Die Hard in an effort to portray Brown. Yuck. 4)More air combat needed. Always. Ralph |
| ironsides2 | 10 Jul 2009 2:30 p.m. PST |
If you want to know the facts from the Red Baron himself heres his autobiography in his own words by himself, the film is complete and total fantasy, the main reason why it bombed in germany…..nuff said The Red Air Fighter by Manfred, Freiherr von Richthofen link You can probarbly get cheaper or second hand copys fairly easily or of course from the local library… Cheers |
| Guntruck | 14 Jul 2009 1:56 a.m. PST |
Looks as if it will be available in the UK in October: link |
| Daffy Doug | 15 Jul 2009 12:26 p.m. PST |
Richthofen's autobiography isn't necessarily "the facts"; merely his spin on his own career. richthofen.com |
| ironsides2 | 15 Jul 2009 3:00 p.m. PST |
"Richthofen's autobiography isn't necessarily "the facts" merely his spin on his own career." people believe what they want to believe, MvR didnt deny what he wrote later he simply said the book was "too arrogant" and "he was no longer that kind of person"…..however he had silver cups commisioned for each of his kills up to the 60th one so he was obviosly that kind of person at one point…….
Its probarbly true to say his head injury sustained during a combat with an FE2b in june had some effect on his book as he wrote it whilst convalesing, at this point he could have chosen not to fly again but choose to return to combat…
At least I think the book shows his true feeling at the time he wrote it…. and yes it is Arrogant…. Cheers |
| Daffy Doug | 16 Jul 2009 9:12 a.m. PST |
I enjoyed it, as I recall (been many, many years). Perhaps the only arrogance to compare with Manfred's is Fonck's. Both have been denigrated as over-claiming types, yet both were obviously very, very good at what they did, efficient killing. Neither was a dogfighter, but rather a sneaky assassin with a dead eye behind a machinegun…. |
| Trajanus | 02 Nov 2009 4:47 a.m. PST |
OMG! This movie is really tripe and not, as in Sopwith! Lanoe Hawker as a bearded maniac flying an SE5 in 1916, complete with the Grim Reaper painted on the side! Streams of British two engine bombers one with Royal Mail painted on it! Manfred and the Boys taking off at night to shoot down a whole load of the aforementioned bombers in the dark! We hear Voss has been shot down,everyone knows it was him, as he was flying a Dr1 with a British Bentley engine – the British said so! Werner Voss looking almost old enough to be vR's father – mind you vR only looks about 17 all the way through!
All that total BS about him shooting down Roy Brown and helping to get him to hospital! Not to mention the two of them just happening to meet in the same field after they get shot down later on in the film! The lovely caring sharing, God isn't war awful Manfred! Lousy acting, rubbish script, I could go on and on. I'm only glad I just borrowed the damn thing. The planes looked nice and the fighting sequences were good – when they were not trying to fit the entire Germany and Allied air forces in the same shot at once, but this is really a terrible movie and a historical joke! |
| Daffy Doug | 04 Nov 2009 1:35 p.m. PST |
The planes looked nice and the fighting sequences were good I'll watch it once just for that. I gave Fly Boys the same attention for the same reason, and haven't wanted to rewatch it since…. |
