The Gypsy Moths (1969) | |
| Director(s) | John Frankenheimer |
| Producer(s) | Edward Lewis (executive) |
| Top Genres | Action, Drama, Romance |
| Top Topics | Aviation |
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The Gypsy Moths (1969) was a Action - Drama Film directed by John Frankenheimer and produced by Edward Lewis.
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Joe Browdy:
Hey Kid... Next time you get in an airplane, make sure it's got a door on it!
Mike Rettig: [Softly] Tomorrow, when we leave here, I want you to come with me.
Elizabeth Brandon: [Clearly surprised at the request] Come with you?
Mike Rettig: Yes.
Mike Rettig: [She makes some low sounds, and he moves toward her] Do you always offer more than you're asked for?
Elizabeth Brandon: Only to those who ask so much less than they want.
Joe Browdy: We'll be jumping from a Howard DGA-15. "DGA": that stands for "Damn Good Airplane", which if course it is. Very tricky to land though. Heh heh. You're much better off jumping out if it than you are taking a chance on landing in it. This one's in good shape.
Malcolm Webson: To Browdy, a airplane is in good shape if it has wings and a prop.
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Mike Rettig: [Softly] Tomorrow, when we leave here, I want you to come with me.
Elizabeth Brandon: [Clearly surprised at the request] Come with you?
Mike Rettig: Yes.
Mike Rettig: [She makes some low sounds, and he moves toward her] Do you always offer more than you're asked for?
Elizabeth Brandon: Only to those who ask so much less than they want.
Joe Browdy: We'll be jumping from a Howard DGA-15. "DGA": that stands for "Damn Good Airplane", which if course it is. Very tricky to land though. Heh heh. You're much better off jumping out if it than you are taking a chance on landing in it. This one's in good shape.
Malcolm Webson: To Browdy, a airplane is in good shape if it has wings and a prop.
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Facts about
According to Frankenheimer the dancers in the go-go club were local Kansas girls, not city girls, because they looked authentic.
Experienced but amateur skydivers, most with several thousand jumps to their credit, were brought in from California to double for the actors. During one take an unexpected gust of wind pulled the chute and caused one of the skydivers to be slammed into the ground, breaking his collar bone and dislocating his shoulder. Even though in great pain, he stayed in character and managed to get up and finish the scene. He was retained by the director as a consultant.
John Phillip Law was cast as Malcolm Webson, the youngest of the three skydiving barnstormers, but had to be replaced by Scott Wilson, because of an injury to his wrist. John Frankenhiemer wanted a close-up of him landing after a parachute jump and while in harness he was raised just out of camera shot by a crane, then released to float into the shot. When he landed, he fell and broke his wrist badly when he put his hand out to break his fall.
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Experienced but amateur skydivers, most with several thousand jumps to their credit, were brought in from California to double for the actors. During one take an unexpected gust of wind pulled the chute and caused one of the skydivers to be slammed into the ground, breaking his collar bone and dislocating his shoulder. Even though in great pain, he stayed in character and managed to get up and finish the scene. He was retained by the director as a consultant.
John Phillip Law was cast as Malcolm Webson, the youngest of the three skydiving barnstormers, but had to be replaced by Scott Wilson, because of an injury to his wrist. John Frankenhiemer wanted a close-up of him landing after a parachute jump and while in harness he was raised just out of camera shot by a crane, then released to float into the shot. When he landed, he fell and broke his wrist badly when he put his hand out to break his fall.
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