Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965) | |
| Director(s) | Ken Annakin |
| Producer(s) | Stan Margulies |
| Top Genres | Action, Adventure, Comedy |
| Top Topics | Aviation |
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Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965) was a Adventure - Comedy Film directed by Ken Annakin and produced by Stan Margulies.
Academy Awards 1965 --- Ceremony Number 38 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Writing | Jack Davies, Ken Annakin | Nominated |
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Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)
By Beatrice on Dec 5, 2018 From Flickers in TimeThose Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes Directed by Ken Annakin Written by Jack Davies and Ken Annakin 1965/UK Twentieth Century-Fox Productions Repeat viewing/Netflix rental Another of the epic comedy adventures spawned by Around th... Read full article
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Lord Rawnsley:
The trouble with these international affairs is they attract foreigners.
Sir Percy Ware-Armitage: And I've arranged for the Frenchman to be detained by a lovely young lady.
Courtney: Ho, ho, guvnor, I'll bet she's a bit of all right.
Sir Percy Ware-Armitage: You should know, Courtney, she's your daughter.
Courtney: But guvnor, she's an innocent young girl!
Sir Percy Ware-Armitage: Not IS, Courtney, WAS!
Count Emilio Ponticelli: It is a pity that the race will now be won by a Protestant.
Mother Superior: A Protestant? Sisters, don't stand there gazing. This good Catholic needs our help!
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Sir Percy Ware-Armitage: And I've arranged for the Frenchman to be detained by a lovely young lady.
Courtney: Ho, ho, guvnor, I'll bet she's a bit of all right.
Sir Percy Ware-Armitage: You should know, Courtney, she's your daughter.
Courtney: But guvnor, she's an innocent young girl!
Sir Percy Ware-Armitage: Not IS, Courtney, WAS!
Count Emilio Ponticelli: It is a pity that the race will now be won by a Protestant.
Mother Superior: A Protestant? Sisters, don't stand there gazing. This good Catholic needs our help!
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Michael Trubshawe's character is addressed by Robert Morley as "Niven". Michael Trubshawe and David Niven were very close friends from when they served in the military garrison at Malta together and David Niven would call uncredited characters in his films "Trubshawe". So this was Trubshawe's way of returning the compliment.
The French entry in the race, flown by the character Pierre Dubois, is a replica of the "Demoiselle", designed by the Brazilian expatriate Alberto Santos-Dumont, who had been believed by the French to be the first to fly a powered aircraft, until Wilbur Wright & Orville Wright's demonstrations in 1908. The replica builders were faithful in constructing the Demoiselle, but no one could get it to leave the ground until it was discovered that Dumont had been a very small man who weighed only 85 pounds. A female pilot was hired. She successfully flew the plane throughout the filming.
The 1910-era airplanes used in the film were replicas built using the authentic materials of the originals, but with slightly more powerful engines. About 20 planes were built at a cost of about 5,000 pounds each.
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The French entry in the race, flown by the character Pierre Dubois, is a replica of the "Demoiselle", designed by the Brazilian expatriate Alberto Santos-Dumont, who had been believed by the French to be the first to fly a powered aircraft, until Wilbur Wright & Orville Wright's demonstrations in 1908. The replica builders were faithful in constructing the Demoiselle, but no one could get it to leave the ground until it was discovered that Dumont had been a very small man who weighed only 85 pounds. A female pilot was hired. She successfully flew the plane throughout the filming.
The 1910-era airplanes used in the film were replicas built using the authentic materials of the originals, but with slightly more powerful engines. About 20 planes were built at a cost of about 5,000 pounds each.
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