Above and Beyond
by Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
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Actor: Eleanor Parker, James Whitmore, Larry Gates, Larry Keating, Robert TaylorDirector: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
Brand: Warner
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 122 minutes
Published: 1952
DVD Release Date: 2009-08-13
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: MGM
Movie Reviews of Above and Beyond
Movie Review: Excellent movie
Summary: 5 Stars
Above and Beyond shows the personal and professional sacrifices that Colonel Paul Tibbets had to go through while leading up to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. This is splendidly accomplished in this movie. Robert Taylor does a fine job as the colonel who cannot reveal his secret training to his wife which causes tensions to rise between them. Duty rises above family in this case and even though it does there is always questioning about how terrible war is.These questions are presented throughout the movie. A very dramatic and moving scene is the actual bombing of Hiroshima and the various reactions of the crew members to the carnage the have inflicted. There are no words just expressions which indicate what a terrible deed they did but in the context of a World War also the necessity of what they did. Robert Taylor later utters a laconic "God" at witnessing what the crew has done and the power, destruction, suffering and death they have caused.The ambiguity and dichotomy of that moment is later perfectly captured when he gives an official report saying "results good" and then somberly and reflectively repeats those words while pensively and mournfully watching the city burn to a crisp. A very powerful moment in an excellent movie.
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