The Big Lift
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Movie Reviews of The Big Lift
Movie Review: "WHEN THE BEAR GROWLS; THE EAGLE WILL FLY AWAY...NO WAY, FRAULEIN"...
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a gem of a movie about the courageous Berlin Airlift during 1948-1949 by the [American] Military Air Transport Command...Alfred Newman's uplifting music sets you up immediately and it is heard throughout the film...it has a different twist of characters as a multitude of United States Air Force personnel perform real life roles like professional thespians ; beyond that, the theme, sights and the tenor of the times illuminate among the ghastly ruins of a defeated Nazi Germany...the principle cast: Montgomery Clift-Paul Douglas-Cornell Borchers-Bruni Lobel and O. E. Hasse [the latter 3 are all excellent German performers] all are very convincing in postwar deprivations that cast a very somber tableau of what happens when a country losses a war...in between all this, there is a moral to this picure show...a basic human moral that is reserved for the ending...I'm sure you'll get alot out of "The Big Lift"...God bless all of our US Air Force who perservered to bring, "Operation Vittles" to a glorious conclusion against persistent and negative Russian interference....how can you go wrong for $0.01??.....SSGT CHRIS SARNO-USMC FMFMovie Review: Another marvelous Monty movie...
Summary: 5 Stars
Having had a crush on Montgomery Clift since my teens, I have seen every movie he made during his short life. My favorite is Red River, but The Big Lift has just entered my heart. Monty is such the romantic. With his dark hair, thin frame, and piercing eyes he makes you want to hug and protect him.
He is vulnerable in this film to a German woman looking to escape Berlin to be with her lover in St. Louis. She charms Monty into wanting to marry her and take her to the USA. In the end, when he discovers her affections are for another, he is crushed, as was I. You just don't take advantage of Monty that way! I was glad to see everyone turn their backs on her.
The military footage, plane sequences, and constant reiteration of the difference between Democray and Communism is to be expected as this is a wartime film. But the real story is about the deception of heart.
Movie Review: Excellent product!!
Summary: 5 Stars
The DVD arrived in excellent condition, sealed and brand new, and has so far worked perfectly. I am very happy with it, thank you! It was reasonably priced too, which was also a plus!Movie Review: The Big Lift
Summary: 5 Stars
The movie shows "The Berlin Airlift" in detailed footage in a post war Germany,and the lenghts one woman will go thru to leave the country by taking advantage of her now lover!Movie Review: Authentic portrayal of post-war WWII Europe
Summary: 4 Stars
Having never heard of "BIG LIFT" before a friend lent his DVD copy to me to watch, I was pleasantly surprised at how authentic the movie showed post WWII Europe, particularly the living conditions in Germany. As a former Air Force man, I was thrilled with the aircraft scenes as well as the ground approach radar scenes!
Even though the movie was a little drawn out, the plot was good, and the acting was top notch. I thought Paul Douglas was the real star of the movie, not Montgomery Clift, who still did a credible performance.
One little interesting detail at the very end of the movie was that the military lineup showing the men in uniform showed some of the staff wearing Army stripes, and some using Air Force stripes.
The U.S. Air Force (formerly the U.S. Army Air Corps) became a separate branch of the Armed Forces on Sept. 18, 1947. The Berlin Airlift took place from June 1948 to May 1949. The Air Force was slow to change from Army chevrons to Air Force chevrons, so there was a time when the fledgling Air Force had a hodgepodge of both types of stripes. Some wore Army Air Corps green uniforms while some were issued the newer Air Force blue uniforms. This movie was made in 1950. I believe by 1950, most of the Air Force had switched to A.F. blue uniforms with and A.F. chevrons.
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