X-15
by Richard Donner
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Actor: Brad Dexter, Charles Bronson, David McLean, Kenneth Tobey, Ralph TaegerDirector: Richard Donner
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 107 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-02-03
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of X-15
Movie Review: Fast craft - slow acting !
Summary: 3 Stars
X-15 is very much a creature of its time.
With narration by James Stewart and the semi-documentary approach it is embedded in the cold war era.
The stock footage of the X-15 flights is stunning and the speed of the approach and landings remind you of how this craft paved the way for the space shuttle.
If only the acting could have had a fraction of the speed of the X-15.
Charles Bronson plods through the film - one can also imagine him breathing a sign of relief when his character no longer takes part in the procedings.
Mary-Tyler-Moore is used for decoration purposes only, and none of the characters seem to exist beyond their script outlines.
The film is one for people who will only watch it for the X-15.
My son as every summed it up as:
Many people in crew cuts and short sleeve shirts saying `Roger' to each other !
Summary of X-15
Before Top Gun Apollo 13 or The Right Stuff this breathtaking jet-fueled journey of high-altitude filmmaking blasted audiences from zero-G to 4000 miles per hour with its thrilling tale of America's victory in the space race. Starring David McLean Charles Bronson and Mary Tyler Moore X-15 sets the sky as the limit for excitement!The courageous pilots of the Air Force's X-15 program are determined to take an experimental rocket 100 miles above the earth at four times the speed of sound! At stake is American air supremacy and proof that space travel is possible. But also at stake are their lives and the lives of the terrified wives they've left behind!Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?DRAMA Rating:?PR UPC:?027616902214 Manufacturer No:?1005992Frank Sinatra was among the producers for X-15, an interesting space-race film that marked the feature debut of Richard Donner (the Lethal Weapon series, Timeline) and provided an early lead role for Charles Bronson, who leads a solid cast in this occasionally tense, hardware-driven drama. Bronson, David McLean, and Ralph Taeger are test pilots for the X-15 research vehicle, which brought man to the brink of outer space for the first time. The film divides its running time between scenes of the crew testing the rocket and domestic drama involving their wives and girlfriends (played by Mary Tyler Moore, Patricia Owens, and Lizabeth Hush). James Stewart's narration offers an all-American layer to the script, written by James Ward Bellah (whose stories were adapted by John Ford for She Wore a Yellow Ribbon and Sergeant Rutledge, among others) and producer Tony Lazzarino. Eagle-eyed fans might notice future California congressman Robert Dornan among the ground crew. MGM's widescreen DVD offers no extras. --Paul Gaita
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