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Steamships of the Air
This film got rocked by the reviewers at it release but actually the photography and snippets of acting and the special effects are really quite good. I think George C. Scott was a superb actor, a little miscast here as Colonel Franz Ritter (a great Luftwaffe pilot forced to do intelligence here for the Nazi SS - never really explained). But Scott is a quality professional given a mediocre script to work with.

The filming (I think those are the LTA hangars at El Toro [Tustin] and Alameda) is really quite well done. I found the change of venue from Milwaukee to Washington to Frankfurt to the flight deck to be not necessarily seamless but still following a logical course. And the New York cops and Feebies are great.

The trouble is that there was no real chemistry to the actors. Patton. . . whoops, Scott and Bancroft and Atherton and Durning say the right words but I was waiting (then and now) for something more visceral.

The second problem is that the goal seems confused as to whether it is going to be an old time police procedural or a disaster movie. I suppose it could be both but it didn't come across well here.

Which leads to the final overwhelming difficulty. You know, even if you've never heard of N.A.S. Lakehurst, the rise of the Third Reich, or zeppelins, what's going to happen. IT'S ON THE COVER OF THE DVD. So that takes some of the wind out of your sails . . . errrr, flammable hydrogen out of your zeppelin.

I thought the filming was excellent; the special effects equally good; everything else? Mediocre. 4 generous stars. Larry Scantlebury

not as bad as they would have you believe
well by todays standerds this bit of 70's disater cheese looks slow and tired(it did then also) but i remember being caught in its spell when i was little and i still like it. george c. scott is at his scene chewing best as a nazi officer looking for a bomber on board the ill fated flight.
not all will like it but if you grew up watching this i think you will still get a kick out of it!

This wonderful movie needs more good reviews
I first saw the full screen version on The History Channel and when it was over I thought it was a very artistical and brilliant disaster dramatization movie. As far as I can say, everything about this picture is perfect all the way down to the color screen switch to black and white footage. I have yet to see this DVD though. From what I hear from some other reviews the DVD has screen and sound problems but, that should not ruin the fun of the movie. If some of the other reviews make you unsure about buying this movie on DVD then rent it before you buy it because that is what I am going to do.

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