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Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)

Director(s) Ken Annakin
Producer(s) Stan Margulies
Top Genres Action, Adventure, Comedy
Top Topics Aviation
More Films Directed by Ken Annakin More Films from 1965 More Films from the 1960s Top Classic Movies of the 1960s Top Aviation Films

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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)

AwardRecipientResult
Best WritingJack Davies, Ken AnnakinNominated
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Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)

By Beatrice on Dec 5, 2018 From Flickers in Time

Those 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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Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines Quotes:

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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Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines Facts
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.
Two of the replicas (the "1910 Bristol Boxkite" and the "1911 Roe IV Triplane") built for the film still fly across the English countryside as both are preserved in the "Shuttleworth Collection" based at Old Warden, Bedfordshire.
Yûjirô Ishihara's voice is dubbed by James Villiers.
First full length feature film of Vernon Dobtcheff.
The Passat Ornithopter airplane in this movie was given to Cole Palen for promoting this movie. It can now be seen at the Old Rhinebeck Areodrome.
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