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      The Great Waldo Pepper

      PG Released Apr 13, 1975 1 hr. 47 min. Adventure Drama List
      67% 12 Reviews Tomatometer 57% 1,000+ Ratings Audience Score Aerial tale set in the 1920s about a traveling aviator whose exaggerations look to be discovered when he begins work on a film with a pilot with whom he claims to have done battle. Having told colorful stories of wartime combat with the notorious German flying ace, the two men fortunately find a mutual respect, which culminates in a spectacular dogfight. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Apr 16 Buy Now

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      Jelisije J Robert Redford plays a man who loves to fly and will take any job that dont regulate his love to do what he wants. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/31/24 Full Review Ted O A big bright, colorful period piece about the early days of daredevil aviation barnstorming. Excellent performances, snappy dialogue, a joy ride indeed. Masterful screenwriter William Goldman delivers again with a smart, engaging, and poignant drama. Great cinematography, editing, music, and of course Redford in his prime. - I loved this film. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/29/23 Full Review Martin B In terms of cinematography it doesn't get much better then The Great Waldo Pepper and to think it's near a half a century old. The planes, period costumes and backdrop just so incredibly vivid. Redford was such a beautiful man but my lord he could never really act. The guy had one character and he pretty much played it in all his movies. Pretty to look at, deliver the lines in the Redford way and that's about it. If they had a real lead actor, one with some real chops with charisma and able to interpret the Pepper character with his own unique twist the movie could have been truly great. Redfords, layed back, under performing style dependent on his facial expressions and simple mutteiings was not right for the over the top swashbuckler the roll demanded. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/23/23 Full Review Shioka O This is a personal film of the director who is a pilot. Redford looks great here. Lots of aerial scenes. That's it! Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 10/17/22 Full Review delysid d a great companion to john frankenheimers film the gypsy moths Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/15/22 Full Review Audience Member This is one of the best movies out there to explain the mystique that flying holds over so many people. The flying sequences are well done and reflect the fact that the director, George Roy Hill, was a veteran USMC pilot. The characters and plot are sentimental but carry the story forward. Overall it's a great movie for escaping to the long lost time of the barnstormers. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Pauline Kael New Yorker It's a paean to purification through heroism, with the heroes fighting for the love of fighting and to determine who is the better man. Oct 11, 2023 Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times It doesn't have any big notions about the passing of that era, or of the barnstormers, who are seen as overgrown kids with wonderful toys that fly. But it has a good feeling for the period, and director George Roy Hill gives us poignancy and adventure. Rated: 3/4 Oct 23, 2004 Full Review Sean Burns Crooked Marquee A very strange film, socking you in the gut with the ugly realities of early aviation and then ascending somewhere dreamier, up into the clouds. Oct 3, 2023 Full Review Steve Warren The Barb (Atlanta) It's strictly a star vehicle and a vehicle vehicle. May 5, 2023 Full Review Jacoba Atlas Los Angeles Free Press It has all the elements of a fantastic, touching movie, except one - a script that engages the audience's interest. Dec 5, 2019 Full Review Bernard Drew Gannett News Service The Great Waldo Pepper is vastly entertaining and a good deal more besides. Oct 5, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Aerial tale set in the 1920s about a traveling aviator whose exaggerations look to be discovered when he begins work on a film with a pilot with whom he claims to have done battle. Having told colorful stories of wartime combat with the notorious German flying ace, the two men fortunately find a mutual respect, which culminates in a spectacular dogfight.
      Director
      George Roy Hill
      Distributor
      Universal Pictures
      Production Co
      Universal Pictures
      Rating
      PG
      Genre
      Adventure, Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Apr 13, 1975, Original
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Feb 12, 2014
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