The Arrow

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05/03/2011 sad saga in Canadian history....should be mandatory viewing in our schools...well done with a good cast....what could have been! See more 10/06/2010 This is a semi fictional made for tv movie based on the Canadian Avro Arrow. The world's first supersonic aircraft. I have read the story of the Arrow many times. During the height of the Cold War, Canada seeks to replace it's CF-100 interceptors to defend their Arctic airspace. The aircraft that they need is something so advanced that every aircraft company have turned down the contract. Minister of everything C.D Howe convinces the heads of the Canadian air force to consider Avro Aircraft. At first they say its impossible, but principle engineer Jim Chamberland comes up with a delta wing design for the aircraft. The Arrow is a well made docu-drama, and it does bring to light a lot of facts from the story. But obviously it was changed slightly to make the film more dramatic. The cast is a pretty good one, but considering the talent involved, the cast could have been better with a better script. The Avro Arrow was the most advanced aircraft in the world it was designed to intercept Russian bombers and destroy them. In the film, we get a good look at every step of the Arrow program from the optimistic beginnings to the poignant. The Arrow is a fine made for TV movie that dramatizes these events. The Arrow was the finest aircraft every made, when we Canadians designed and built it, we were 20 years ahead everyone else. Unfortunately for The Arrow, the political issues where a big speed bump for the project, and the plane never entered service. We get a glimpse of Diefenbaker's attempt at cancelling the project. Crawford Gordon (the head of Avro Canada) attempts at proving the Diefenbaker government wrong. Unfortunately The Arrow program was cancelled on February 20th, 1959. All the planes were scrapped and the employees were laid off. The ending of the film is absolute fiction as it never happened. The ending suggests that one Arrow survived scrapping and still exists. Even though this is part fiction and part fact, this made for tv film should spark interest in the real story of the Avro Arrow. Of course this flawed, but still very interesting to watch and seeing this sad but incredible story come to life on film. See more 12/21/2009 The concept and storyline are interesting, but the movie has quite a slow pace (most of it feels like an observation of Canadian politics, rather than involvement). The recreation of the 50's atmosphere in the social life (such as dress and living arrangements) is decent--especially on a low-budget--and there is some interesting cinematography (it is a movie about aeronautic engineering after all). However, I think the film tries to accomplish too many things simultaneously that it misses the chance to excel at any one thing. See more 04/05/2009 we had it all then threw it all away..i miss the old canada See more 07/05/2008 Decent, one-sided, interesting, colourful, could be more historically accurate, and not as politically correct. This movie is worth seeing for the sake of the story but it's typically the canadian myth at work. See more 06/30/2008 Decient Canadian Docu-drama about the engineers who designed the Avro Arrow, the potential the technology they developed had to push Canada to the forefront of the global aviation industry, and the short sighted bueracrats who insured that the Arrow was destroyed, the company bankrupted and the majority of the engineers working for the Americans. See more Read all reviews

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