The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.2/10   

Director:

Billy Wilder

Escritores:

Charles A. Lindbergh (book)
Billy Wilder (screenplay) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

20 abril 1957 (USA)

Género:

Aventura | Biografía | Drama | Historia

Frase comercial:

The Story Behind the Story of Lindbergh's Incredible Flight to Paris!

Plot:

Charles 'Slim' Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his New York to Paris flight the first solo transatlantic crossing.

Plot Keywords:

Transatlantic | New York | Aviation | Pilot | Ireland

Premios:

Nominated for Oscar.

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A solid Wilder movie.

Reparto

James Stewart	...	Charles Augustus 'Slim' Lindbergh
Murray Hamilton	...	Bud Gurney
Patricia Smith	...	Mirror Girl
Bartlett Robinson	...	Benjamin Frank Mahoney, President Ryan Airlines Co.
Marc Connelly	...	Father Hussman
Arthur Space	...	Donald Hall, Chief Engineer Ryan Airlines
Charles Watts	...	O.W. Schultz, Salesman Atlas Suspender Co.

También conocida como:

El aguila solitaria (Venezuela) [es]
El héroe solitario (Spain) [es]

Duración:

135 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording) | 4-Track Stereo

Clasificación:

Iceland:L | UK:U | Finland:S | West Germany:6 | USA:Approved (certificate #17794)

Locaciones de Filmación:

Guyancourt, Yvelines, France

Compañía:

Billy Wilder Productions

Trivialidades:

James Stewart, who was portraying Charles Lindbergh at the age of 25, was 47 when the film was made.

Errores:

Errores Reales: When Lindberg falls asleep, he is awakened by the sun reflecting in the mirror used to read his compass. In a close-up of the mirror, it clearly says "E" for East, and Lindberg stares into the light after awakening. But since it is morning, and the sunlight is coming from the East, it would be impossible for the light to reflect on Lindberg's face unless it were coming from the West, which is behind the aircraft.

Citas:

[first lines]
Reporter: [checking his copy] Here at the Garden City Hotel, less than a mile from Roosevelt Field... less than three-quarters of a mile from Roosevelt Field... everyone is waiting, as they have been now for seven days and nights, waiting for the rain to stop...

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en Wyatt Earp: Walk with a Legend (1994) (TV)

Banda de Sonido:

Baby Face

A solid Wilder movie.

Billy Wilder continues his strong run of films during the 1950s with a biopic of Charles Lindbergh, the young American pilot who became the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1927. Jimmy Stewart plays Lindbergh, and while he might be a bit too old for the part, he still brings the sincere warmth and confidence needed as well as his trademark down-to-earth goodness that makes him an iconic film star. Wilder directs solidly, balancing the background story with humor and drama to give us a clear description of what Lindbergh was up against when he decided to take this challenge. It certainly isn't his nor Stewart's best work, but it is a gem of a movie. It lifts your spirits with the plane and makes you proud to be an American. Overall, it is just plain good.