Only Angels Have Wings details
| Format: | U DVD |
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| Starring: | Allyn Joslyn, Rita Hayworth, Thomas Mitchell, Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Richard Barthelmess |
| Director: | Howard Hawks |
| Genre: | Romance - Drama |
| Studio: | UCA |
| Name | Discs | |
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Only Angels Have Wings |
U Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 56 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 10 Jan 2005 |
| Main languages: | English |
| Subtitles: | Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish |
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Coming to terms with death
By Zamy (552 reviews) from London , 07 Apr 2006[Highly rated reviewer]
This is one of the themes of this fascinating film. So it is kinda like a philosophy film dressed up as an action movie. In particular it looks at how a group of people deal with their mortality; in this case in the admittedly dangerous business of flying mail through the Andes in rickety 1930's planes. If you are looking for an action movie you may be disappointed since what you get is a lot of conversation on studio sets and action scenes done mainly with models and backdrops (the backdrop actually moves a fraction in one of the early scenes). This lack of sophistication was OK for audiences in 1939, not for today's audience in the digital age. For me this is still a marvellous film as Cary Grant (so very good here) pursues his dangerous work with stoical rigour always prepared for the worst to happen as it certainly will in these early days of flight. And he pulls the whole team along with him. Hawks was a great director and never better than here at getting wonderful performances. Special mention here for Jean Arthur, Thomas Mitchell, and Richard Barthelmass. A lot is down to the extremely sharp script from James Furthman, wonderful black and white cinematography, beautifully lit and great design from the art department. OK we always know it's a studio set but the artificial atmosphere just seems to heighten the focus on the intimate action on screen. A word about this dvd transfer - it is simply marvelous and looks like a movie made yesterday.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(11)tough men doing a tough job
By itstinks (681 reviews) from North of Reading , 27 Mar 2011Cary Grant playing it tougher than normal in leading a group of flyers in the Andes.
The weather conditions mean you have to have strong nerves to do your job and death is treated with disdain.
Not a classic but entertaining enough.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Only Angels Have Wings
By laneyb (256 reviews) from Rochester, Kent , 09 Jan 2011I think considering when this film was made, this is a remarkable film! I rented this one more for my husband than myself he said he would give the film a rating of 10 out of 10!
I give it an 8. Certainly a good movie for a quiet night in!- Was this review helpful to you?
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Great movie
By a customer from London , 25 Dec 2009Very good dialogue and great cast of actors !- Was this review helpful to you?
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What's the point?
By a customer from London, England , 07 Mar 200836 minutes into the film and I was still waiting for the story to begin. When I finally got to the end of it all, I was wondering: 'What's the point?' Empty, borign, a waste of talent. At least Cary Grant is the usual eye candy...- Was this review helpful to you?
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Cary Grant is Cool, Sharp and Likeable
By Kathleen (7 reviews) from Bournemouth , 08 Feb 2007The best bit of “Only Angels Have Wings” is probably the very last scene where Cary Grant, the boss of an air-freight company, says goodbye to Bonnie (played by Jean Arthur). As a flyer who survives the precarious job of transporting mail over the South American Andes he is reluctant to commit to a woman nor ask anyone to commit to him. However his life’s philosophy is challenged when Bonnie unexpectedly arrives on his doorstep as a stop-over boat passenger at the South American port on her way to an entertaining job in Panama. During her stay in Baranca she witnesses the highs and lows of the flyers’ work and surprisingly Grant’s character reveals the self-driven determination of a flying entrepreneur trying to maintain an air-freight company in a highly hostile environment, regardless of the cost. Rita Hayworth makes an appearance as Grant’s ex-girlfriend now married to a disgraced flyer who, due to his past, Grant gives the really difficult jobs to as the expendable one. This old 1939 film leaves one with the feel good factor so reminiscent of films of that era. Grant’s acting is as cool, sharp and likeable as ever seen in his more famous films, particularly at the end.
Kathleen Mortimer
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