Every other year or so someone tries to make an aerial dogfighting movie, and ends up with a royal turd. A few years ago it was the James Franco movie Flyboys, and now it looks like its Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles star Lena Headeys turn to try and make it work. Headey is co-starring in a German movie called The Red Baron, which tells the story of World War Is breathtaking, low-tech dogfights from the German perspective. The Red Baron is the movies hero and Headey is his love interest, a nurse who helps convince him hes being used as propaganda by the evil German government.
Interesting idea right? And unlike Flyboys the movies special effects look really, really good. I know because in my inbox tonight was a clip from The Red Baron, put together by the effects house responsible for the movies aerial combat sequences to showcase their work. Its really eye-popping stuff. I dont know whether the rest of it will be worth doing barrel rolls over, but they really seemed to have nailed the danger, speed, and energy of World War I aerial dogfighting. Its pretty thrilling you have to see it.
Scroll down and play the clip for yourself. Below that, Ive also dropped the movies German language trailer. The Red Baron was actually filmed in English, but independently financed by German investors and so right now only has a release date in Germany.
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The FX reel looks great. To give a sense of the movie to the non-German speakers, here is a translation of the very first quote:
“Our goal is to shoot planes, not pilots. We are sportsmen, not butchers.” Yeah, right.
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