The Blue Max | 
 enlarge | Director: John Guillermin
Actors: George Peppard, James Mason, Ursula Andress, Jeremy Kemp, Karl Michael Vogler
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Rating:  94 reviews
Sales Rank: 2562
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: Unrated
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 150
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D2007195D
UPC: 024543071952
EAN: 0024543071952
ASIN: B00008AOTN
Theatrical Release Date: June 21, 1966
Release Date: May 20, 2003
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The Blue Max is highly unusual among Hollywood films, not just for being a large-scale drama set during the generally overlooked World War I, but in concentrating on air combat as seen entirely from the German point of view. The story focuses on a lower-class officer, Bruno Stachel (George Peppard), and his obsessive quest to win a Blue Max, a medal awarded for shooting down 20 enemy aircraft. Around this are subplots concerning a propaganda campaign by James Mason's pragmatic general, rivalry with a fellow officer (Jeremy Kemp), and a love affair with a decadent countess (Ursula Andress). As directed by John Guillermin (who later made The Battle of Britain in 1969), the film's main assets are epic production values, great flying scenes, and stunning dogfights. The weak point is the sometimes ponderous character drama, not helped by Peppard, who is too lightweight an actor to convince as the driven antihero. Clearly influenced by Kubrick's Paths of Glory (1958), The Blue Max is a cold, cynical drama offering a visually breathtaking portrait of a stultified society tearing itself apart during the final months of the Great War. --Gary S. Dalkin
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The "Blue Max", a coveted medal for achievement in flying, is ruthlessly sought by Peppard, a poor-boy german soldier who climbs out of the trenches and into the aristorcratic air force. He is met with prejudice by the other contestants, wealthy snobs who
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 Blue Max May 22, 2008
I saw this when i was young in first release. After seeing now again i was not dissappointed. it's a long movie but seems short. Good action sequences refreshingly without CGI. If you like the genre, you will like this movie.
Blue Max a Winner April 29, 2008
This is a very entertaining story of WWI air combat. The flight scenes are well done and the planes appear authentic. A young George Peppard plays the main character very well, with coldness and intensity as he competes with the wealthier aristocratic pilots who look down on him. The romantic scenes with Ursula Andress are sort of tame by todays standards; keep in mind this movie is 40 yrs old and standards were different back then. James Mason has a small role as a German general who politizes the pilot into a war hero, playing the role with proper authority.
 Cinematic Brilliance April 13, 2008
Blue Max is thoroughly enjoyable - great acting; great camera work; great scenery; good story with different ending.
The Blue Max Will Please Red Baron Fans April 10, 2008
The Blue Max includes some of the most realistic air combat cinematography in color relating to WWI fighter planes and their tactics.The movie is a collector's item for those who wish to experience how and in what type of machines the present day fighter pilots' ancestors fought for their countries in the skies over Europe.
WWI AT IT'S BEST February 18, 2008
WHAT CAN I SAY WWI GERMANY POLITICS, ARISTOCRATS, FLYING MACHINES AND BEDROOMS THROW IN GEORGE PEPPARD, JAMES MASON AND URSULA ANDRESS WHAT MORE COULD YOU ASK FOR!!
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