When the world first went to war, they were the first to fly.
The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots.
- 6.5
- 2006
- Released
- 2h 18m
James Franco
Blaine Rawlings
Jean Reno
Capt. Thenault
Philip Winchester
William Jensen
Todd Boyce
Mr. Jensen
Mac McDonald
Sheriff Detweiller
Abdul Salis
Eugene Skinner
Karen Ford
Mrs. JensenScott Hazell
Cinema Usher
Ruth Bradley
Laura
Tim Pigott-Smith
Mr. Lowry
Tyler Labine
Briggs LowryGail Downey
Mrs. Lowry
Augustin Legrand
L.T. Giroux
Keith McErlean
Vernon Toddman
Jennifer Decker
Lucienne
Lex Shrapnel
Grant
Martin Henderson
Reed Cassidy
Kate Robbins
Clarise
Jean-Philippe Écoffey
Skinner's Trainer
Released
en
$60,000,000.00
$17,858,059.00
- #world war i
- #fighter pilot
- #based on true story
- #biplane
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***Americans volunteers become fighter pilots in France during WW1*** Before the USA enters WW1, a young Texas cowboy (James Franco) joins the Lafayette Escadrille in France, a squadron of American fighter pilots. The volunteers are trained and soon experience the glory, anxieties and horrors that go with air combat. “Flyboys" (2006) was inspired by real events and comes in the tradition