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Zero Hour [DVD] [1957] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

Price: £5.86
Average customer rating: 5.0

Binding : DVD
EAN : 0085391145127
Label : Warner Home Video
Manufacturer : Warner Home Video
Publisher : Warner Home Video
Release date : 2007-06-26
Title : Zero Hour [DVD] [1957] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
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Number of items : 1
Original release date : 1957-01-01
Region code : 1
Running time : 81
Studio : Warner Home Video
Theatrical releaseDate : 1957-11-13
MPN : WARD114512D

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review by: date: 2007-11-23 rating:

NO ZERO RATING FOR THIS MOVIE!
Dana Andrews plays an ex-fighter pilot who, having lost several of the men under his command during the war, is now fearful of flying. Tough luck, then, when he is aboard a passenger plane with his wife and child and there is an outbreak of severe food poisoning which not only affects half the passengers ( including his young son ) but also the pilot and co-pilot. Being the only one on board with any flying experience, he must attempt to bring the plane down to an airport before the victims start dying. br /'Zero Hour' was the inspiration for the 1980 spoof comedy 'Airplane!' and the dvd cover describes it as a cult camp classic. I would respectfully disagree with this, as the movie is essentially serious in tone -- certainly there is no actor more serious than Dana Andrews. br /It is really when Sterling Hayden appears on screen that things become slightly comical. In my opinion, he hams it up too much when he is talking over the radio to Dana Andrews and guiding him through the flight and landing procedures. In all the other movies I have seen him in he is a really fine actor, but it may be that he was miscast here. He is not entirely to blame, as some of the dialogue he was given to say is quite laughable: " Flying is no different than riding a bicycle - it just happens to be something you never forget!". br /But for this, what you have here is a good tense thriller. If you have already seen 'Airplane!' you are bound to see the humorous comparisons, but I would hope that most people would take a more critical view of 'Zero Hour!' and see it as a forerunner to 'Airport'. br /The movie is in widescreen, and the sound and picture qualty is excellent.

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