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Best Writing Original Story | 1945
Best Dramatic Presentation Long Form | 1944 | Frederick Hazlitt
Budget 2,627,000 USD
Box Office Collection 5,363,000 USD
Reportedly Steven Spielberg's favorite movie, he remade it in 1989 as Always (1989). The remake included the three main characters (Pete Sandich, Durinda Durston and Al Yackey), plus the characters of "Ted" and "Nails."
Van Johnson was critically injured in an automobile accident on 31 March 1943 and MGM was set to replace him, reportedly with either John Hodiak or Peter Lawford, but Spencer Tracy insisted that they shoot around him during his convalescence. Johnson didn't return to work until the first week in July of 1943, more than three months later.
The P-38 Lightning, featured in this film, was one of the best planes of WW2 in the Pacific since it was faster than most Japanese planes, highly maneuverable and could accept heavy damage and still fly. It featured forward firing guns, including 20mm cannon, rather than the angled wing guns on most planes. It had two bad features. First, it was not suited to cold weather at high altitudes in Europe, which kept it out of air-to-air fighting there and limited its participation to low-level strikes. Second, when bailing out a pilot had to roll the plane and fall out rather than crawling out and jumping since the horizontal stabilizer between the two tails frequently would hit the pilot as he jumped.
The War Department initially did not approve the script, fearing psychological damage to new and experienced pilots and their parents. It relented after 2 revisions and promised full cooperation.
This picture was featured as MGM's big Christmas spectacular of 1943.
"The General: No man is really dead unless he breaks faith with the future, and no man is really alive unless he accepts his responsibility to it."
"Ted Randall: You're the prettiest girl in all the world. You're even prettier than a P-38."
