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1987 | John
Box Office Collection 112,132 USD
Features Peter Cushing's last screen performance, filmed January 21-March 1985 (copyright 1985).
The scene where the helicopter lands and then takes off again from a flat wagon on a train traveling at over 40mph had never been attempted before this film and had to be repeated 15 times over two days before the directors were satisfied that it looked just right.
Skysport Engineering was commissioned to build a replica Sopwith Pup which could be suspended from a crane and "flown" and crashed with a stuntman inside for the opening sequences of Biggles's rescue. Attention was given to every detail of its construction so that even when it was burnt the charred remains would look authentic. The wings and frame had to be selectively strengthened and weakened so that it would crumple and break to look as though it has fallen from 1000ft, not 10ft as in reality.
The weapon testing ground scene was filmed in the now disused Beckton Gas Works in London, Which was also used for the Vietnam scenes in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket (1987) a year later.
The helicopter used in the film was a Bell Model 206BII JetRanger, registered G-BAKF with pop-out emergency floats fitted on the skids. Later on, it was involved in a thankfully non-fatal accident in 1989 after colliding with electrical wires when the pilot was preparing to land. The crew escaped with minor injuries, but the helicopter was written off and broken up for spare parts.
"[Now in 1986, Biggles has climbed behind the controls of a police helicopter] Jim Ferguson: You can't fly this. You don't know how. Biggles: If you can fly a Sopwith Camel, you can fly anything."
"Biggles: Quick! Untie us before they realise you're not a God, you're just an American."
