Movie |
Pilot Error | Based On Novel Or Book
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Best Sound Editing Dialogue | 1966
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White | 1965
Best Motion Picture | 1965
The fictional airliner in this movie is a DC-7, substantially altered to look like a contemporary jet airliner, but not resemble any that actually existed. Because of the theme (and to avoid spoiling an excellent ending), no airline or aircraft manufacturer would have anything to do with the movie, and any resemblance to an actual aircraft would invite litigation. Curiously, there are aspects to the fake wings that are almost 30 years ahead of their time.
Jane Russell considered herself semi retired at this time and agreed to do a cameo for her friend Aaron Rosenberg.
Charlton Heston was offered the lead role on the same day he was both offered The Satan Bug (1965) and The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965). He chose to play Michelangelo in The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965).
Although Ernest K. Gann, who wrote the book on which the film was based, later claimed he was reportedly so unhappy with the film that he demanded his name be removed.
Rod Taylor was made to look older in the present time scenes so that he looks his actual age during the wartime flashbacks.
"Capt. Jack Savage: When your number's up, why fight it, right? And if its not, why worry about it?"
