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Synopsis: This sweeping drama, based on real historical events, follows American boyhood friends Rafe McCawley (Ben Affleck) and Danny Walker (Josh Hartnett) as they enter World War II as pilots. Rafe is so eager to take part in the war that he departs to fight in Europe alongside England's Royal Air Force. On the home front, his girlfriend, Evelyn (Kate Beckinsale), finds comfort in the arms of Danny. The three of them reunite in Hawaii just before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Production: Touchstone
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 13 wins & 51 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.1
Metacritic:
44
Rotten Tomatoes:
25%
PG-13
Year:
2001
183 min
$197,761,540
Website
2,027 Views


DANNY:

He's gonna do it.

BILLY:

Do what?

DANNY:

It.

(beat)

Aw, sh*t. Aw sh*t sh*t sh*t...

RAFE'S PLANE reaches two thousand feet, just a speck above

them, and seems to pause in the air.

DANNY:

I shouldn't'a done an inside loop.

I shouldn't'a done an inside loop.

BILLY:

Why?

DANNY:

Cause now he's gonna do an outside loop.

TRAINING CAPTAIN

Aw sh*t. Aw sh*t sh*t sh*t...

Anthony and Billy join in, like an involuntary chant --

ANTHONY & BILLY

Aw sh*t sh*t sh*t...

RAFE, IN HIS COCKPIT, is tightly controlled, yet serene. He

noses the plane into a power dive.

The P-40 screams toward the ground, picking up speed, going

so fast it begins to shudder.

THE OTHER PILOTS are transfixed. Red is so nervous he can't

get the words out.

RED:

Aw sh- sh- sh- sh-

BILLY:

Sh*t.

RED:

Yeah.

DANNY:

You can do it, Rafe. You can do it.

The P-40, hurtling toward the ground at nauseating speed,

snaps into a half roll, streaking upside down over the

runway. Rafe hangs inverted in his flight harness, the

asphalt of the runway shooting past, ten feet beyond his

head.

He pushes the plane into a climb, his cockpit on the outside

of the circle. The plane reaches the top of its arc, and

almost stalls; but Rafe noses it over again, toward the

earth, only this time he has very little altitude. The plane

hurtles down, still with it belly on the inside of the

curve...

And makes it full circle. Rafe's head now is barely a foot

off the asphalt as the plane shoots past, still inverted.

THE OTHER PILOTS burst into cheers.

RAFE, IN HIS COCKPIT permits himself a smile.

He lands, and the guys run out to meet him...all except for

the Training Captain, who stands there shaking his head.

Danny jumps on the wing, as Rafe stops and slides back his

canopy. Danny grabs him by the harness and shakes him.

DANNY:

You could've killed yourself, you stupid

bastard!

He dives into the cockpit, hugging Rafe.

DANNY:

That was the most beautiful thing I ever

saw.

INT. COLONEL DOOLITTLE'S OFFICE - DAY

COLONEL JIMMY DOOLITTLE, mid-forties, is commander of the

base. He's as tough as he is good in the air. And right now

he's frowning at Rafe McCawley, standing at attention before

him.

DOOLITTLE:

There are some people who think the

outside loop is reckless and

irresponsible.

RAFE:

How could it be irresponsible, Sir, if

you were the first man in the world to do

it?

DOOLITTLE:

Don't get smart with me, son.

RAFE:

Never, Sir. I just meant it's dangerous

only for the kind of pilot who wants to

show off, rather than inspire the other

pilots in his unit. And all you've done

for me, Sir, working out the transfer, I

did it to say thanks. To honor you, Sir.

What the French call a "homage."

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Randall Wallace

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