The Hindenburg Page #3

Synopsis: This film is a compendium of the facts and fiction of the events leading up to the disaster. For dramatic effect, Sabotage was chosen as the cause, rather than electricity lashing out at a couple of tons of hydrogen.
Director(s): Robert Wise
Production: Universal Pictures
  Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Rotten Tomatoes:
40%
PG
Year:
1975
125 min
308 Views


At your age?

- Finally.

- No rooftop announcements just yet. We...

We don't want to push our luck.

- Oh, Bess.

- Isn't it wonderful?

How long will you be

away from us, Countess?

I suppose until I get homesick.

What is the purpose of your trip?

- To visit my daughter at school in Boston.

- Where will you be staying?

With friends.

Mr. and Mrs. Alden Winthrop.

In Boston?

Yes. And at their place on Cape Cod.

What does he do?

His occupation.

He's with the Winthrop

First National Bank...

and I can assure you, Major,

he is not the doorman.

Estelle, I've been looking

all over for you.

Mr. Edward Douglas.

Cablegram for Mr. Douglas...

- I'm Mr. Douglas.

- Here, sir.

Thank you.

Will Mr. Kenji Shimura

please come to the information desk.

Mr. Kenji Shimura,

please come to the information desk.

Looks like we'll get off a little late.

Yeah. What's the holdup?

- Let's get this show on the road.

- I know I had it.

We're keeping all passports

this trip, Countess.

They will be returned to you

when we arrive at Lakehurst.

Oh. I see.

Your lighter will be returned

after we've landed at Lakehurst.

The official photographer

should know better.

If you'll just step into the booth

for a body search.

It's company policy.

- Stay up here with me.

- Stay together.

Oh, Paul. So clumsy.

- Help Daddy.

- Thank you.

Your name is familiar, Mr. Breslau.

Do you have relatives in Germany?

Many friends and associates,

but no relatives.

Well, now, you might have, Albert.

I've always been sure our name

once had a "von." Von Breslau.

- That's Prussian nobility.

- That's where I've heard it.

Too bad, Mildred. The "von" doesn't

count when you're born in the States.

- We all were.

- Me too.

Couple of cowboys, huh?

Come on, boys. Stay together.

Watch where you're going.

- Over here.

- That's a handsome cane, sir.

May I see it?

You wouldn't admire it so much

if you were crippled.

I don't intend to be.

Would you tape the end of Mr. Bajetta's cane

and return it to him, please?

- Yes, sir.

- You must be the special security officer.

It's a good thing too.

You know this ruddy blimp

is filled with hydrogen?

I'll make a note of that. Thank you.

You call that dumb Dutchman

a security man?

The tape is for your own safety, sir.

The steel tip could strike sparks.

I'd expect more courtesy

on a cattle boat.

- Just do as you're told.

- May I help, Countess?

Franz.

- Are you on board?

- Yes.

What's wrong this trip?

These people insist upon going through

all of my luggage and my trunk.

- Will you speak to them, please?

- Certainly.

Search it. Strip the lining.

Remove the metal corners.

If you run out of time,

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Nelson Gidding

Nelson Roosevelt Gidding (September 15, 1919 – May 1, 2004) was an American screenwriter specializing in adaptations. A longtime collaboration with director Robert Wise began with Gidding's screenplay for I Want to Live! (1958), which earned him an Oscar nomination. His long-running course on screenwriting adaptions at the University of Southern California inspired screenwriters of the present generation, including David S. Goyer. Gidding was born in New York and attended school at Phillips Exeter Academy; as a young man he was friends with Norman Mailer. After graduating from Harvard University, he entered the Army Air Forces in World War II as the navigator on a B-26. His plane was shot down over Italy, but he survived; he spent 18 months as a POW but effected an escape. Returning from the war, in 1946 he published his only novel, End Over End, begun while captive in a German prison camp. In 1949, Gidding married Hildegarde Colligan; together they had a son, Joshua Gidding, who today is a New York City writer and college professor. In Hollywood, Gidding entered work in television, writing for such series as Suspense and Sergeant Preston of the Yukon, and eventually moved into feature films like The Helen Morgan Story (1957), Odds Against Tomorrow (1959), The Haunting (1963), Lost Command (1966), The Andromeda Strain (1971), and The Hindenburg (1975). After the death of his first wife on June 13, 1995, in 1998 Gidding married Chun-Ling Wang, a Chinese immigrant. Gidding taught at USC until his death from congestive heart failure at a Santa Monica hospital in 2004. more…

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