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Summary
A meditation on youth, war and stunning bravery, featuring footage, taken from the National Archives, from the documentary filmed in 1943 by legendary Hollywood director William Wyler about the famous Memphis Belle flying fortress and the gripping narration from some of the last surviving B-17 pilots.
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Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+21)
Critics 100Audiences 79GoodWatch 80
Tomatometer100%
Audience score88%
IMDb7.7
Letterboxd · 802 ratings3.5/5
Running time
1 h 14 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 war movies, −44 min on the typical 118
typical 11874Half of all war movies run 103–135 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries
Released
2018
May 23, 2018
8 years ago
Genres
WarDocumentaryTV MovieHistoryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Directing · 1
- Erik Nelson Director
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