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ExcellentGoodWatch scoreSummary
This documentary is about Bob Diemert of Carman, Manitoba, and his dream of building the world's next great fighter plane. His worldwide reputation as a genius at restoring "warbirds" enables him to finance his dream. The Defender is a lively, sometimes wild and funny, tale about a remarkable, modern-day folk hero.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 73GoodWatch 87
IMDb7.3
Running time
54 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 documentaries, −42 min on the typical 96
typical 9654Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
1989
May 25, 1989
37 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- Canada
United States
Directing · 1
- Stephen Low Director, Script
Production · 3
- Michael J.F. Scott Executive Producer
- Ches Yetman Executive Producer
- Charles Konowal Producer, Cinematography
Editing · 1
- Alfonso Peccia Editor
Sound · 5
- Eldon Rathburn Music
- Leon Johnson Sound
- Hans Peter Strobl Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Jackie Newell Sound Editor
- Michael Mirus Sound
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