Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew From London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965)
Based on an actual event -- the 1910 London to Paris air race -- this is overstuffed with broad, quickly tiresome types: the drawling aw-shucks American, the British fop, the villainous mustache-twirler, the German militants, etc. Each participant has their own running gag...which gets run right into the ground.
To put it in a nutshell: just look at that title. It's unnecessarily long and not very funny, which just about sums up my opinion of the film.
D+
To put it in a nutshell: just look at that title. It's unnecessarily long and not very funny, which just about sums up my opinion of the film.
D+
Labels: 1965, Adventure, Comedy, Dplus, Oscar Nominee
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