X-15

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Before Top Gun, Apollo 13 or The Right Stuff, this breathtaking, jet-fueled journey of high-altitude filmmaking blasted audiences from zero-G to 4,000 miles per hour with its thrilling tale of America's victory in the space race. But also at stake are their lives and the lives of the terrified wives they've left behind! The courageous pilots of the Air Force's X-15 program are determined to take an experimental rocket 100 miles above the earth at four times the speed of sound! At stake is American air supremacy and proof that space travelis possible. Starring David McLean, Charles Bronson and Mary Tyler Moore, X-15 sets the sky as the limitfor excitement!

MGM's widescreen DVD offers no extras. Eagle-eyed fans might notice future California congressman Robert Dornan among the ground crew. James Stewart's narration offers an all-American layer to the script, written by James Ward Bellah (whose stories were adapted by John Ford for She Wore a Yellow Ribbon and Sergeant Rutledge, among others) and producer Tony Lazzarino. Bronson, David McLean, and Ralph Taeger are test pilots for the X-15 research vehicle, which brought man to the brink of outer space for the first time. --Paul Gaita The film divides its running time between scenes of the crew testing the rocket and domestic drama involving their wives and girlfriends (played by Mary Tyler Moore, Patricia Owens, and Lizabeth Hush). Frank Sinatra was among the producers for X-15, an interesting space-race film that marked the feature debut of Richard Donner (the Lethal Weapon series, Timeline) and provided an early lead role for Charles Bronson, who leads a solid cast in this occasionally tense, hardware-driven drama.

Product Info

Actor: David McLean, Charles Bronson, Ralph Taeger, Brad Dexter, Kenneth Tobey
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 9780792859550
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Format: Color, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792859553
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
MPN: 1005992
Number Of Discs: 1
Original Release Date: 1961-12-22
Package Quantity: 1
Part Number: 1005992
Product Group: DVD
Product Type Name: ABIS_DVD
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2004-02-03
Running Time: 107
SKU: 027616902214BAKME
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: 1961-12-22
Title: X-15
UPC: 027616902214
UPC List: UPCListElement: 027616902214
ASIN: B0000YEEWQ
Sales Rank: 55711