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Reviews. The Great Waldo Pepper. Roger Ebert January 01, 1975. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Waldo Pepper is, as he admits with a shy smile, the second greatest flier in the world. The greatest is Ernst Kessler, the German ace who shot down 70 foes in World War I.
May 5, 2023 Full Review Jacoba Atlas Los Angeles Free Press It has all the elements of a fantastic, touching movie, except one - a script that engages the audience's interest.
- (60)
- George Roy Hill
- PG
- Robert Redford
Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Pauline Kael New Yorker. TOP CRITIC. It's a paean to purification through heroism, with the heroes fighting for the love of fighting and to determine...
The Great Waldo Pepper opened to mixed to good reviews, with the biggest praise going to the film's aerial sequences. Vincent Canby of The New York Times wrote, "'The Great Waldo Pepper' is a most appealing movie. Its moods don't quite mesh and its aerial sequences are so vivid— sometimes literally breathtaking— that they upstage the human ...
Mar 13, 1975 · The Great Waldo Pepper: Directed by George Roy Hill. With Robert Redford, Bo Svenson, Bo Brundin, Susan Sarandon. After WW1, an ex-pilot takes up barn-storming and chance-meets a former German ace fighter pilot with whom he co-stars in Hollywood war movies depicting aerial dog-fights.
- (6.6K)
- Adventure, Drama
- George Roy Hill
- 1975-03-13
This is a great movie, from a very special era in movies, and contains an all-time great scene that speaks to the darker nature of humanity. SPOILER AHEAD!! I speak of the scene where Ezra Stiles, Waldo Pepper's best friend has crashed, and he is trapped in his plane, which has caught on fire.
Review by Mitchell Beaupre Crew. The Great Waldo Pepper 1975 ★★★★★. Watched Mar 22 , 2024. One of the biggest discoveries of the year for me.
