Wings: Grandeur in the Sky

2012

0h 36m

7.0(1 votes)

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Overview

A making-of featurette for the first Academy Award winning film "Wings" (1927), with plenty of rare photographs and the participation of William Wellman, Jr.

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7 members

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Ben Burtt

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A.C. Lyles

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James D'Arc

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Brian Meacham

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Michael Pogorzelski

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Frank Thompson

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William Wellman Jr.

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