The Tuskegee Airmen (1995)
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Cast
as Hannibal Lee
as Billy `Train' Roberts
as Leroy Cappy
as Lt. Col Davis
as Lt. Glenn
as Sen. Conyers
as Maj. Joy
as Col. Rogers
as `Stick'
as Lewis Johns
as Eleanor Roosevelt
as Tank
as Right Waist Gunner
as Lt. Wesley (B17)
as Young Hannibal
as Tail Gunner
as Left Waist Gunner
as Operations Officer
as Conductor
as Charlene
as Hannibal's Father
as White Pilot No. 1
as White Pilot No. 2
as Lt. Wesley (B-17)
as Walter's Instructor
as Gen. Stevenson
as German Prisoner
as Hannibal's Mother
as Lewis's Instructor
as Black Prisoner
as Reggie Newton
as Col. Sirca
as Gang Boss
as Chairman Cassidy
as Drill Sgt.
as Capt. Butler (B-17)
Critic Reviews for The Tuskegee Airmen
All Critics (8) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (1) | DVD (2)
This cliche-bound script is an equal-missed-opportunity employer.
The script's familiar, since air combat isn't a new genre by a long shot, but the additional mission of the men proving themselves gives telepic its extra dimension.
True story of African-Americans in WWII has mature themes.
The script has a weak structure and the characters are fairly superficial, but the film is still moving as all get out.
A superbly crafted production featuring outstanding aerial sequences.
Too self-important, too cliched, and too dismissive of the talent at its disposal.
Audience Reviews for The Tuskegee Airmen
Based on a true story, "The Tuskegee Airmen" tells the story of a group of African American pilots and their challenges in becoming airmen for the United States to help fight for their country. The film includes many clips of actual footage of various missions being carried out mixed in with the rest of the acted material. The film is a simple but effective look into the troubled and corrupt world that blacks were forced to be part of during times of segregation. There were moments you could feel the pain and loss through their eyes and there were several times I connected with these men and their struggles. Overall this was a wonderful film that HBO made for television and is much more correlated with a theatrical film then a television movie. This is a solid watch no matter the color of your skin and is a great story of acceptance in the most basic of ways.
Super Reviewer
Ackackack go the enemy fighters, swoonswoonswoon go the soundtrack violins... Well, you could do worse than watch Laurence Fishburne, Cuba Gooding Jr , Andre Braugher and more swoop stylishly through the air and stride fetchingly around in pilots jackets for ninety minutes , but both the calibre of acting and the true story of an elite squad of black US pilots fighting racism and Germans are let down by the made-for-HBO-tv overdramatics .
Super Reviewer
A good film that could have benefited from a larger budget.
Super Reviewer
The Tuskegee Airmen Quotes
| Billy Roberts: | Why would you want to fly for a country that thanks you by lynching you? |
| Senator Conyers: | As God is my witness, those boys will never see combat. |
| Lt. Glenn: | Friends die in our business and the only protection you have against losing them is not to have any. |
| Major Joy: | This ain't your country. Your country's full of apes and gorillas, malaria, missionaries. |