The Winds of Kitty Hawk

1978

Biography / Drama / History

4
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 80%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 80%
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 182 182

based on true story historical figure aviation

Plot summary

The story of the Wright Brothers and their efforts to invent, build, and fly the world's first successful motor-operated airplane.

Director

E.W. Swackhamer Photo
E.W. Swackhamer

Top cast

Robin Gammell Photo
Robin Gammell as H.A. Toumlin
John Randolph Photo
John Randolph as Alexander Graham Bell
David Huffman Photo
David Huffman as Orville Wright
Joseph Bernard Photo
Joseph Bernard as Mayor of New York
720p.BluRay
925.49 MB
960*720
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 40 min
Seeds 16

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ebubier 7 / 10

A nice little TV movie. Entertaining and informative, but hardly accurate or complete

Reviewed by robbla1981 9 / 10

definitely worth seeing

definitely a film worth seeing, though a little hokey and "movie cliché" in places (particularly specific lines of narration and dialogue). The visual aspects of the film, particularly the scenes featuring the characters flying the gliders are absolutely breathtaking, though the scene featuring the famous first powered flight is cut short for some reason as the plane is lifting off.Because the film was made in the late 1970s, there are few visual effects shots (aside from the scene depicting Orville's crash, which is clearly a model). Consequently, many of the flying scenes feature real actors in very accurately designed prop gliders. This adds a sense of realism and gives the film a better sense of credibility.I saw it as a young kid, and was inspired to learn more about the Wright Brothers and airplanes. Hopefully someone reading this will show it to their kid and they will have the same experience.
Reviewed by ccthemovieman-1 8 / 10

Nice-Looking, Low-Key Story Of The Wright Brothers

Here's another film that still hasn't come out on DVD that I would love to see in that format. Few people, I gather, have seen this in any format since my review is only the third on this website even though the movie was made almost 30 years ago. It's not a great movie but it has a dream-like look and feel to it, which is why a good DVD transfer could give it justice. It's a nice, clean movie with no profanity or blood and an interesting story of the Wright Brothers struggling to build their first airplane and then keep their famous plans and ideas from being stolen by others. There is a lot of justified paranoia in here.On the odd side, if I didn't know it was Michael Morarity, I would have thought this was some rookie actor who couldn't put any inflection into his lines, but maybe his "Wilbur Wright" character is supposed to be this ultra-key. Nonetheless, Moriarty sounded very wooden. The movie also drags a bit here and there, which might be one reason it's difficult to find and still not out on DVD. I'm still glad I own the VHS because, overall, it's a nice film and a worthy addition to any collection.NOTE: I've been told Wilbur Wright was a very low-key guy, so Morarity acted that way on purpose.
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