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Music director
  
Bernardo Segall

Duration
  

Language
  
English

7/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Documentary, Short, History

Country
  
United States

To Fly! movie poster

Cast
  
Ellen Bry

Director
  
Greg MacGillivray Jim Freeman

Release date
  
July 1, 1976 (1976-07-01)

Writer
  
Francis Thompson, Greg MacGillivray, Jim Freeman, Robert M. Young, Arthur Zegart, Tom McGrath (narration written by)

Directors
  
Greg MacGillivray, Jim Freeman

Screenplay
  
Greg MacGillivray, Jim Freeman, Thomas McGrath, Robert M. Young, Arthur Zegart, Francis Thompson

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To Fly! (1976) is a documentary film shot in the IMAX format. It follows the history of flight, from the first hot air balloons in the 19th century to 20th century manned space missions. It was created for performance at the National Air and Space Museum's IMAX Theater in Washington, D.C.

History

To Fly! was written by Jim Freeman, Greg MacGillivray, Tom McGrath, Francis Thompson, Robert M. Young and Arthur Zegart. It was directed by Freeman and MacGillivray, and edited by documentary filmmaker Alexander Hammid. In 1995, the film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.

The movie was shown in 1979 at Six Flags Great America theme park's Pictorium and was the first movie shown at the new theatres.

To Fly! was the highest grossing documentary of all time before the release of Fahrenheit 9/11 in 2004. It has grossed $86.6 million domestically and $120.7 million worldwide, which it has accumulated during its decades in release. The movie is still shown daily at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.

References

To Fly! Wikipedia
To Fly! IMDb To Fly! themoviedb.org


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