If you’re looking for a little bit of that “ Top Gun: Maverick ” spectacle and thrill at the movie theater this summer, you’re in luck. A groundbreaking new documentary, “ The Blue Angels,” is flying onto IMAX screens for one week, through May 22.
Using IMAX-certified cameras mounted on a helicopter, the filmmakers were granted unprecedented access to the U.S. Navy’s Flight Demonstration Squadron, both on the ground and in “the box,” the tightly guarded performance airspace. Unlike in a Hollywood movie, there were no staged recreations, second takes or computer-generated shots. And they had about “5% of the budget” “Top Gun” had, those involved estimated.
The film was the brainchild of Rob Stone and Greg “Boss” Woolridge, a former Blue Angel and subject of a 1994 film about one of their historic tours in Europe. COVID-19 derailed plans to follow their 75th anniversary season, but a silver lining would emerge in the delay. By that point, aerial coordinator Kevin LaRosa II had worked several times with actor Glen Powell, on “Top Gun” and “Devotion.” Powell, he’d learned, had grown up with a Blue Angels lithograph in his childhood bedroom.
Related articles:
Related suggestion:
Jessica Biel shows off her new blonde hair and casualBizarre moment NYC crowd chants and cheers on man who ate 300 cheese balls in recordTerrifying moment woman comes face to face with a mountain lion in her backyardWhen in Rome... look fabulous, says Lily Collins, 36, and coFormer president Trump encourages foulThe masters of SEXPIONAGE: Glamorous female spies who used sex to lure male targetsWoman, 36, is charged with murder after 41Profound sadness, anger grips Israel on Memorial DayRory McIlroy pulls within shot of Xander Schauffele in Wells Fargo ChampionshipUS aims to stay ahead of China in using AI to fly fighter jets
2.324s , 6501.3984375 kb
Copyright © 2024 Powered by ‘The Blue Angels,’ filmed for IMAX, puts viewers in the ‘box’ with the elite flying squad ,International Impression news portal