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PS: What was that awful WWI dogfighting movie
that came out a few years ago? The one that couldn't
hold a candle to Blue Max.....

Do you mean Flyboys -- which pretended to tell the story of
l'Escadrille Lafayette?
It stank at the top of its voice ....

It did.
Even the tongue-in-cheek "Those Magnificent Men in their Flying
Machines" was more convincing.

Which itself was a sequel to "Those Magnificent Men in their
Jaunty Jalopies", IIRC.

Oops ... it's the other way around.
TMMITFM came first (1965), followed by Those _Daring_ Young Men in
Their Jaunty Jalopies (1969). The latter was originally titled
Monte Carlo or Bust -- title changed for distribution in US and Oz.
Both directed by the same fellow, Ken Annakin.


As in Annakin Skywalker? Hollywood types do tend to
keep some names alive.

It seems a lot of people thought that, not just you (and me). But
when K. C. Annakin died this past April there was enough chatter in
fandom about the presumed connection that George Lucas, who knew
Annakin, issued a statement denying he took his friend's name for the
character's name.

Archie Leach in Fish Called Wanda being named for
Cary Grants original name, etc.

IIRC there's a completely forgettable flick in which the villain is
called William Pratt -- Boris Karloff's real name.


And Roz Doyle on Frazier was named for the real Roz
Doyle who produced the Wings sitcom and died shortly
afterwards.

Big industry, small world.......