Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304359655
Format: Closed-captioned
ISBN: 6304359659
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: Array
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: 1999-10-26
Running Time: 135
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1957-04-20

James Stewart was really too old in 1957 to reenact Charles Lindbergh's historic 1927 solo flight across the Atlantic in this movie, but he had no lack of enthusiasm for his role as Lindbergh. Billy Wilder directs this largely engrossing account of Lindbergh's deed, and comes up with some inventive ways (not all of them successful) of dramatizing the pilot's dangerous journey to Paris, which lasted 33-1/2 hours. Stewart is very good in the role, bringing his advanced technique from the extraordinary number of great films he made with brilliant directors (Hitchcock, Anthony Mann) in the 1950s. --Tom Keogh

Customer Rating:
Summary: spirit of st. louis dvd
Comment: My husband totally enjoyed this movie so I purchased it for him for Christmas. He is very particular regarding aviation movies but I know he will very pleased to get this for his collection.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Spirit of St. Louis DVD
Comment: I loved this movie ever since I had it on Laser Disc back in the Old Days.' A great popcorn flick, especially if you are a Jimmy Stewart fan. The DVD is pretty cut and dry. No extra-special features outside what you would expect with a regular DVD. The video transfer is pretty good and sound, as well.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Epic Flight
Comment: If you are a James Stewart fan or have an interest in Charles Lindbergh's trans-Atlantic journey, this is a must see. Billy Wilder and the others involved in this 1957 production took an inherently monotonous story (over thirty three hours flying solo in a light plane) and made it into an exciting film. Wilder broke up the monotony with flashbacks about Lindbergh's life in aviation. Some of these flashbacks are a bit tedious.

Wilder apparently remained faithful to Lindbergh's own account of the journey. (I hope to read this book someday.) The film built enough suspense to have me cheering Stewart on at the end. I felt overwhelmed when the plane touched down in Paris.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: The Spirit of ST Louis
Comment: Faithfull story of the book written by C.A. Lindbergh. Some jokes have been added that were not in the book, but without spoiling the story.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: One of the best!
Comment: James Stewart is one of my favorite actors of all time and this movie is one of his best. It goes into my top ten favorite films of all time

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