The Great Waldo Pepper

Dir. George Roy Hill. 1975, 107 mins. U.S. 35mm. With Robert Redford, Bo Svenson, Bo Brundin, Susan Sarandon, Edward Herrmann, Margot Kidder. This beautifully made drama was George Roy Hill’s follow–up after winning the Oscar for The Sting, reteaming him with Redford as a WWI veteran aviator who becomes a barnstorming stunt pilot in late 1920s America on the verge of the Great Depression. Waldo Pepper’s tales about dogfighting combat planes during the war might not be entirely true, but that doesn’t stop him from inspiring and wowing rural midwestern crowds. Juggling breezy romanticism, dark pragmatism, and tragedy, The Great Waldo Pepper, cowritten by William Goldman, is a cinematic feat all its own, featuring dangerous high-flying acrobatic derring-do from classic Hollywood stunt pilot Frank Tallman. 

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