Airwolf

Starring: David Hemmings, Ernest Borgnine Original UK Premiere: 1984 Dvd Release: 3rd April, 2006 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: PAL, Region 2 Encoding

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Airwolf was a 1980s American television movie & series about a supersonic military helicopter. The fictitious character Stringfellow Hawke, one of Airwolfs original test pilots, is hired by The Firm, the CIA agency that built Airwolf, to steal back Airwolf from its creator, who has taken it to Libya. However, he fails to return it, flying it from time to time to carry out undercover missions for Uncle Sam, in exchange for help from The Firm in finding his lost brother, a Vietnam War MIA. The series covers how the US government tries to find Hawke as he lords his new found toy over them. Airwolf was created by Donald Bellisario, who also created Battlestar Galactica, Magnum, P,I. Quantum Leap & JAG. It was initially a 1984 TV movie that was turned into a series that ran from 1984 to 1987. For the 1987 season the entire cast was replaced with new actors. The Airwolf helicopter was actually a modified Bell 222 painted black. After the show was cancelled the modifications were removed. Posters Of Airwolf

David Hemmings was a British movie actor, whose most famous role was the photographer in Michelangelo Antonioni s Blow-Up, one of the films that best represented the spirit of the 1960s. He also appeared in Barbarella. David Hemmings provided the narration for a rock album, Rick Wakeman s adaptation of Jules Verne s Journey to the Center of the Earth. He started his career as a boy soprano, appearing in several works by Benjamin Britten, then moved on to an acting & directing career in the cinema. He made his first film appearance in 1954, but it was in the mid-sixties that he first became well-known as a pin-up & film star. Following Blow-Up, he appeared in a string of major British films, including Camelot, The Charge of the Light Brigade & Alfred the Great. Living up to his glamorous image, Hemmings married four times, the most famous of his wives being the actress, Gayle Hunnicutt, mother of his son, Nolan Hemmings. He continued to act, appearing in many TV dramas. Throughout the 80s he also worked extensively as a director on programmes including The A-Team & Airwolf. Posters Of Airwolf

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Ernest Borgnine is an American actor. Born Ermes Effron Borgnino in Hamden, Connecticut, he joined the United States Navy after high school & stayed in for ten years. After a few years of drifting, he attended the Randall School of Drama in Hartford. Following graduation, he went to the famous Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia. In 1949, he debuted on Broadway in Harvey. In 1951 he moved to Los Angeles, California, receiving his big break in 1953 s From Here to Eternity. In 1955, Borgnine starred in the drama Marty, which gained him an Academy Award for Best Actor. He subsequently appeared in many films sometimes in lead roles but more often supporting major stars in Jubal, The Catered Affair, The Best Things in Life are Free, Torpedo Run, The Vikings. The Badlanders, Man on a String, Summer of the 17th Doll, Barabbas, The Flight of the Phoenix, The Dirty Dozen, Ice Station Zebra, The Legend of Lylah Clare, The Wild Bunch, The Poseidon Adventure, Emperor of the North Pole & Law & Disorder. Posters Of Ernest Borgnine

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