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.
What a blast to work at NASA. Space agency is sky
Tom Holland confirms he is definitely returning for a fourth Spider
Trump to meet with senior Japanese official after court session Tuesday in hush money trial
Inside Kate Middleton's sweet annual midnight tradition for Prince Louis' birthday
French sports minister calls for sanctions after Monaco player tapes over anti
Lottie Moss sends temperatures soaring in red semi
A memorial opens on the site of a Nazi concentration camp for Roma after a pig farm was removed
Spain reopens a probe into a Pegasus spyware case after a French request to work together
Election 2024: Biden and Trump bypassed the Commission on Presidential Debates
Beyoncé wows her fans while offering a rare glimpse at her stunning natural hair
Company wins court ruling to continue development of Michigan factory serving EV industry
Alec Baldwin furiously smacks anti