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Sky Fighters (2005)
Les chevaliers du ciel (original title)

102 min  -  Adventure | Action  -   9 November 2005 (Belgium)
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While in an international fair of exhibition of airplanes, a French Mirage 2000 of the last generation... See full summary »

Director:

Gérard Pirès

Writers:

Gilles Malençon (adaptation), Gilles Malençon (screenplay), and 3 more credits »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Benoît Magimel ...
Capitaine Antoine "Walk'n" Marchelli
Clovis Cornillac ...
Capitaine Sébastien "Fahrenheit" Vallois
Géraldine Pailhas Géraldine Pailhas ...
Maelle Coste
Alice Taglioni ...
Capitaine Estelle 'Pitbull' Kass
Philippe Torreton Philippe Torreton ...
Bertrand
Rey Reyes Rey Reyes ...
Capitaine Leslie 'Stardust' Hedget
Peter Hudson ...
Général Buchanan
Jean-Baptiste Puech Jean-Baptiste Puech ...
Ipod
Christophe Reymond ...
Stan
Fiona Curzon Fiona Curzon ...
Mrs Redgrave
Jean-Michel Tinivelli Jean-Michel Tinivelli ...
Colonel Farje
Frédéric van den Driessche ...
Général Hardouin
Eric Poulain Eric Poulain ...
Capitaine Klébér
Pierre Poirot Pierre Poirot ...
De Séze
Jean-Yves Chilot Jean-Yves Chilot ...
Houdon
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Storyline

While in an international fair of exhibition of airplanes, a French Mirage 2000 of the last generation vanishes and pilots Antoine "Walk'n" Marchelli and Sebastian "Fahrenheit" Vallois are assigned to locate the plane that is flying in a hiding position below a commercial airplane. The pilots order the Mirage to return to the base, but the Mirage attacks Fahrenheit instead, and Walk'n immediately shots the Mirage saving his partner. However, the evidences are forged by the leader of a force called "Special Missions" and Walk'n is falsely accused of not following the orders and discharged from the air force. Blacklisted in the commercial flight companies, Walk'n and Fahrenheit are pressed to join the Special Missions team, where they disclose betrayals in a net of espionage. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

Pilot | Betrayal | Plane | French Military | Conspiracy  | See more »

Taglines:

'Top Gun' for a new generation.

Genres:

Adventure | Action

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French | English (a few words) | Arabic

Release Date:

(Belgium) See more »

Also Known As:

Héroes del cielo See more »

Filming Locations:

Djibouti See more »

Box Office

Budget:

€20,000,000 (estimated)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

France:  | Argentina:

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

Because of the strict rules prohibiting jet aircraft (and in particular, fighter jets) from flying over Paris airspace, director Gérard Pirès got permission to shoot the film's climactic final sequences over Paris on only a single day, Bastille Day (July 14th), with an additional rehearsal day on July 12th. Because of bad weather, the July 12th rehearsal had to be canceled, thus forcing the crew to rehearse and film everything over a critical few hours on the 14th. Although all of the most important shots were achieved on the 14th, a small propeller plane was brought in for some additional footage of the ground later on, and the film was sped up by 4 times to match that shot by the Mirage 2000 camera perfectly. In addition, all of the footage shot from the ground of the planes during the final sequences was filmed on Bastille Day, the only time in the entire year that the French government proudly displays its military forces in the capital. The military parade shown in the film is the largest in France held on Bastille Day, and it is held on the Avenue Champs-Élysées, near the Arc de Triomphe. See more »

Goofs

Revealing mistakes: Airliner seen in first air combat scene is Airbus of manufacturers (EADS) own fleet. It's paint scheme is modified with CGI, but graphic artists didn't "repaint" it completely and it's original colors can be seen in wing as reflection. See more »

Connections

Featured in "Troldspejlet: Episode #36.2" (2006) See more »