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. |
Deion Sanders' sons Shilo and Shedeur take on some recruiting duties for ColoradoSydney Sweeney and Zendaya both wowed in Euphoria, so why are they treated so differently?Unfair labor complaint filed against Notre Dame over athletesTennessee State hires coach in big step to being the first HBCU to add ice hockeyKentucky guard Reed Sheppard enters NBA draftThe LatestKatie Price reveals her plans to REDUCE her surgically enhanced assetsDefending champion Lilia Vu withdraws from Chevron Championship with back injury before 1st roundGroup condemns 'humiliating searches' by security at Barcelona stadiumHaleigh Bryant helps LSU gymnastics advance to team finals at NCAA women’s championship