Challenger: An Industrial Romance

Challenger: An Industrial Romance (1980)

Follows the development of Canadair's super-executive jet. A totally new type of aircraft, it is faster, cheaper to fly, and more comfortable than any other business jet. Would it make it off the drawing board and into the air? The film captures the spirit of the Canadian air transport industry and its attempt to compete with its American counterparts...

Date of release
1980-07-09
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
58m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Stephen Low

Casting

Interesting facts

Challenger: An Industrial Romance is a 1980 Canadian documentary film, produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). The documentary follows the development of Canadair's Challenger, a business jet airliner.

Production

Stephen Low began work in 1977 on the film after seeing an article in The Globe and Mail on the Challenger project. After successfully approaching Canadair with his idea for a documentary, Low was able obtain support from Roman Kroitor, head of the drama studio at the National Film Board of Canada. Kroiter would later act as the executive producer on the project.

Low submitted a proposal for a one-hour film for television and a 10-minute version for theatrical release. Filming throughout a three-year span, he concentrated on the human aspects of a highly technological achievement, focusing on the individuals who designed, built, flew and ultimately sold the Challenger to a global market.

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