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Sky Fighters (2005)

Les Chevaliers du ciel

Two air force pilots prevent a terrorist attack on the Bastille Day celebrations in Paris.

Date of release
2005-10-15
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (230)
Runtime
1h 42m
Genres
Action, Adventure
Director
Gérard Pirès

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Tanguy et Laverdure
  • Filmed in: Paris, Djibouti, Orange-Caritat Air Base, Dreux-Louvilliers Air Base, and Châteaudun airfield

Les Chevaliers du ciel is a 2005 French film directed by Gérard Pirès about two air force pilots preventing a terrorist attack on the Bastille Day celebrations in Paris. It is based on Tanguy et Laverdure, a comics series by Jean-Michel Charlier and Albert Uderzo which was also made into a hugely successful TV series from 1967 to 1969, making the characters of Tanguy and Laverdure a part of popular Francophone culture. The film was advertised as "Top-gun new generation".

Filming

Les Chevaliers du Ciel was filmed in co-operation with the French Air Force. Initially the standard safety rules applied, but eventually the minimum allowed altitude was reduced to 3 m (10 ft) and the minimum distance between aircraft was reduced to 1 m (3 ft).

The filming of these flight sequences were mainly done from the air by Eric Magnan. To achieve this, one of the Mirage's external fuel tanks was modified to fit multiple cameras. A HD camera was considered for this purpose, but it did not fit in the fuel pod. Tracking shots were done from a hired Lear Jet.

Additionally, jet aircraft are not allowed to fly over Paris. As a result of this, all the Paris filming had to be done on the actual Bastille Day (14 July) for which the filming crew got special permission.

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