Above and Beyond

Above and Beyond (2015)

In 1948, a group of World War II pilots volunteered to fight for Israel in the War of Independence.

Date of release
2015-01-30
TMDB
7.7 / 10 (12)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
War, Documentary, Adventure, History
Director
Roberta Grossman

Casting

Interesting facts

Above and Beyond is a 2014 documentary film about Mahal, produced by Nancy Spielberg, the youngest sister of Steven Spielberg,, written by Sophie Sartain, and directed by Roberta Grossman.

Production

Above and Beyond was filmed in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Israel. Interviews with former Israeli Air Force pilots and their families included an extended interview with Paul Reubens (born Rubenfeld) and his mother, describing the combat career of his father, Milton Rubenfeld, one of the first American volunteers to go to Israel.

The aerial sequences in the film were "a mix of archive footage seamlessly edited with special effects from Industrial Light and Magic ..." Actual aircraft included the Curtiss C-46 Commando and de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver transports as well as examples of the Hispano Aviación HA-1112 fighter aircraft that had flown in the Battle of Britain (1969), and were a lookalike for the Avia S-199 fighter aircraft used in 1948.

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