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On Saturday, 08 September, Ayr Film Society will be screening films on an aviation theme, at Ayr Town Hall
Paper planes
"Terry Norris steals the show as the irrepressible grandpa who has little intention of putting his rakish fighter-pilot past behind him."
PAPER PLANES (AUSTRALIA) 2014 Drama / Family
Director : Robert Connolly
Starring : Sam Worthington
Ed Oxenbould
Deborah Mailman
1 hr 36 min
When a student teacher comes to school, 12 year-old Dylan discovers he has an unusual hidden talent for making great paper planes. Despite difficulties at home, with the support of his eccentric granddad and funny friends, Dylan eventually makes it to the junior championships. Competing with the world’s best he learns to make new friends, build better planes and starts to figure out how to get along with his dad now that his mum has gone. This is an uplifting family drama with an imaginative premise and some hilarious moments.
Also screening
Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines
"...part slapstick, part spectacle, and part adventure, but most of all it's sweet, lighthearted fun."
THOSE MAGNIFICENT MEN IN THEIR FLYING MACHINES (UK) 1965 Adventure / Comedy / Family
Director : Ken Annakin
Starring : Stuart Whitman
Sarah Miles
James Fox
2 hr 18 min
In 1910, just seven years after the first heavier-than-air flight, aircraft are fragile and unreliable contraptions, piloted by "intrepid birdmen". Pompous British newspaper magnate Lord Rawnsley (Robert Morley) forbids his would-be aviatrix daughter, ardent suffragette Patricia (Sarah Miles), to fly. Aviator Richard Mays (James Fox), a young army officer and (at least in his own eyes) Patricia's fiancé, conceives the idea of an air race from London to Paris to advance the cause of British aviation and his career. With Patricia's support, he persuades Lord Rawnsley to sponsor the race as a publicity stunt for his newspaper.
Rawnsley, who takes full credit for the idea, announces the event to the press, and invitations are sent to leading aviators all over the world.