William A Wellman's The high and the mighty /

A commercial airliner develops engine trouble while flying over the Pacific Ocean. The pilot panics, so it is up to the washed-up co-pilot to get the plane down safely.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	High and the mighty (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors:	Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967), Batjac Productions, Paramount Pictures Corporation
Other Authors:	Wellman, William A., 1937-, Gann, Ernest Kellogg, 1910-1991, Wayne, John, 1907-1979, Trevor, Claire, 1910-2000, Day, Laraine, 1920-2007, Stack, Robert, 1919-2003, Sterling, Jan, 1923-2004, Harris, Phil, 1904-1995, Newton, Robert, 1905-1956, Brian, David, 1914-1993, Tiomkin, Dimitri, 1894-1979
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Closed-captioned. In English, with optional subtitles in English.
Published:	Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures, [2005]
Edition:	Special collector's ed. 2-disc set.
Series:	John Wayne collection.
Subjects:	Disaster films. Aircraft accidents > Drama. Air pilots > Drama. Pacific Ocean > Drama. Action and adventure films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Motion pictures, American. Feature films.

Description
Summary:	A commercial airliner develops engine trouble while flying over the Pacific Ocean. The pilot panics, so it is up to the washed-up co-pilot to get the plane down safely.
Item Description:	"Batjac"--Disc surface and after closing credits. Originally released as a motion picture in 1954. Based on the novel by Ernest K. Gann. Widescreen version enhanced for 16:9 TVs. "Restored and remastered"--Container. Special features: disc 1. Introduction by Leonard Maltin ; Commentary by Leonard Maltin ; Commentary by William Wellman Jr., Karen Sharpe, Pedro Gonzales-Gonzales and Vincent Longo -- disc 2. Introduction by Leonard Maltin ; The Batjac story ; Stories from the set ; On director William A. Wellman ; The music and world of Dimitri Tiomkin ; Restoring a classic ; A place in film history ; Ernest K. Gann--adventurer, author & artist ; Flying in the fifties ; Theatrical trailer, TV trailer, Batjac montage ; The high and the mighty premiere footage ; Photo gallery. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (148 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD; Dolby digital, 5.1 surround, 2.0 surround.
Audience:	Not rated. Special features not rated.
Awards:	Academy Award, 1954: Best Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) (Dimitri Tiomkin)
Production Credits:	Music composed and conducted by Dimitri Tiomkin ; photographed by Archie Stout ; aerial photography by William Clothier ; film editor, Ralph Dawson.
ISBN:	141570886X