| | Hell's Angels DVD (5 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Dramas DVDs, War Movies, Action/Adventure Videos, Action, Vintage, World War I, High Flying | | Starring | Ben Lyon, Lucien Prival, Jean Harlow, John Darrow, James Hall | | Director | James Whale, Howard Hughes | | Cinematographer | Tony Gaudio, Harry Perry, E. Burton Steene | | Composer | Hugo Riesenfeld | | Featured | Roy Wilson | | Producer | Howard Hughes | | Production Designer | Carroll Clark | | Screenwriter | Marshall Neilan, Harry Behn, Howard Estabrook | | Story | Joseph Moncure March |
One of James Whale's first films, HELL'S ANGELS is a story of love, war, and betrayal that rocketed Jean Harlow to stardom. The Rutledge brothers--upstanding Roy (James Hall) and irresponsible playboy Monte (Ben Lyon)--are carefree Oxford students until war breaks out. Their friend Karl (John Darrow) is unwillingly drafted for Germany, while Roy eagerly joins the Royal Flying Corps and Monte accidentally enlists. Meanwhile, Roy insists that Monte meet Helen (Jean Harlow), the beautiful girl he loves. When Helen and Monte meet, sparks fly. Helen is not the sweet girl that Roy imagines and takes every opportunity to prove it in some racy scenes that would become illegal under the Hays Office Production Code a few years later. As the war progresses, Monte begins to lose his nerve, and Roy must push him to accept a flying mission that could alter the entire war. In one of cinema's great air displays, the Royal planes fight the Germans in a dogfight to end all dogfights. Utilizing tinting for night scenes and the rarely used two-tone Technicolor process (watch for the zeppelin scene), HELL'S ANGELS is both a special effects wonder and an old-fashioned tale of betrayal and sacrifice. This James Whale/Howard Hughes WWI drama is renowned for its stunning air combat scenes, which required 137 pilots to shoot, and for being the most expensive film of its time, costing a staggering $3.8 million. Oxford students and brothers Roy and Monte Rutledge (Ben Lyon, James Hall) sign up to fight with the Royal Flying Corps. Trouble arises when Roy's girlfriend, Helen (Jean Harlow), takes a liking to Monte. Monte, cracking under the pressure of fighting, considers another kind of betrayal. The brothers must wrestle to overcome these troubles--or a key flying mission could be jeopardized. The film includes a two-color Technicolor party sequence as well as a tinted night scene. Although the sequences were cut from the original film, they were restored in 1989.
The film's budget was approximately $4 million--a lot of money for a picture of its period. Hell's Angels Reviews: "...[With] extensive flying sequences, still the greatest in movie history..."
-- Mike Clark, USA Today "Impressive....Historically important."
-- Brian Case, Uncut Hell's Angels | List Price | $14.98 (You save $4.69) | | Studio | Universal Studios Home Video | | Orig Year | 1930 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  1137  | | CD Universe Part number | 6763919 | | Catalog number | 61025933 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Dec 07, 2004 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Running Time | 129 Minutes | | Movie Details | B&W |
Hell's Angels Movie Review Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars)   One of the Best Ever!
Simply one of the best films ever made. The aerial shots were done by over 25 cameras and are really good. Very scary to think that 80 aircraft are out there flying all at one time in such a small spot. If you like Military History, if you like old movies, and if you like a good plot, this is a excellent film for you.
Submitted by chuckj661 (Oceanside, CA) 
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Old time great stuff
Old time Movie buffs will love this one. There are no computerized effects or other modern tools, just good old dangerous movie making blood and guts reality at it's best.
Submitted by George (Scottsdale, AZ)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 1 of 1 found this helpful.  A classic war movie.
For its time Hells Angels is quite an interesting movie. The planes are wonderful, the acting a bit wooden, the story a bit like "Dawn Patrol" Everyone dies in the end, and it was certainly not uplifting, war was not glorified and in that respect it was well before its time. It is certainly an interesting historical piece of work because of the Howard Hughes connection.
Submitted by jplacey (Melbourne Australia)
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NOT AS GOOD AS I HAD HOPED
I HAD A HARD TIME FOLLOWING THE BEGINING OF THE MOVIE AS IT SEEMED TO GO FROM ONE THING TO THE OTHER AND NOT REALLY PUT TOGETHER. OVERALL THE WHOLE MOVIE WAS KIND OF LIKE THAT DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW. I AM A PILOT AND AERIAL FOOTAGE WAS GOOD BUT NOT AS GREAT AS I HAD EXPECTED IT TO BE.
Submitted by jpmajda (ST. LOUS, MO. USA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No A photographic marvel
Since this was one of the first talkies the acting was somewhat wooden, the plot was weak, but the photography in black & white, with a sample of Technicolor was amazing. The directors eye kept the quality of the action scenes at a high level, with the explosion of the Zeppilin being the highlight. It is well worth putting into your collection as a milestone in the history of moving pictures.
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