The Great Waldo Pepper (1975)

Directed by

George Roy Hill

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 96 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A World War I veteran pilot who missed combat becomes a barnstormer in the 1920s. He struggles with a changed America and the end of his old way of life.

elegiacbittersweetnostalgicadventurousslow-burnmelancholicvisually lushcontemplative

What happens

The Great Waldo Pepper is a 1975 American drama film directed, produced, and co-written by George Roy Hill. Set during 1926–1931, the film stars Robert Redford as a disaffected World War I veteran pilot who missed the opportunity to fly in combat, and examines his sense of postwar dislocation in 1920s America. The cast includes Margot Kidder, Bo Svenson, Edward Herrmann and Susan Sarandon. The Great Waldo Pepper depicts barnstorming during the 1920s and the accidents that led to aviation regulations by the Air Commerce Act. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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