I'm 43 now but when this was released on vhs me and my best friend watched this over and over .sadly not long after he was killed by a hit and run while on his bike. First time watching it after all these years. So many memories! Miss you Lloyd pal!
Sorry to hear about your friend. I also saw this on vhs when I was little and obsessed with WW1 and WW2 history. Glad to know other people have memories of obscure 80’s movies 😁
I saw this with my best friend when it came out in 1986 when we were kids. Sadly he was killed as a young man in a car accident. I sometimes think about all the movies which have come out since then which he would have loved.
I'm 41 used to love this film. Got fond memories of watching this with my brother as a nipper. Been wanting to watch it again for ages but couldn't find it and here it is!
I'm 45 (in 2022) and my mum took me to a little old fashioned cinema when this was released. I've loved this film ever since. Such an overlooked fun film.
I watched this movie as a kid and told all my friends how great it was. This earned me the nickname Biggles which lasted for over a decade. They really did a good job with this movie.
I am now 67 ,I have collected 72 of W E Johns story books .I am still trying to get a few more to complete the full set of James Bigglesworth ,,,I have read these stories over the years and I still love these books
Oh gosh. I saw this fun funky film way back in the 80s when I skipped out from work more or less. I was a lowly clerk in a private accounting office who rarely got to leave my office. I had the rare chance of getting a business lunch with a client and after the lunch ended I decided to see a movie at the Mall where I'd just finished that lunch at Western Steer. I was young and playing hooky from work like I'd once done back in high school. Well. I saw this here film Biggles not knowing anything about it. I ended up having the best time enjoying and laughing and was even intrigued by the storyline. The bonus of it all was how I was still getting paid and my salary wasn't docked for that afternoon away from the office. Plus, that nearly sci-fi film, which it was in so many ways, forever stuck in my head for some reason...the title Biggles helped cement it into my brain. This is the first time I've seen it since so many years ago. I'm 62 now and retired but seeing this makes me feel young again. Thanks for bringing it to all of us to see again. It's a hoot and a half from my younger life.
I’m 81, bed-bound, and dependent on YT for most of my entertainment. I just got stoned with a fresh vape and watched this. It was an awesome fun way to spend time.
how can anyone not love this movie? all the stunts are real, all the aircraft stuff is real, all the scenes are practical effects, the acting is great, the male leads are charming, the female leads are beautiful, great cinematography. people say its a rip off of back to the future, for me its better than back to the future!
I discovered the Biggles books when I was about 11 years old, and any of the books that I couldn't find at the local library were provided by my next door neighbour, who had the full set. Twas a fantastic escape from the mundane.
Thanks for uploading! I bought the blu-ray after catching this on a cheap b-movie TV channel. I unironically adore this film. None of the ingredients in it should work together yet they somehow do. I could watch this film over and over again! Underrated gem!
and now, try to conect your pc or bluray somehow to an old CRT color TV : YOU WILL LOVE IT :-) (i hate TFT and flatscreens, but we need them some how. But not for good old movies!)
I was in 5th or 6th grade in 86-87 when I first saw this on HBO. We had just begun to study history and world wars, I was fascinated. All that became my life, German, Russian, Soviet Union, Hitler, WWI & II, etc and the history behind them all, WOW! Thanks to this movie for playing a role.
For some reason I thought of this movie just now. I had watched this when I was a kid in the 80’s and never saw it again. Here it is now and it makes me feel like a kid again.
I loved this! Biggles enjoying his special flying machine! What a lark! And neatly having the Fokker nudge it out of the timeline. The look on the Fokker pilot's face when it first 'chops' past him 😱. And the moments when Raymond and Biggles re-unite. Nostalgic background score too. Read all the Biggles books I could find in school, 1982-84. We avid boy readers would pass the books between each other and hold conferences in the Prep Room over each books and its characters. Biggles was extremely serious material to us. My personal favourite Biggles novel was The Cruise of the Condor, and his discovery of the little urchin Habblethwaite, whom he nicknames 'Ginger', in 'The Black Peril'. And of course 'Biggles Learns to Fly', my copy of which I bought at a Sunday pavement market in 1990 but only recently discovered was no longer with me. I'd really like to see a grimmer movie treatment of Biggles for there is quite a library of material on him, and a healthy cast of supporting characters. Thank you, Flick Vault!
Christmas Eve 1992. i was 10. It was on TV and 30 years alter I am going back in time to my first time watching it. Still a fun movie. Neil Dickson is a lovely chap.
Ahah I think that might have ben my first time too, I remember being worried it might be boring but I was hooked from the start. also I dont remember the girl pulling the corpses face out. that must have been cut!
I remember watching this on cable back in the late 1980s. This was back when WWI veterans still walked this Earth. I wondered if they would make a sequel.
I was so excited when this came out, a Biggles movie! I had read some Biggles and was into planes and things. Me and my best friend saw it together on one our special trips to the movie theatres down town with one of our parents.
Their having a laugh, such a inaccurate bad movie. The Tiger Moth was never in WWI as it was built in 1929 and the Boeing Stearman about the same time, and the gunner in the rear cockpit had no flying controls.
@@grovoskigrovoski8681 Funny you should say that, as I saw a film where Henry Cavill was dressed in tights but he could fly and see through stuff and his Dad was Kevin Costner.....
My Grandparents got this for me on VHS back in the day,they really didn't like it as wasn't at all like the Biggles books.I bloomin' loved this film,still do
Same here.... my grandparents brought me the VHS from a car boot sale because it was the start of the summer holidays and I had broken both legs and my right arm, and yes they also complained about it not being like the books or radio series. For my part.... I loved it, still do.....
I love this film and I think it's totally under appreciated. The scene where she touches the soldiers face and it falls apart leaving her with his eye in her hand is horrific! There's a real sadness to it and the (spoilers) miraculous ending is insane for a 1980s kids film.
As a kid, I read the 65 novels-and a couple of the Worrals novels. This is a halfway decent addition to the Oeuvre. Excellent, even if the American actors are a bit lightweight. 9/10
This is such a wonderful film. First saw it when I was a child in the early-90s. Right from the start with Jon Anderson's 'Do You Want To Be A Hero' the film hits the ground running. Shame it didn't do better commercial numbers when released- the final scene is perfectly set-up for a sequel. Peter Cushing is great, which is fitting as this was his last film.
Thanks, I wondered if the vocal was by Jon Anderson. I was impressed that they kept true to the spirit of the original characters and moral values of the novels.
I've been looking for this video for years, decades. I've watched this movie once, when I was not even a teen yet. I had one friend that knew of this movie. The rest thought we were crazy. This is my life now.
I read every Biggles book written by Capt. W.E.Johns back when I was 12 years old.....1957. The names all came back as the movie unfolded. Thanks for the wonderful memories. Any movies made with Gimlet?
I was browsing your collection of movies and am plesantly amused with the selection you have to share with us. Everything is nicely a little off - a little strange. Perfect for a movie lover like me. Biggles is a great example of the wonderful movie complimation you have to share. A little wierd but fun and entertaining. Thank you! You are clearly a person with a fun and strange sense of humor! Love It!
That was excellent! I missed this film in the 80's. My kids would have loved it. I'm having a wonderful time (in my 70's) reacquainting myself with old and well loved childhood stories, so many thanks for uploading this. :)
I remember this film being filmed , i worked at the world trade centre, at st Katharine's dock at the time ,where some of the filming took place, always remember seeing Peter Cushing in the evenings coming out of Tower Hill tube station ,immaculately dressed all in black ,making his way to st Katharine's dock , fond memories !
Excellent. I stayed in the tower hotel last week for the coronation. Not by choice as it was booked by my employer but a great coincidence as I’d intended to stay in it or at least see it one day. The st Katherine’s dock area is lovely too. It must have been great to see the film in production there.
I. Am 52 yrs old and never heard of this movie, until now, this day when I posted my comments After watching This movie, this movs is left open To a sequel. Like I said in a previous post I want to see more.
I saw this in the mid 80s and having loved back to the future I was hungry for more sci-fi, and surprisingly it is actually a well shot crafted movie- sure it is full of anachronisms but it is a silly time traveling romp...as for the music [you really had to experience the 80s cheese to make sense of it] it was performed by Yes frontman Jon Anderson who went solo.
Biggles is an ace WWI biplane fighter pilot. "Let's set half of it in the present day, because time travel, and have him spend more time flying a helicopter." Absolutely MAD.
NEIL DICKSON should have played BIGGLES for years doing the proper books. This is a travesty for the genuine fans of the beloved children's character. Yet this was never the knockabout fun children's film either - for it is beautifully written with genuine love and care for each other . . .
I don't mind this movie, but it kills me that they didn't have the creativity to make up a world. Biggles deserved more. They runined the timeline of Biggles, and the entire series. As a buff it kills me
Just found your channel, have liked and subscribed. I never saw or heard of this movie until tonight through my older sibling. Back in 1986 I was a new mom and too busy with my growing family, but, happy I found it now and really enjoyed this movie. Too bad there were never any continuing stories to it, like Indiana Jones, or even a tv show based on the movie. Would have been fun to watch... Thanks for sharing.
46 year old here. Loved this movie as a child! As an adult, I know that Peter Cushing turning up at your doorstep at 11.15 at night I certainly no laughing matter 🫡🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Fond memories from childhood. The first time I’ve seen this film since the mid 90’s on VHS. Loved the books and it is a little shame they SciFI it up to appeal to a wider audience. Still a good yarn with Neil Dickson doing an epic job.
"It's gotta be those mushrooms i ate on the plane." "if you can fly a sopwith camel, you can fly anything". true ha there's some good one liners in this fun movie. i wish they made fun movies like this now.
This could’ve easily been a series! Like Quantum Leap!! THANKS FOR POSTING I HADNT SEEN IT SINCE THE MID TO LATE 1980’s! Reading the comments I Now find out it was a Series of Books! Well then BIGGLES AND FERGUSON IN TIME-Did Continue on! In Print! Now I too must know more!!
Cheesey crap! Exactly what I want to watch. It's basically Bubblegum for the Eyes! 😊 Edit: I thoroughly enjoyed that, and Peter was an unexpected gem. Thanks. Have a sub 😁
I was a massive biggles fan as a kid but although as an adult this film seems a bit silly and far fetched, most of the acting is brilliant and believable However, the idea of biggles flying a time travelling chopper to avenge his one true love’s death and foil Von Stalheim at the same time…..pretty awesome 😎 Oh and Ginger Algy and Bertie beating a whole division of Germans single handedly. It’s just the ridiculous music ruins it.
Saw this in the cinema when it was released and loved it at the time. It seems a bit creaky watching it all these years later but still great fun to watch.
I'm 72 and the only thing I know about Biggles is we couldn't. find him last Saturday. After all these years I finally know why. owned Thick as a Brick on 8 track and vinyl.
as children read all 'Biggles series' so influenced we siblings were that when opportunity came for flying lessons through NCC Air division, my brothers and me all went into it enthusiastically, they both did not go beyond student pilot stage while I reached 'CPL' commercial pilot , but had to leave for Germany to be with my sister in personal crisis...
Much of the desolated city building was filmed in Detroit. They saved a lot of money on sets. But was a fun movie. Well done old boy. Wish they made more of them.
This was one of those weird and enjoyable movies if you let the brain clutch slip a bit. Liked the scenes shot at the Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden, as well the sound weapon testing on the same grounds used for the last portion of Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket movie. The Stampe aircraft that was modified with a gun turret was also used in the film The Mummy and the Indiana Jones movie The Last Crusade.
Hello vumba, Good point but lets take in some details. This was a low budget film so for Joe Average it was a biplane with a noisy different motor hat could be safely flailed all over the sky. If you notice all the Shuttleworth stayed on their home base and on the ground. They were not going to beat on their then 80 year old airframes. Stil;l a fun movie.
Ah, nostalgia. I remember renting this on VHS when it 1st came out and being surprised how much I enjoyed it. Got to agree with someone else's comment on here that it could make for a good TV series now.
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I'm 43 now but when this was released on vhs me and my best friend watched this over and over .sadly not long after he was killed by a hit and run while on his bike. First time watching it after all these years. So many memories! Miss you Lloyd pal!
Sorry to hear about your friend. I also saw this on vhs when I was little and obsessed with WW1 and WW2 history. Glad to know other people have memories of obscure 80’s movies 😁
I also are sorry for your loss. I hope the film was enjoyable to watch when you watched it. Peace and love
I saw this with my best friend when it came out in 1986 when we were kids. Sadly he was killed as a young man in a car accident. I sometimes think about all the movies which have come out since then which he would have loved.
I'm 41 used to love this film. Got fond memories of watching this with my brother as a nipper. Been wanting to watch it again for ages but couldn't find it and here it is!
My condolences
I'm 45 (in 2022) and my mum took me to a little old fashioned cinema when this was released. I've loved this film ever since. Such an overlooked fun film.
About the same age as you (43 in 2023). Remember that movie from the same time, but watched on a vhs cassete:))
Surprisingly good movie! Watched it back then and now - it's still good!
By the way I'm also 45 now (2023), heh!
One of the best time travel films and a kick ass 80s soundtrack 😊 who wants to be a hero
Same Rich...😅...👍✌️
Well, there's a little group of us now isn't there? Also 45 and saw this at a Cannon cinema...and was mightily impressed by Peter Cushing
I watched this movie as a kid and told all my friends how great it was. This earned me the nickname Biggles which lasted for over a decade. They really did a good job with this movie.
Brings back good memories. I was a kid when I watched this in the 80's. The beautiful 80's... I feel like crying...
snap you bloody legend🙂
Yeap I miss 80s too !
Your not alone.
Things seemed so simple then..
Me too
This is the kind of films that allows adults to be children again....Thanks for the upload...
I am now 67 ,I have collected 72 of W E Johns story books .I am still trying to get a few more to complete the full set of James Bigglesworth ,,,I have read these stories over the years and I still love these books
The books are awsome..
Loved Biggles books also. As a kid it took you away to another world…. I’m 67 also.
spitfire parade was my favourite. and Biggles sees it through
YOU MEAN THETES A WHOLE SERIES OF BOOKS FOR BIGGLES IN TIME?!!?
AWESOME!
Now IM GOING TO SEARCH TOO!!
I want to thank you for supplying the authors name, and a new series I will love to read 💝
One of those films you loved as a kid, but the powers that be decided it was a flop and you never see again. Till now. Thank you, Flick Vault!
I'm 79 and read all the Biggles books from a young age. Quite enjoyed this fun version
Oh gosh. I saw this fun funky film way back in the 80s when I skipped out from work more or less. I was a lowly clerk in a private accounting office who rarely got to leave my office. I had the rare chance of getting a business lunch with a client and after the lunch ended I decided to see a movie at the Mall where I'd just finished that lunch at Western Steer. I was young and playing hooky from work like I'd once done back in high school. Well. I saw this here film Biggles not knowing anything about it. I ended up having the best time enjoying and laughing and was even intrigued by the storyline. The bonus of it all was how I was still getting paid and my salary wasn't docked for that afternoon away from the office. Plus, that nearly sci-fi film, which it was in so many ways, forever stuck in my head for some reason...the title Biggles helped cement it into my brain. This is the first time I've seen it since so many years ago. I'm 62 now and retired but seeing this makes me feel young again. Thanks for bringing it to all of us to see again. It's a hoot and a half from my younger life.
I'm 85 now and have never seen this movie but I thoroughly enjoy it.
I’m 81, bed-bound, and dependent on YT for most of my entertainment. I just got stoned with a fresh vape and watched this. It was an awesome fun way to spend time.
Given up on TV 'young' fella? 😉
- I'm a generation younger.
- Remember the Apollo 11 moon landing? 👨🏻🚀🚀🌕
@@jabberwocky1707 The only question is 'how much is real' vs how much fantasy? The only thing we CAN be sure of is that we have been lied to!
yup i love the tube too i use brave browser and it blocks the adds
how can anyone not love this movie? all the stunts are real, all the aircraft stuff is real, all the scenes are practical effects, the acting is great, the male leads are charming, the female leads are beautiful, great cinematography. people say its a rip off of back to the future, for me its better than back to the future!
@@16super16 it had a re-write and they bolted on the time travel element to it after back to the future was released
I discovered the Biggles books when I was about 11 years old, and any of the books that I couldn't find at the local library were provided by my next door neighbour, who had the full set. Twas a fantastic escape from the mundane.
Thanks for uploading! I bought the blu-ray after catching this on a cheap b-movie TV channel.
I unironically adore this film. None of the ingredients in it should work together yet they somehow do.
I could watch this film over and over again! Underrated gem!
Agreed
Word up my man......
and now, try to conect your pc or bluray somehow to an old CRT color TV : YOU WILL LOVE IT :-) (i hate TFT and flatscreens, but we need them some how. But not for good old movies!)
Making up words and printing them on TH-cam won't make them popular. Using said words in a comment shows your low IQ. Good day.
After seeing this as a kid I waited for the sequel. And waited. And waited lol It's a shame they never made one.
That ending in the pot did the same thing to me!
It did seem like a setup for more movies or a series. Oh, 1980’s, why did you tease us all of the time with potential sequels?
Very underrated movie. Deserves more praise.
Peter Cushing is among my top ten classic actors whom I wish I could resurrect and rejuvenate back into their prime.
Just watched this again for the first time in almost 35 years......I was only 10 last time I watched it. It is still a good movie!
Saw this, with my girlfriend (future wife), almost 30 years back. All I recall, we enjoyed it.
I was in 5th or 6th grade in 86-87 when I first saw this on HBO. We had just begun to study history and world wars, I was fascinated. All that became my life, German, Russian, Soviet Union, Hitler, WWI & II, etc and the history behind them all, WOW! Thanks to this movie for playing a role.
For some reason I thought of this movie just now. I had watched this when I was a kid in the 80’s and never saw it again. Here it is now and it makes me feel like a kid again.
My sisters and I actually used to watch this all the time back in 1987. We liked it.
I loved this! Biggles enjoying his special flying machine! What a lark! And neatly having the Fokker nudge it out of the timeline. The look on the Fokker pilot's face when it first 'chops' past him 😱. And the moments when Raymond and Biggles re-unite. Nostalgic background score too.
Read all the Biggles books I could find in school, 1982-84. We avid boy readers would pass the books between each other and hold conferences in the Prep Room over each books and its characters. Biggles was extremely serious material to us. My personal favourite Biggles novel was The Cruise of the Condor, and his discovery of the little urchin Habblethwaite, whom he nicknames 'Ginger', in 'The Black Peril'. And of course 'Biggles Learns to Fly', my copy of which I bought at a Sunday pavement market in 1990 but only recently discovered was no longer with me.
I'd really like to see a grimmer movie treatment of Biggles for there is quite a library of material on him, and a healthy cast of supporting characters.
Thank you, Flick Vault!
GREAT movie. I am almost 58 and this is the 1st time i seen this movie. great way to spend a Saturday afternoon.
I'm 43 and remember this movie from my childhood. Always loved it
Christmas Eve 1992. i was 10. It was on TV and 30 years alter I am going back in time to my first time watching it.
Still a fun movie. Neil Dickson is a lovely chap.
Ahah I think that might have ben my first time too, I remember being worried it might be boring but I was hooked from the start. also I dont remember the girl pulling the corpses face out. that must have been cut!
@@SnakeWorksStudio I remember taping the movie and watching it quite a few times. Yeah, the eyeball scene was cut, as was all of the swearing.
Oh, the synths of yesteryear. So nostalgic. Made you feel it was a 1980's reenactment of the 1910's.
You do have to love how Biggles straight up GTAs the helicopter with only his sheer confidence.
A silly but charming movie.
Such BS when Hollywood portrays helos as easy to fly as planes.
@@matttrafton2725 you are forgetting a key truth.
If you can fly a sopwith camel, you can fly anything
I remember watching this on cable back in the late 1980s. This was back when WWI veterans still walked this Earth. I wondered if they would make a sequel.
I was so excited when this came out, a Biggles movie! I had read some Biggles and was into planes and things. Me and my best friend saw it together on one our special trips to the movie theatres down town with one of our parents.
Takes me right back to my childhood. Used to watch this over and over on VHS. I bought it a few years ago on DVD. Absolutely love this movie.
I think it was the first film I watched on VHS, before that we had Betamax.
Their having a laugh, such a inaccurate bad movie. The Tiger Moth was never in WWI as it was built in 1929 and the Boeing Stearman about the same time, and the gunner in the rear cockpit had no flying controls.
@@grovoskigrovoski8681 Funny you should say that, as I saw a film where Henry Cavill was dressed in tights but he could fly and see through stuff and his Dad was Kevin Costner.....
My Grandparents got this for me on VHS back in the day,they really didn't like it as wasn't at all like the Biggles books.I bloomin' loved this film,still do
They went for a different take on Biggles by giving it a sci-fi spin with the time travel
After seeing this movie in the cinema, I felt ashamed for it.
Same here.... my grandparents brought me the VHS from a car boot sale because it was the start of the summer holidays and I had broken both legs and my right arm, and yes they also complained about it not being like the books or radio series. For my part.... I loved it, still do.....
I was hoping that there was going to be a sequel after I'd seen it the first time because it was left at such a cliffhanger ending
I love this film and I think it's totally under appreciated. The scene where she touches the soldiers face and it falls apart leaving her with his eye in her hand is horrific! There's a real sadness to it and the (spoilers) miraculous ending is insane for a 1980s kids film.
As a kid, I read the 65 novels-and a couple of the Worrals novels. This is a halfway decent addition to the Oeuvre. Excellent, even if the American actors are a bit lightweight. 9/10
Peter Cushing last movie such a legend
This is such a wonderful film. First saw it when I was a child in the early-90s. Right from the start with Jon Anderson's 'Do You Want To Be A Hero' the film hits the ground running. Shame it didn't do better commercial numbers when released- the final scene is perfectly set-up for a sequel. Peter Cushing is great, which is fitting as this was his last film.
If there was a sequel, Biggles’ team would’ve asked Jim if he came to help them and get away from Prohibition in the USA.
There were certainly enough Biggles books to provide material for further adventures.
Thanks, I wondered if the vocal was by Jon Anderson. I was impressed that they kept true to the spirit of the original characters and moral values of the novels.
I've been looking for this video for years, decades. I've watched this movie once, when I was not even a teen yet. I had one friend that knew of this movie. The rest thought we were crazy. This is my life now.
I read every Biggles book written by Capt. W.E.Johns back when I was 12 years old.....1957. The names all came back as the movie unfolded. Thanks for the wonderful memories. Any movies made with Gimlet?
I was browsing your collection of movies and am plesantly amused with the selection you have to share with us. Everything is nicely a little off - a little strange. Perfect for a movie lover like me. Biggles is a great example of the wonderful movie complimation you have to share. A little wierd but fun and entertaining. Thank you! You are clearly a person with a fun and strange sense of humor! Love It!
Even though this is 34 years old, it would still make an excellent pilot (pardon the pun) for a TV series.
thats a good idea bud😀
The pilot not the pilot. Actually a pretty good comedy by the goes wrong show.
That was excellent! I missed this film in the 80's. My kids would have loved it. I'm having a wonderful time (in my 70's) reacquainting myself with old and well loved childhood stories, so many thanks for uploading this. :)
I love this movie. Thanks for putting up a high quality version.
31:08 - 31:28, is possible one of the most beautiful moments ever captured on film. The scene, the music, and eyes. Perfect and moving.
Absolutely loved this when it was released on VHS in my local video store.... must have rented it half a dozen times...
Brilliant Film, Peter Cushing is great in this film. pure classic 80's
One of my all time favorite films. Loved the music too. So nostalgic.
I remember this film being filmed , i worked at the world trade centre, at st Katharine's dock at the time ,where some of the filming took place, always remember seeing Peter Cushing in the evenings coming out of Tower Hill tube station ,immaculately dressed all in black ,making his way to st Katharine's dock , fond memories !
Excellent. I stayed in the tower hotel last week for the coronation. Not by choice as it was booked by my employer but a great coincidence as I’d intended to stay in it or at least see it one day. The st Katherine’s dock area is lovely too. It must have been great to see the film in production there.
You visited England?
This is indeed a very silly movie, but one with which I have fond memories of watching as a kid at my grandparents house.
Great to see this. Good quality picture and sound and no adverts interrupting
I remember my dad hiring this on VHS 📼 and loving it. An overlooked fun film
The flying sequences in this movie are insane.
and no CGI in sight...
@@jasonnicholasschwarz7788 and at least one of the real actors went up in those biplanes. Crazy!
Biggles of the Special Air Police. This takes me back 62 years, so I travelled back in time then.
@ No it isn't, you idiot.
Dodgy 80’s apparel, shell pants puss in boots, trilby hat, ahhh the memories come flooding back, can’t beat the 80’s
Wow the quality at 1080p is so good, thanks so much for the upload.... YOU ARE DEF A HEROOOO!
I remember watching this with my dad, cheers for this blast from the past
I. Am 52 yrs old and never heard of this movie, until now, this day when I posted my comments After watching This movie, this movs is left open To a sequel. Like I said in a previous post I want to see more.
How many ways can I say thank you for the upload. I loved this movie then, I love it now
Love that Peter Cushion lives at 1a Tower Bridge. The most London address you can possibly have!!
It's really his TARDIS lol
One of my all-time favorites from my childhood. What a great flick.
Some of the best flying scenes on film, love this movie.
I had no idea the German plane was actually a Boeing Stearman lol
I saw this in the mid 80s and having loved back to the future I was hungry for more sci-fi, and surprisingly it is actually a well shot crafted movie- sure it is full of anachronisms but it is a silly time traveling romp...as for the music [you really had to experience the 80s cheese to make sense of it] it was performed by Yes frontman Jon Anderson who went solo.
Biggles is an ace WWI biplane fighter pilot. "Let's set half of it in the present day, because time travel, and have him spend more time flying a helicopter." Absolutely MAD.
It was such an 80s concept and such an 80s film
But it works,
It was a silly idea. But it was an idea, and not just recycling the aame 5 films over and over.
@@zephyr8072 and it worked.
NEIL DICKSON should have played BIGGLES for years doing the proper books.
This is a travesty for the genuine fans of the beloved children's character.
Yet this was never the knockabout fun children's film either - for it is beautifully written with genuine love and care for each other . . .
Who's watching this in December 2020
ME!! And I just love it!!!
Aye mate
Hello Scotland and Happy New Year to all from Malta !!
Twice the last few days such a childhood fav.
January 2021 dude 😉🇦🇺
Found 2024, 39 😢, lov watching this as a kid, in the day.
“A religious transvestite bank robber. That’s not even in the book”.
Such a good line.
"Jim, when are we gonna dump that mountain of shit?"
2023 and not only is it in the book it probably has a 2 hour netfix documentary with its own pro nouns
@@imchris1978 How dare you imply I'm not a time Traveller in my spare time. Timelordphobia!
Despite the 80's synthesizers, the Jon Anderson music in this is great!
What do you mean "despite"?
This is still better than any recent starwars films. Also peter cushing was in it. No cgi here Disney666
I don't mind this movie, but it kills me that they didn't have the creativity to make up a world. Biggles deserved more.
They runined the timeline of Biggles, and the entire series. As a buff it kills me
Just found your channel, have liked and subscribed. I never saw or heard of this movie until tonight through my older sibling. Back in 1986 I was a new mom and too busy with my growing family, but, happy I found it now and really enjoyed this movie. Too bad there were never any continuing stories to it, like Indiana Jones, or even a tv show based on the movie. Would have been fun to watch... Thanks for sharing.
I loved all biggles comic books& stories & at age of 71 just enjoyed the last hour so watching this video .
Him: Look, I can make this wall fall down! Jim: Look, I can crush this gun! Her: Look, I can grab this dead guy's eyeball and optic nerve!
Thoroughly preposterously far fetched, Thoroughly preposterously enjoyable ole chap! :)
"suspended disbelief" is what viewers use to enjoy a movie
@@nancyallen628 Any movie.
46 year old here. Loved this movie as a child! As an adult, I know that Peter Cushing turning up at your doorstep at 11.15 at night I certainly no laughing matter 🫡🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
After the second world war,Biggles and his pals had the inglorious honour of rescuing Von Stalhein from the Soviets!
Huge Bartlett Let’s team up and make that sequel happen!
Fond memories from childhood. The first time I’ve seen this film since the mid 90’s on VHS. Loved the books and it is a little shame they SciFI it up to appeal to a wider audience. Still a good yarn with Neil Dickson doing an epic job.
First time to watch this movie. I m glad I found it. Thank you for your uploading and in good quality. 🌞
"It's gotta be those mushrooms i ate on the plane."
"if you can fly a sopwith camel, you can fly anything". true
ha there's some good one liners in this fun movie. i wish they made fun movies like this now.
loved this film as a kid. i still do
Wonderful movie. Enjoyed watching it. Thanks for the upload.
Those special FX boys really love their explosives! And they do look good on film.
This could’ve easily been a series! Like Quantum Leap!!
THANKS FOR POSTING I HADNT SEEN IT SINCE THE MID TO LATE 1980’s! Reading the comments I Now find out it was a Series of Books! Well then BIGGLES AND FERGUSON IN TIME-Did Continue on! In Print!
Now I too must know more!!
Brilliant .. and very underated film ... When Peter appeared in this film it wasn't long after this film he died of Cancer ..
such a legend Peter Cushing
Cheesey crap!
Exactly what I want to watch. It's basically Bubblegum for the Eyes! 😊
Edit: I thoroughly enjoyed that, and Peter was an unexpected gem. Thanks.
Have a sub 😁
I was a massive biggles fan as a kid but although as an adult this film seems a bit silly and far fetched, most of the acting is brilliant and believable
However, the idea of biggles flying a time travelling chopper to avenge his one true love’s death and foil Von Stalheim at the same time…..pretty awesome 😎
Oh and Ginger Algy and Bertie beating a whole division of Germans single handedly. It’s just the ridiculous music ruins it.
Saw this in the cinema when it was released and loved it at the time. It seems a bit creaky watching it all these years later but still great fun to watch.
"Get us out of here before they start realising you're not a God, you're just an American!"
Read the novels as a child, didn't know this existed, fascinating and am fan of Peter Cushing and flying and still wearing bomber jacket
I'm 72 and the only thing I know about Biggles is we couldn't. find him last Saturday. After all these years I finally know why.
owned Thick as a Brick on 8 track and vinyl.
This is one of the best movies I`ve seen in a long, long time.
I f ing love the fact that Biggles goes undercover from the WW1 trenches with a load of 80s London punks
as children read all 'Biggles series' so influenced we siblings were that when opportunity came for flying lessons through NCC Air division, my brothers and me all went into it enthusiastically, they both did not go beyond student pilot stage while I reached 'CPL' commercial pilot , but had to leave for Germany to be with my sister in personal crisis...
whats the ncc air division??
Much of the desolated city building was filmed in Detroit. They saved a lot of money on sets. But was a fun movie. Well done old boy. Wish they made more of them.
Watched this so many times as a kid. Always wished it had a sequel
They left it wide open at the end, but nothing came what a shame
"If you can fly a Sopwith Camel, you can fly anything!"
My favourite quote
More truth to that line than many might imagine.
The original movie is better. This version is sped up for some reason. One of the best movies I've ever seen, regardless.
This was one of those weird and enjoyable movies if you let the brain clutch slip a bit. Liked the scenes shot at the Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden, as well the sound weapon testing on the same grounds used for the last portion of Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket movie. The Stampe aircraft that was modified with a gun turret was also used in the film The Mummy and the Indiana Jones movie The Last Crusade.
Using a Stearman for German aircraft was not very good. Imho the best movie with WW1 replica aircraft was the Blue Max.
Hello vumba,
Good point but lets take in some details. This was a low budget film so for Joe Average it was a biplane with a noisy different motor hat could be safely flailed all over the sky. If you notice all the Shuttleworth stayed on their home base and on the ground. They were not going to beat on their then 80 year old airframes.
Stil;l a fun movie.
Of all the great Biggles stories ever written, and they had to do...….this.
I think I read all the Biggles books as a kid. Loved them.
But I don't remember this one!
Rubbish, Rubbish, Rubbish
I wish somebody would make a serious biggles film
I remember watching this on VHS from the video rental shop up the road from my house. The sound weapon scene always scared/disturbed me.
Ah, nostalgia. I remember renting this on VHS when it 1st came out and being surprised how much I enjoyed it. Got to agree with someone else's comment on here that it could make for a good TV series now.
Oh i hope not as it would be ruined by the woke anti white /anti family pro abortion rabble
@@robertbrown8362 Not everything goes in that direction 👍
@@robertbrown8362 a very strange comment
I love this movie... Thx for putting it up.