"The Pilot" July, 1980 - Cliff Robertson, Diane Baker & Kitty Sullivan. Drunk pilot like in "Flight" скачать в хорошем качестве

"The Pilot" July, 1980 - Cliff Robertson, Diane Baker & Kitty Sullivan. Drunk pilot like in "Flight"

Running time: 1 hour, 38 minutes. This film is very rare to see. "Flight" from 2012 starring Denzel Washington is similar to this tale of an alcoholic airline pilot. Released in July, 1980, here is "The Pilot." This was only released on VHS. Filming began in November, 1978 in Florida. Have a safe flight, everybody. Directed by Cliff Robertson Written by Robert P. Davis Cast: Cliff Robertson as Mike Hagan Diane Baker as Pat Simpson Jennifer Houlton as Cricket Frank Converse as Jim Cochran Gordon MacRae as Joe Barnes Milo O'Shea as Dr. O'Brian Dana Andrews as Randolph Evers Edward Binns as Larry Zanoff and Kitty Sullivan as Flight Attendant Nancy Locations: Palm Beach, Florida. Filming began in November 1978. Plot: Mike Hagan is an airline pilot of 19 years of experience. He started off in the open cockpit as a crop duster. A cool, capable aviator, he is being considered by his airline for its pilot of the year award. However, this facade conceals a troubled man with a failing marriage who is an alcoholic. The film opens as he awakens hungover and begins the day with a stiff drink and an argument with his shrewish wife. The only bright spots in his life are his loving relationship with his daughter Cricket and his girlfriend Pat. Hagan's skill at the controls is shown when he guides his plane through turbulence that almost causes another airliner to crash. However, a stewardess and Hagan's co-pilot begin to suspect trouble when they notice him continually going to the lavatory with a cup. Hagan keeps a bottle hidden there and begins to drink while he is flying. In denial, he keeps saying that he has it under control. After a harrowing flight in which Hagan makes an emergency landing, almost running out of fuel, his co-pilot refuses to fly with him again. Hagan consults Dr. O'Brian, a psychiatrist, who teaches him how to cut down on his drinking and gives him medication. The airline assigns a veteran aviator, Larry Zanoff, as Hagan's co-pilot with a secret mission of monitoring Hagan's behavior to determine if Hagan has a problem. The psychiatric therapy is working as Hagan reduces his drinking. Zanoff begins to like Hagan and respect his abilities as a pilot. The film ends as Hagan narrowly averts disaster as the plane's engines catch fire during takeoff. He is acclaimed as a hero. But Hagan's uniform jacket had fallen to the flight deck in the cockpit during the engine fire incident and Zanoff inadvertently finds a small liquor flask in the jacket as he picks up the jacket so he could hand it to Hagan. Hagan tells Zanoff the truth. He resigns his job with the airline and goes back to crop-dusting. However, he finally comes to terms with his addiction and plans a happy future with Pat. His doctor tells him the motto of Alcoholics Anonymous: "Take it one day at a time." NOTES: 1.) Actress Kitty Sullivan plays the suspicious flight attendant in this movie "The Pilot." Prior to this, Kitty portrayed Patty Lane's nemesis Sue Ellen Turner (who was a rich girl daughter of a bank President) in seasons 1 & 2 of "The Patty Duke Show" on ABC from 1963-1965. 2.) Star & "The Pilot" director Cliff Robertson was a real licensed aviation pilot. #thepilot #pilot #aviation #cliffrobertson #dianebaker #thefugitive #kittysullivan #thepattydukeshow #sueellenturner #thefugitive #alcoholicdrink #alcoholic #alcoholism #drunk #rare #vhscollector #vhscassette #vhsrip #1978 #1978年 #1978年生 #1979 #1979年 #1979年生 #1980 #1980년대 #1980年