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Biggles

1986 · 108 min

A breezy, playful time-travel romp mixing aerial dogfights with 80s office comedy, never taking itself too seriously.

Directed by
John Hough
Genres
Action, Family, Fantasy
Tagline
Fast food executive Jim Ferguson stepped out of his 47th floor office to go to the bathroom... and ended up in the middle of World War I. History will be grateful forever.
Overview
Unassuming catering salesmen Jim Ferguson falls through a time hole to 1917 where he saves the life of dashing Royal Flying Corps pilot James "Biggles" Bigglesworth after his photo recon mission is shot down. Before he can work out what has happened, Jim is zapped back to the 1980s......

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Directed by
John Hough
Genres
Action, Family, Fantasy
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • friendship
  • identity
  • loyalty
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • military
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror1
Humour6
Realism3
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Genres
action, family, fantasy, science fiction, war
Directed by
John Hough
Written by
John Groves, Kent Walwin
Starring
Neil Dickson, Alex Hyde-White, Fiona Hutchison, Peter Cushing, Marcus Gilbert, William Hootkins, Alan Polonsky, Francesca Gonshaw
Music
Stanisław Syrewicz
Cinematography
Ernest Vincze
Runtime
108 min
Country
United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
French, English, German

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