Kirpianuscus touching story, a love story and spectacular air show. and the presence of right actors in narrow roles. the basic ingredient - large isles of silence as tools for a romantic story who seems be only adaptation of many others. nothing new. or impressive. Burt Lancaster use his ability to create the silent, brave, modest hero, Gene Hackman - the same friend with high ambitions and Deborah Kerr gives the right flavor to a dark - bitter story. and this impose The Gypsy Moths only as film of his cast. not a real story - only many allusions. not real acting - only nice solution to an easy problem. and the shadow of romance. as a promise. not real coherent.

donwc1996 Oh brother is this film a misfire! Awful does not even begin to describe it. I flew to Kansas to meet with the director to pitch a project and he was so drunk I walked out of the meeting. No wonder this film is such a mess. By the time he made the film he was a basket case and every minute of this dreadful film says that. There is so much that is wrong with it that it really is hard to begin but for me the scene in a topless bar was the last straw. The last thing I needed to see were a bunch of twirling breasts in my face! And to top that even poor Deborah Kerr was talked in to exposing herself in a love scene. Oh my God! After The King and I and Heaven Knows Mr. Allison! Oye!

ozthegreatat42330 Directed by John Frankenheimer, best known for his political thrillers, this is one of the few films to take a serious look at the increasingly popular thrill sport of sky diving. Burt Lancaster, Gene Hackman and Scott Wilson represent three different points of view of sport parachuting. For Hackman it is a business, for Wilson it is about escape and acceptance, for Lancaster it is something more personal. Seven gifted amateur sky divers did over 2000 jumps to create the stunt work in this film. Between uncooperative winds and rain and with settings in parts of seven different Kansas locations they managed to pull together this film, which will have you on the edge of your seat all the way through. Excellent supporting turns are put in my Debra Kerr and William Windom

chall-5 Most books of movie reviews agree with the other reviewer here, they like it a lot. Well I just saw this movie and I thought it was pretty awful. The incredible cast (Hackman, Lancaster, Windom, Kerr, Bonnie Bedelia, Sheree North) is just wasted. The dialogue is spoken with so many long pauses the movie would be 30% shorter if you edited it to sound like real people talk.And to accept the plot, you must accept these premises:Professional sky divers are scared every time they go up.Professional sky divers would risk their lives to pop the chute too low to the ground to give the crowd a thrill.It's dangerous to jump with a "cape" because you will think you can fly and forget to pull the rip cord.Does any of this sound reasonable to you? I will say this, there are some spectacular aerial photography scenes at the start and end of the movie, and yes Debbie looks great for 48!