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The Flight of the Gossamer Condor

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The Flight of the Gossamer Condor
Directed byBen Shedd
Produced byJacqueline Phillips Shedd
Ben Shedd
StarringBryan Allen
CinematographyBoyd Estus
Edited byBen Shedd
Distributed byChurchill Films
Release date
  • 1978 (1978)
Running time
27 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Flight of the Gossamer Condor is a 1978 American short documentary film directed by Ben Shedd, about the development of the Gossamer Condor, the first human-powered aircraft, by a team led by Paul MacCready. The Academy Film Archive preserved The Flight of the Gossamer Condor in 2007.[1]

Reception

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In the education magazine Media & Methods, David Mallery called Flight of the Gossamer Condor "a film or extraordinary appeal", writing that "the Shedds' most subtle achievement - least flashy, most serving to their subject - is that we are thoroughly caught up in the work of the MacCready group, are intimately a part of their struggles, their determination, their energy." Mallery concludes "It's a joyous experience. I recommend it with special enthusiasm."[2]

The Flight of the Gossamer Condor won an Oscar at the 51st Academy Awards in 1979 for Documentary Short Subject.[3][4]

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.
  2. ^ Mallery, David (September 1979). "Gossamer Condor: A Film to Set You Soaring". Media and Methods. Vol. 16. pp. 46–48.
  3. ^ "The 51st Academy Awards (1979) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved October 6, 2011.
  4. ^ "New York Times: The Flight of the Gossamer Condor". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2011. Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2008.
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