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Has anyone seen this movie yet? Are the flying scenes done using a simulator (vs. Top Gun Maverick where I understand a lot of flying is/was real)?
Almost all the flying scenes are real.
If you do a search on the movie, there are a couple of interviews with people that flew the planes in the movie.
I haven't seen the movie, but it was filmed in my "backyard" and I spent a lot of time and energy trying to get the filming moved out of my "backyard".
I live in a high mountain meadow managed by the state of Washington as a Natural Area Preserve. You need a permit from the state to walk on state land!!
I am standing on my back deck, when a Corsair flies BETWEEN the aspen groves out in the middle of the meadow. That did it and off I was on my adventure trying to get the filming stopped.
I did fail to get it stopped.
BUT, it appears that flying BETWEEN the aspen groves was not in the movie.
They pretty much held to a 500 foot altitude to avoid needing a permit from the Forest Service or the state of Washington. They did film on the other end of the meadow where there is a small path of private land, but I have not seen how low they got on that filming.
I did get to see the filming of the crash site. For that they definitely needed a permit, but I suspect they neglected to get one.
I suspected that it was a low budget film given all their efforts to avoid getting permits. I am looking forward to the credits to see if they actually got a permit from the Forest Service for the aerial photography of the crash site.
I do have two close friends that are into historical military aircraft so I did invite them to the house to watch the filming. They really enjoyed it. At least a couple of people got enjoyed the filming.
BTW...the trailer shows a bombing run on two bridges. Those are crossing the Columbia River in Wenatchee. The first is the pedestrian and irrigation water bridge and the far bridge is the main route between the two towns.
For all the people that want to move to Wenatchee, I can now tell them that the movie Devotion picked the area for its close resemblance to North Korea.
If you do a search on the movie, there are a couple of interviews with people that flew the planes in the movie.
I haven't seen the movie, but it was filmed in my "backyard" and I spent a lot of time and energy trying to get the filming moved out of my "backyard".
I live in a high mountain meadow managed by the state of Washington as a Natural Area Preserve. You need a permit from the state to walk on state land!!
I am standing on my back deck, when a Corsair flies BETWEEN the aspen groves out in the middle of the meadow. That did it and off I was on my adventure trying to get the filming stopped.
I did fail to get it stopped.
BUT, it appears that flying BETWEEN the aspen groves was not in the movie.
They pretty much held to a 500 foot altitude to avoid needing a permit from the Forest Service or the state of Washington. They did film on the other end of the meadow where there is a small path of private land, but I have not seen how low they got on that filming.
I did get to see the filming of the crash site. For that they definitely needed a permit, but I suspect they neglected to get one.
I suspected that it was a low budget film given all their efforts to avoid getting permits. I am looking forward to the credits to see if they actually got a permit from the Forest Service for the aerial photography of the crash site.
I do have two close friends that are into historical military aircraft so I did invite them to the house to watch the filming. They really enjoyed it. At least a couple of people got enjoyed the filming.
BTW...the trailer shows a bombing run on two bridges. Those are crossing the Columbia River in Wenatchee. The first is the pedestrian and irrigation water bridge and the far bridge is the main route between the two towns.
For all the people that want to move to Wenatchee, I can now tell them that the movie Devotion picked the area for its close resemblance to North Korea.
The meadow is a Natural Area Preserve with two endangered species, plus several others that are on the sensitive list. A crash in the meadow in the middle of winter or anytime would not be good.
I did retire from the Forest Service and for a time had responsibility for issuing special use permits for filming on National Forest land.
The film companies were always easy to work.
The Forest Service manages 190 million acres. We could find an appropriate filming area fairly easily no matter have demanding the filming requirements.
I saw the Corsair fly between the aspen groves in the meadow at about 30 feet above ground that got my attention. Shortly afterward, I got an email that they were going to be filming in the meadow and they would keep the property owners notified of when filming would be occurring.
I wrote back and asked if they had a special use permit from the state of Washington. They wrote back and said "we don't need one". And so the adventure started.
If I had recommended that the permit be issued for filming on that sensitive of an area in the National Forest system my next duty station would be a National Grassland in South Dakota, fifty miles from a paved road.
In any case, they did NOT fly an airplane at 30 feet above the meadow when filming. They remained pretty much above the 500 foot airspace so technically did not need a permit. They did go somewhat below 500 feet but that was "acceptable".
There was a very similar area just 10 miles south of the meadow location. They could have filmed there, and the Forest Service would have issued a permit without any fuss.
As I mentioned earlier, the film companies were always easy to work with, but the CORSAIR at 30 feet and we don't need permits got me going!!!
On films that are almost entirely on National Forest land the Forest Service will assign a film liaison during filming. There is a fee for filming on National Forest land.
Does that answer you question??
Check the closing credits on movies and TV shows filmed in a "natural" environment. That will tell you where the film was filmed.
I always enjoy guessing which National Forest before the credits roll.
Saw preview of this movie, thought of the Tuskegee Airmen. Doing research on the Tuskegee Airmen through Wikipedia, the armed services were segregated until 1948; remember in the 1950's it was still talked about Jackie Robinson was the first black baseball player, 1947.
Growing up in Oakland, California, couldn't understand segregation. Remember my mom, aunt flying from the first Oakland Airport, 1961. One walked to the airplane, dressed in your Sunday's best. This was the airport Amelia Earhart departed from for her last flight.
Saw preview of this movie, thought of the Tuskegee Airmen. Doing research on the Tuskegee Airmen through Wikipedia, the armed services were segregated until 1948; remember in the 1950's it was still talked about Jackie Robinson was the first black baseball player, 1947.
Growing up in Oakland, California, couldn't understand segregation. Remember my mom, aunt flying from the first Oakland Airport, 1961. One walked to the airplane, dressed in your Sunday's best. This was the airport Amelia Earhart departed from for her last flight.
Ensign Jessie Brow was the first Black Naval Aviator, enlisting before the official desegregation date and going in to N.R.O.T.C. As a movie Devotion seems to getting higher grades on historical accuracy than the HBO Tuskegee Airman TV movie or the major motion picture release of Red Tails.
The major complaint being exaggerating the accomplishments of the two protagonist in the first combat mission show to us.
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