Product Details

• Actors: Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker, James Whitmore, Larry Keating, Larry Gates
• Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: MGM (Warner)
• VHS Release Date: June 22, 1994
• Run Time: 122 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303091962
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #64,297 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for WWII Buffs!!, November 13, 2004

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Trina Way (Conway, AR United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Above & Beyond [VHS] (VHS Tape)

It you are interested in World War II history you will like this film. But you will love it if you are a Robert Taylor or Eleanor Parker fan. They are both great in it. It was one of RT's best performances. (it doesn't hurt the picture that Taylor and Parker were supposedly romantically involved while making it) It deals with the plan to bomb Japan at the end of WWII. It takes you through the behind the scenes operations and finally you are there in the plane as the bomb is dropped on Hiroshima. Real footage is blended into the movie. Taylor plays Paul Tibbets who piloted the plane that carried the bomb and Parker plays his wife. Even though some liberties are taken regarding Paul Tibbet's personal life you probably won't mind as this makes the picture interesting. The supporting cast is great. You will want to watch it again and again.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A stunning movie, June 13, 2005

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Polymath (Ithaca NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Above & Beyond [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Though I could have seen this movie as a 10 year old when it first came out, I didn't, and was even unaware of its existence. But by chance I caught it yesterday on a cable movie channel. I was stunned by its power. The final scenes of Hiroshima on fire were especially powerful. (Even though I knew the Enola Gay didn't actually hang around to observe, I accepted the artistic license, as the scene "felt" right.) Since I grew up in the 1950s, I wasn't troubled by the acting or by the movie being in black and white. And if you want to see scenes involving B-29s, there sure are lots of those here. This movie should be more widely known.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ABOVE AND BEYOND ROBERT TAYLOR, ELEANOR PARKER, September 10, 2009

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Dwight A. Barr (INDIANA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Above and Beyond (DVD-R)

WITHOUT A DOUBT ONE OF THE GREATEST MOVIES EVER MADE. ROBERT TAYLOR IS GREAT AS COL PAUL W TIBBETTS, ELEANOR PARKER IS GREAT AS HIS WIFE LUCY BUT THE REAL SLEEPER IS JAMES WHITMORE AS MAJ BILL UWANNA, THE SECURITY OFFICER FOR OPERATION SILVERPLATE. MEANT EVEN MORE TO ME AS I WAS ABLE TO MEET GEN TIBBETTS 3 TIMES IN LATER YEARS.