Product Details

• Actors: Michael Moriarty, David Huffman, Tom Bower, Robin Gammell, Scott Hylands
• Format: NTSC, Color
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Fries Home Video
• VHS Release Date: September 20, 1989
• Run Time: 101 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6301413075
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #273,971 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Winds of Kitty Hawk, November 24, 2001

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Patricia B. Sims - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Winds of Kitty Hawk [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I am delighted to find this excellent biography of Orville and Wilbur Wright and their struggles, defeats and eventual triumph in the invention of the airplane. I am ordering it for a Christmas gift for my 15-year-old Godson. There is so much junk all over the place these days, but very little that inspires young boys to aspire to greater things than rock and roll bands! I have seen it on television twice and found it as interesting the second time as the first.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice Film! Where's The DVD?, May 31, 2009

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Craig Connell (Lockport, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Winds of Kitty Hawk [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Here's another film that still hasn't come out on DVD that I would love to see in that format. Few people, I gather, have seen this in any format since my review is only the second here at Amazon even though the movie was made over 30 years ago.

It's not a great movie but it has a dream-like look and feel to it, which is why a good DVD transfer could give it justice. It's a nice, clean movie with no profanity or blood and an interesting story of the Wright Brothers struggling to build their first airplane and then keep their famous plans and ideas from being stolen by others. There is a lot of justified paranoia in here.

Oddly, if I didn't know it was Michael Morarity, I would have thought this was some rookie actor who couldn't put any inflection into his lines, but maybe his "Wilbur Wright" character is supposed to be this ultra low-key. Nonetheless, Moriarty sounded very wooden, but now I am informed that's how Wilbur was, which I'm glad to hear since I like Moriarity.

The movie also drags a bit here and there, but overall I am still glad I own the VHS because it's a really nice film and a worthy addition to any collection.

3.0 out of 5 stars Great way to learn, June 5, 2010

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Steve Ink "Steve Ink" (San Jose, California United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Winds of Kitty Hawk [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The film tells the story of the Wright Brothers' struggle to develop the first successful flying airplane and then their struggle to control the rights to the guidance system. It's not a big budget film, but it does help one understand what happened. I wish they would put this out on DVD. As of this writing it is only out on VHS.