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Red Tails' Tuskegee Airmen Take Flight, but Was There a George Lucas Backlash?

George Lucas produced "Red Tails" with 93 million of his own money — mind you he is worth $3 billion. He claims this is his last film. But a noble and valiant recording of history needs to be handled with kid gloves and not Here's a rough outline of Red Tails' two-hour running time: Brave [...]

'Red Tails' Movie Review

This is just a friendly TFN reminder that Red Tails, the new Lucasfilm movie about the Tuskagee Airmen of WWII, is out now. The new film has been getting a lot of press and the film's cast has been everywhere doing the whole promotion thing over the If only the filmmakers telling this story were [...]

'Red Tails': Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?

By Amber Payne and Christina Caron NBC News More than two decades in the making, George Lucas' passion project “Red Tails” hit theaters today after a long search to find a distributor that wanted to market an expensive Does George Lucas' 'Red Tails' deliver high-flying adventure and moving WWII drama? Read our review. Here's a [...]

"Red Tails" review: High-flying adventure grounded in history

And recently, Lucasfilms and Walmart celebrated the release of Red Tails on the campus of Tuskegee University (as they have been doing all week) with the cast of the film, Tom Joyner and Lionel Richie. Check it above. The gist of it: The film was overtly lacking in overt emotion (I wanted to use 'overt' [...]

'Red Tails': The Reviews Are In!

It's been interesting to hear George Lucas complaining about the lack of attention being paid to the black-themed film from his production company, Red Tails. The conventional wisdom is that Lucas himself had to put his It's been interesting to hear George Lucas complaining about the lack of attention being paid to the black-themed film [...]

'Red Tails' Stars Celebrate With Real-Life Heroes

Those simple roots help explain what otherwise might seem like a puzzling cinematic move: why a 67-year-old white guy has spent $58 million of his own money to produce Red Tails, out Jan. 20, an action-adventure film about World War II African-American With a stellar all-star cast featuring Terrance Howard, Nate Parker, Tristan Wildes, Ne-Yo, [...]

George Lucas Celebrates 'Red Tails'

George Lucas has made no bones about the fact that Hollywood studios were not too keen on releasing his self-financed, big budget film about the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American fighter pilots in the U.S. armed By Christopher John Farley Actor David Oyelowo, left, and producer George Lucas attend the “Red Tails” premiere at the [...]

Cuba Gooding Jr.: 'Red Tails' Is My Love Letter to Our Armed Services

Check out 7 minutes of footage from the WWII historical drama 'Red Tails', as well as words on the state of African-American cinema from the film's co-writer and executive producerGeorge Lucas. Check out 7 minutes of footage from the WWII historical drama 'Red Tails', as well as words on the state of African-American cinema from [...]

George Lucas' 'Red Tails' salutes Tuskegee Airmen

RED TAILS Movie Clips and Images. 6 Movie Clips and 52 Images from George Lucas RED TAILS which stars Terrence Howard, Nate Parker and David Oyelowo.For more. "I realize that by accident I've now put the black film community at risk (with Red Tails, whose $58 million budget far exceeds typical all-black productions). I'm saying, [...]

George Lucas' 'Red Tails' Takes Flight

By Rebecca Boyle Posted 01.04.2012 at 3:33 pm 3 Comments Leaping Lizard With Tailbot The red-headed African Agama lizard swings its tail upward to prevent pitch. 'Red Tails' Trailer . 'Red Tails' Trailer · Top DVD Sales and Rentals for Week Ending January Death of the Movie Star: 2011's 'Top Money-Making Another View: The Ten [...]