A parody based loosely on the motion picture titanic, hindenburg is shorter, funnier, and produced without the pesky constraints of a multimillion dollar budget. Dlz 129 was a large german commercial passengercarrying rigid airship, the lead ship of the hindenburg class, the longest class of flying machine and the largest airship by envelope volume. And at the museums udvarhazy center in virginia, near dulles airport, weve got a ladder on exhibit, says. Dang it, you couldnt resist using that time travel movie cliche, could you. The crash of the hindenburg on may 6th 1937 in lakehurst, new jersey from the movie hindenburg skip navigation sign in. At hindenburg we are dedicated to supporting the production of great audio stories, and this is why we pay homage to the hindenburg disaster. But the crash instead brought the age to an abrupt end, making way for the age of passenger airplanes. Nbcs new thriller about timetravel is a hokey blast. The hindenburg is the pride of nazi germany, a dirigible with regular flights from frankfurt to lakehurst, new jersey. Oct 03, 2016 goran visnjic is about to enter tvs scifi arena for the second consecutive time hopefully with better results. The pilot episode of the nbc tv series timeless 3 october 2016 revolves around a criminal who steals a time machine in an effort to alter the events of the past, starting with the hindenburg disaster. If youre thinking of traveling through time, best utilize a tardis, the safest way to move through the ages, and certainly a.
Yet no nomination for editing which the main plus this film has going for it. It stars abigail spencer, matt lanter, and malcolm barrett as a team that attempts to stop a mysterious organization from changing the course of history through time travel. The film is far from perfect, but is much better than most disaster films. A man travels back in time in an attempt to stop the hindenburg disaster. Time traveller official trailer 2016 subscribe here for new movie trailers. This tale of terrorists, time machines and fiddling with the past is a bumpy, bonkers ride. If you think all stories about time travel are complicated, think again. Mooney a highly speculative thriller, the film and the book it is based on depict a. Of course we dont know what ever really happened to the hindenburg and the film takes account of all the theories put forth. Dec 29, 2016 if it is possible to conquer space, then perhaps it is also possible to conquer time. In the episode, a journalist standing directly under the hindenburg gets killed when it crashes down in the original timeline.
It was produced and directed by robert wise, and was written by nelson gidding, richard levinson and william link, based on the 1972 book of the same title by michael m. The hindenburg 1975 movie herbert morrison hindenburg. At least that was the theory american scientists were exploring in an effort to explain the new sources of. The hindenburg is a 1975 american technicolor film based on the disaster of the german airship hindenburg. There are some reasonably good cgi images of hindenburgs exterior and somemostly silly sets depictingthe airships interior.
Nov 11, 2016 19631989, 200508, 201015, specials airing between 2005 and 2016. When the germans receive a warning that the hindenburg will be destroyed by a bomb as it flies over new york city, they assign luftwaffe colonel ritter to travel on the airship as its security officer. Dan grossman september 19, 2016 the new nbc time travel show timeless, premiering october 3, features a trip back in time to save hindenburg from destruction. Sign up for the hindenburg movie email list and stay on the burning edge.
Nbcs timeless, the hindenburg disaster, and kate drummond posted by. Based on mooney novel, concerns plot to explode a small bomb aboard the airship after landing as antinazi statement by rigger boerth. The actual tragic crash of the real hindenburg was over in a few minutes and so, it becomes necessary to insert a story leading up to that incident in order to justify the making of a. At the time, the hindenburg was supposed to be ushering in a new age of airship travel. On february 7, 2017, the film was released on bluray in a bare bones edition as a walmart exclusive, and a wide release followed on may 2, 2017. The german passenger airship lz 129 hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock with its mooring mast at naval air station lakehurst. February 11th, 2014 not yet rated 1 hr 45 min plot summary. They dont catch garcia flynn at the hindenburg, kripke says. The hindenburg 1975 stream and watch online moviefone. Doctor who remains the longestrunning time travel series, initially spanning twentysix straight seasons between 1963 and 1989, and resurrected in 2005 for an allnew tenplusyear run. A young engineer uncovers a plot to blow up the hindenburg while the german airship is preparing. Scott leads an allstar cast in the hindenburg, a gripping suspense thriller that attempts to reveal the intricate plots behind the historic airship disaster of 1937. The may 6 1937 destruction of the hindenburg is a moment in history that refuses to be forgotten.
Empire looks at 15 time travel tv shows, past, present and future. As i see it, they traveled back in time from timeline1, changes occurred, and then they traveled to the future on timeline2. From a time traveler to a stowaway to a runaway mummy, the crew and passengers embark on a series of events that culminate in the explosion of the airship. While the tragic hydrogenfueled crash was caught on film by local news teams on the ground what remains a mystery is how those passengers inside the massive airship might have experienced the disaster.
The hindenburg 1975 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Timeless dramas new theory on the hindenburg explosion. For five years, nothing was spared to make it the best airship. Almost 245m long, 41m of width and a 200 000m3 of volume, it was not only bigger, but also more luxurious than any other zeppelin built at the time.
On 6 may 1937, when the german passenger airship lz 129 hindenburg approached the landing area and lowered its linings, disaster struck. Timeless time travel rules overview hollywood reporter. Scott leads an allstar cast in this imaginative suspense thriller that attempts to shed some light on the historic disaster even as its intricate plot unfolds. Classic 1970s disaster movie about a fire that breaks out in a stateoftheart san francisco highrise building during the opening ceremony attended by a host of alist guests. There were 35 fatalities passengers and 22 crewmen from the 97 people on board 36 passengers and 61 crewmen, and an. The actual tragic crash of the real hindenburg was over in a few minutes and so, it becomes necessary to insert a story leading up to that incident in order to justify the making of a movie. As a colonel assigned by the german government to make certain no one sabotages the hindenburg on its transatlantic voyage, scott suspects everyone aboard the luxury ship particularly a german countess anne bancroft. Underrated disaster film based on the real life 1937 disaster of the hindenburg is very good entertainment for what it is. In 1931, during the height of airships, the construction of the lz 129, later named hindenburg, started.
The hindenburg 1975 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Staci keach, lauren lee smith, and greta scacchi headline this twopart miniseries exploring a compelling conspiracy theory surrounding the tragic crash of the hindenburg on may 6, 1937. After all, that engaged version of lucy did go back in time, even in the new timeline. After it was finished, in march 1936, the nazi government made it fly through. The hindenburg has been released on a number of home video formats, including vhs, betamax, laser disc, and dvd. The quality of the appeal possesses the lighter than air travel that the air ships represented. Second only to the sinking of the titanic, the hindenburg fire was one of the most prominent disasters of its time and in its immediate. Flynn joyrides it back to 6 may 1937 and manchester, new jersey time and place of the hindenburg crash, of course. It was produced and directed by robert wise, and was written by nelson gidding, richard levinson and william link, based on the 1972 book of the same name, the hindenburg, by michael m.
Either timeless can only travel in one direction to the past or it has no desire to travel to the future, and a time traveler who doesnt bother to even attempt to travel to the future is. Films scored by fred mollin films directed by mario philip azzopardi films shot in hamilton, ontario films about time travel. While the tragic hydrogenfueled crash was caught on film by local news teams on the ground what remains a mystery is how those passengers inside. There was a show called 7 days about a man that was a time traveler, and every science fiction show like star trek and stargate used it all the time. The hindenburg disaster was a tragedy, but it marked the birth of mobile reporting and expanded the possibilities for global communication. And the story of the tourists from the future that traveling along the time line to visit disasters of the past, is a very good plot. This is one of the things i hated about the movie timecop.
If it is possible to conquer space, then perhaps it is also possible to conquer time. Nbcs timeless is a hokey, historical blast the atlantic. May 1937, on the eve of world war ii, the giant german airship hindenburg approached its final destination just outside new york. There has been little or no mention of the soundtrack which i felt should not of been overlooked. On the whole, i will have to say that timeless isnt something that we havent seen before. Timeless is an american science fiction time travel drama series that premiered. Or would she return and have all the scientists say, what happened to time traveler xxxx, and who is this woman you returned with.
Goran visnjic is about to enter tvs scifi arena for the second consecutive time hopefully with better results. Most elaborate and expensive airship movie released in the century at 15 million 1975 dollars. Watch the hindenburg movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. Also, the reason the hindenburg went up was yes, due to the static electricity buildup in the airship. With leslie bibb, flula borg, stephen bralver, john cho. Timeless tells the story of a mysterious criminal who steals a secret stateoftheart time machine, intent on destroying america as we know it by changing the past. Oct 03, 2016 the implication in most timetravel stories ive seen is that the time traveler somehow overwrites the other version of them. And the story of the tourists from the future that traveling along the timeline to visit disasters of the past, is a very good plot. The event is recreated dramatically and not unconvincingly, complete with famous commentary from the radio journalist herbert morrison in the opening sequence of timeless e4.