"X-15" is a documentary-like film about the famous program which resulted in the fasted plane ever flown, the X-15. It begins with Jimmy Stewart narrating, which isn't surprising since he was in the Air Force Reserves and retired a Brigadier General. What follows is a story filled with minor (at the time) Hollywood actors recreating the testing process of the plane and its impact on the pilots and their families.
The film will appeal to lovers of aviation and space travel but will likely NOT be all that interesting for anyone else. It's dry and due to its style, there's a limit to how exciting it could be...unless they wanted a story that was pretty much fiction. Well worth seeing...if you are in its target audience.
The film will appeal to lovers of aviation and space travel but will likely NOT be all that interesting for anyone else. It's dry and due to its style, there's a limit to how exciting it could be...unless they wanted a story that was pretty much fiction. Well worth seeing...if you are in its target audience.