Join us in celebrating our upcoming lecture, Birdmen: Myth and Reality in the Quest for Flight, with a morning showing of Robert Redford's The Great Waldo Pepper.Â
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About the Film
The Great Waldo Pepper is a 1975 American drama film directed, produced, and co-written by George Roy Hill. Set during 1926–1931, the film stars Robert Redford as a disaffected World War I veteran pilot who missed the opportunity to fly in combat, and examines his sense of postwar dislocation in 1920s America. The cast includes Margot Kidder, Bo Svenson, Edward Herrmann and Susan Sarandon. The Great Waldo Pepper depicts barnstorming during the 1920s and the accidents that led to aviation regulations by the Air Commerce Act.
Rating: PG
Run-Time: 1h 47m
