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Courage Has No Color

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Last modified: Apr. 4, 2012

Red Tails

Release Date: Friday, January 20, 2012 Theaters

Director: Anthony Hemingway

Starring: Rick Otto Tristan Wilds Terrence Howard Cuba Gooding Jr. Bryan Cranston

PG-13 Drama 2 hrs, 5 m

  • 4.1 / 5
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Plot

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Plot
1944. As the war in Europe continues to take its toll on Allied forces, the Pentagon brass has no recourse but to consider unorthodox options -- including the untried and untested African-American pilots of the experimental Tuskegee training program. Just as the young Tuskegee men are on the brink of being shut down and shipped back home, they are given the ultimate chance to show their courage. Against all the odds, with something to prove and everything to lose, these intrepid young airmen take to the skies to fight for their country -- and the fate of the free world.
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Top Cast

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Crew Behind the Film

The Red Tails behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's writer John Ridley last wrote Shirley and Needle in a Timestack.

Screenwriter
Producers
Charles Floyd Johnson
Rick McCallum
Production Company
Lucasfilm

Production Details

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Key Facts

  • Based on a story by George Lucas, who financed the film.

Production Updates for Red Tails

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Changed the movie production status to Post-Production. Recording score in June 2011

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Additional Information

Parent Rating
PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for some sequences of war violence
Runtime
2 hrs, 5 m
Tagline
Courage Has No Color
Also known as
Redtails

Language
English

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Release Dates

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Red Tails was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, January 20, 2012. in around 2,512 theaters There were 9 other movies released on the same date, including Underworld: Awakening, Haywire and Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos.

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