Flying The Feathered Edge: The Bob Hoover Project

Flying The Feathered Edge: The Bob Hoover Project
Directed by Kim Furst
Starring
Music by David Cottrell
Country United States
Language English

Flying the Feathered Edge: The Bob Hoover Project is a 2014 independent documentary film about American aviator Bob Hoover and his seven decade aviation career.[1] The film was directed by Kim Furst and features an original musical score Emmy Award winning composer David Cottrell.[2] The title derives from the concept that Hoover spent his career flying on the "feathered edge" of the flight envelope, through his Air Force flying, flight testing and air show performing.[1]

The film stars Harrison Ford, Carroll Shelby, Gen. John. R. Dailey ("Jack"), Director of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Clay Lacy, Burt Rutan, Dick Rutan, Medal of Honor recipient George E. Bud Day, air show pilot Sean D. Tucker, Lt. Gen. Charles G. Cleveland (“Chick”), and Capt. Eugene Cernan, last man to walk on the moon, among others.

Hoover signed off on the film January 2014, with the words “The film captures my life story in an authentic and accurate way. I don’t know how it could have been done any better.”[3]

Screenings

The first official screening of the completed film was a private preview at the Skyscape Theater during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014, attended by Hoover and 90 of Hoover's invited guests.[4]

Aviation Week reporter Fred George’s review of this event stated, “After 90 minutes, there were few dry eyes in the house as the credits rolled at the end of the documentary. This is Kim Furst's finest documentary, in Aviation Week’s opinion, a film well worth our readers’ viewing time when it appears in nearby theaters.”[3]

The film has shown in the Rhode Island International Film Festival (Grand Prize, Soldiers and Sacrifice Award),[5] and at the Breckenridge Film Festival (Audience Award).[6] It also screened at Embry-Riddle Prescott's Alumni Weekend October 4, 2014 with Bob Hoover in attendance.[7]

Concept

Flying the Feathered Edge is a highly researched, three-year project, which found director Kim Furst and her team studying archives across the country and collecting still images and rare historic footage.[8]

Records, photos and film were discovered through not only Hoover's personal collections, but in online and physical archives (Tennessee, Ohio, Florida, Washington D.C., the National Archives, multiple regional Air Force archives), as well as other national and international sources and individuals and fans who heard about the project.[9]

Filmmaker

Furst is an award winning producer, director and film editor. This is Furst's fifth aviation documentary as editor, having been editor on One Six Right (2005), documentary short film Wings Over the Rockies starring Harrison Ford (2009), and Discovery Channel's three-part series Rocket Challenge (2003), among others.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 George, Fred (30 July 2014). "Hoover Bio Pic Premiers at AirVenture". Aviation Week. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Flying the Feathered Edge: The Bob Hoover Project". IMDb. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  3. 1 2 Horgan, Richard (9 August 2014). "Harrison Ford Frames Documentary About Beloved Aviation Pioneer". Film Stew. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "World premiere set for Bob Hoover documentary". Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "2014 Film Festival Award Winners Announced". Rhode Island International Film Festival. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "2014 Best of the Fest". Breck Film Fest. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "Bob Hoover movie showing: "Flying the Feathered Edge"". Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "The Bob Hoover Project Preview". National Business Aviation Administration. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  9. ↑ http://www.aero-news.net 'Flying The Feathered Edge: The Bob Hoover Project' An Interview With Documentary Filmmaker Kim Furst Fri, Jul 25, 2014
  10. ↑ "Bob Hoover documentary premieres Aug. 10". General Aviation News. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.

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