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Fortress(Movie, 2012)

1h 29min | Genre: War
FortressRating: 2.9/5 (with 1616 votes)
Fortress (aka Flying Fortress) is a 2012 war film directed by Michael R. Phillips and stars Bug Hall, Donnie Jeffcoat, Sean McGowan and Joseph Williamson. The film was released by Bayou Pictures and although initially intended for wider release, was a direct-to-video release on July 31, 2012 made by Monarch Video. Fortress takes its name from the iconic Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress World War II bomber that was the centerpiece of the aerial battle in Europe. Fortress follows the crew of the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, named Lucky Lass and its crew as they fly in the campaign against Italy during World War II. The opening title sequence in Fortress provides a background on the Mediterranean Theater of Operations and a plan to strike the Italian capital of Rome on July 19, 1943. ()
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"Fortress" is currently available on 2 providers. Fortress can be streamed free of charge on VIDEOBUSTER.de (as part of a subscription), can be rented on Amazon Instant Video and VIDEOBUSTER.de (SD/HD/4K) and Fortress can also be purchased at Amazon Instant Video and VIDEOBUSTER.de (as download from the website or as Blu-ray Disc/DVD).

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Duration: 1h 36min
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About Fortress

When the commander of the crew of a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber is killed in action in a raid over Sicily in 1943, his replacement, a young, naive pilot struggles to be accepted by the plane's already tight-knit Irish American crew.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 17 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 05/10/2012 (World premiere: 04/01/2012)
Cast: Bug Hall, Don Jeffcoat, Sean McGowan, Joseph Williamson, Manu Intiraymi, John Laughlin, Chris Owen, Joseph Williamson
Director: Mike Phillips
Producer: Brian Thompson
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"B-17: A Fortaleza"
Budget: 5,000,000 USD

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Other movies with this title: Fortress (AU, 1985), Fortress (AU/US, 1992), Fortress (AZ, 2008), Fortress (CZ, 2013), Fortress (IT, 2019), Fortress (US, 2021), Fortress (US, 2023)

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