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Wing Commander Movie
Release Date	US Theatrical : March 12th, 1999; DVD July 6th, 1999

Description

Starship Troopers meets Top Gun in this no-holds-barred battle on the far reaches of space. A vicious alien race, the Kilrathi, has discovered the coordinates to Earth and is heading there with plans for total destruction. Now all that stands between Earth and this new breed of enemy are two young hotshot fighter pilots and their elite fighter squadron on the battleship Tiger Claw. It's an all-out race against time as they engage the Kilrathi in a final desperate attempt to prevent them from reaching Earth space - and obliterating all mankind.

Alternate Titles

• Italy = Attacco Alla Terra
• Argentina = Wing Commander: Escuadrón espacial
• Turkey = Cesaret kanatlari
• Portugal = Comandante de Esquadrilha
• Serbia = Komandant eskadrile
• Greece = Oi frouroi tou diastimatos
• Canada (French title) = Pilotes sans peur (?)
• Hungary = Wing Commander - Az ürkommandó
• Brazil = A Batalha Final

Advertising

• Trailers
• TV Spots
• Posters

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  French Poster 1

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  French Poster 2

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  Korean Poster

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  Spanish Poster

Technical Specifications

• Aspect ratio = 2.35:1
• 100 Minutes

US Region 1 DVD

• Dolby Digital
• Dolby Digital
• Dolby Digital
• Dolby Digital

DVD Versions

On-Demand Versions

• Amazon Instant Video
• iTunes
• Xbox Live / Zune
• Sky Player

Screenshots

Pre-Release

Development

• Behind the Scenes
• Production Notes

Alternate Version

• rough cut
• deleted scenes

Books

• Movie Novelization
• Junior Novelization
• Pilgrim Stars
• Pilgrim Truth
• Confederation Handbook

Music

• Wing Commander Movie Soundtrack [1]

Anecdotes

• Roger Simonsz, camera operator and second unit DP on the Wing Commander Movie, used his experiences on the set of the Wing Commander movie as an example in his presentation at the Showlight conference in 2005 (PDF Page 6). He specifically commented on the use of color lighting and how it worked with the Kilrathi. [2]

"One key point that Roger made in his talk was that - cinematic and tv lighting directors have the power to decide on the colour palette of the piece and to share that with the audience. He recounted his experience of working on the film 'Wing Commander' where the LD decided that the good guys would be lit in blue, battle scenes would be lit in red, and the aliens would be lit in ... you guessed it green."

"Roger spent two days filming in the green light and explained that contrary to what he'd been taught that green is a calming colour, he had found that he'd become more agitated the longer he'd spent immersed in green light only. LD's spend a lot of time looking at light and its effects but seldom spend time immersed in it."

Credits

Documents

• Scripts
  • Wing Commander Movie Script First Draft - October 27, 1995
  • Second Draft - September 21, 1997
  • Third Draft - January 8th, 1998
  • Shooting Script

• Magazine articles
• Pheonix Pictures Memo
• Starlog

IMDB entry for Wing Commander