# L'Escadrille Lafayette (2006)

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**Original title**: *Flyboys*
**Runtime**: 138 min
**Genres**: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
**Directed by**: Tony Bill
**Written by**: David S. Ward
**Starring**: James Franco, David Ellison, Jean Reno, Philip Winchester, Todd Boyce, Mac McDonald

> *When the world first went to war, they were the first to fly.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Here's a movie that's keen for you to know that valor exists. A group of young Americans volunteers for the French military during World War I and becomes the country's first fighter pilots. It certainly looks like a movie.

**Mood tags**: epic, uplifting

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