Special Report: Glen Zipper on The Blue Angels

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Tv & Film, Film Interviews, Film Reviews, Film History

4.6 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Mike speaks with producer Glen Zipper about his career from being a prosecutor in New Jersey to being a documentarian. They speak about Zipper's latest film, The Blue Angels, a love letter to the amazing performers of the U.S. Navy.

The film is playing theaters as well as being available on Amazon Prime.

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0:00.0	Hold your ears, folks. It's showtime.
0:08.6	People pay good money to see this movie.
0:10.9	When they go out to a theater, they want cold sodas, hot popcorn, and no monsters in the projection booth.
0:17.3	Everyone pretend podcasting isn't boring.
0:20.2	Shut it off.
0:25.6	Turn it off.
0:27.6	Turn it off. First time you take off, you got to push the I believe button.
0:52.3	I fell in love with aviation at four years old.
0:56.4	My dad took me to an air show and I got to watch the Blanders fly for the very first time.
1:00.3	This year we're bringing five new people into this team.
1:03.2	Something I never thought was actually going to happen.
1:05.7	It's one in a million.
1:07.8	We only have three months to get to a point where we can take it on the road.
1:11.6	It can be frustrating at times.
1:12.6	The challenge is to get the newbies up to speed.
1:15.6	And that can be scary.
1:18.6	When you're flying 12 inches apart, everybody's lives are on each other's hands.
1:23.6	It's an eye-opener for how inherently dangerous this job is.
1:28.3	Ready roll hat.
1:29.3	Every once in a while, the jets just kind of freeze.
1:39.3	And the world around you seem to spin.
1:43.3	To make six jets fly as one.
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