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People are voting emotionally.

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

This could be one of the saddest movies I have ever seen because what happens but I won't give that away although it is pretty historically documented already.The Arrow is a nicely done TV movie that describes one of Canada's most magnificent contributions to aviation history as well as the Cold War, had it gone into production.The movie does make the prime minister kind of evil (although historically it wasn't totally his fault) but as far as I've researched looked to be quite on the nose. It is hard to believe that our neighbors to the north developed such an advanced jet back then (for any country) and the movie explains so very well. It also describes the financial portions of the program very well with both pluses (the sell of the Oreinda engines to France) and the drawbacks in a cold economy.It was truly a docu-drama as they threw in parts focusing in on the workers, principally Crawford Gordon but in all was an excellent portrayal of a tragic program (from a technological point-of-view).

In 1959 Canada cancelled the production of the Arrow. It was an Airplane 20 years ahead of it's time. The 7 flyable Arrows were cut up for scrap. Dan Ackroyd does a terrific job portraying the man behind the design and construction of the "plane that never was". The movie tracks the team that designed the Arrow and delves into the many personalities from designers to production workers who worked on this project. The movie also gives historical film clips of the actual test flights of the aircraft as it was being tested. These in themselves are worth the price of the movie. Everyone should see this movie, not only for the quality production but also for it's historical significance. I thoroughly enjoyed the movie.

I really enjoyed the movie! Given, I am a sucker for films about aviation, space, and engineering. About an all-Canadian interceptor/fighter built in the late '50's, that was years (if not decades) ahead of its time. The true story shows the development of The Arrow, a plane capable of Mach 2, but also the politics that ultimately doom the project. I am glad that it was not ALL "blame the Americans" as it showed Canadian internal politics, personality conflicts, personal flaws..... and ........ yes....... The Americans (who didn't want the competition in aviation from North of the border).This ranks right up there with space and aviation films like THE RIGHT STUFF, and FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON. It is also a great story of concepts ahead of their time getting squashed, like the film TUCKER: A Man and His Dream. A similar story might be (though not yet on film to my knowledge) about Jack Northrop and his flying wing which had a similar development and fate in the US. Of course, Northrop's concept was validated with the B-2...... But, I digress........Though the budget was low (a Canadian Mini-series, after all), they did the most with what they had. The choice of R/C models for most of the flying scenes was a good choice! It gave the look of the film an organic feel, as opposed to the CG effects, which were so-so. I hope they donated the full-size mock-ups to a museum!If you love stories about aviation, space, engineering, or cold war history, this is one to find on tape or DVD, or search for on cable! A must see!

I saw this film one sat. afternoon on a Orlando TV station Its too bad that more films are made that show people building something that others say its impossable! Good job CBC!