Thunderbird 6 1968 the second bigscreen sequel to the popular british tv series thunderbirds 196566, thunderbird 6 1968 was the final appearance of the spaceage team of puppets known as international rescue. Thunderbirds flight of the tiger thunderbird 6 fan edit. Created by the former husbandandwife team of gerry and sylvia anderson, the tv series thunderbirds was fourth in a succession of special effectsheavy scifi shows produced for. Thunderbirds are go thunderbird 6 kino reissue bluray. Thunderbird 6 is a 1968 british sciencefiction puppet film based on thunderbirds.
The spacerescue team thwarts the sinister new world aircraft corporation. Ap films or apf, later becoming century 21 productions, was a british independent film production company of the 1950s until the early 1970s. Thunderbird 6 is a 1968 british sciencefiction adventure film written by gerry and sylvia anderson, directed by david lane and. Written by thunderbirds creators gerry and sylvia anderson, directed by david lane and produced by ap films, thunderbirds are go develops the franchise with a plot. To promote the film, a lady penelope impersonator, penny snow, toured britain in a pink rollsroyce imitation of fab1. Against backdrops including the statue of liberty and the sphinx, lady penelope, parker, alan and tintin fight the hijackers from onboard, while the rest of the team tries to stop the airship. Heres our definitive ranking of the thunderbirds vehicles. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this wikipedia article constitutes fair use.
The style of the sets also changed, since the movie was filmed in the. Thunderbird 6 was the second feature spinoff from the hit gerry anderson puppetanimation tv series thunderbirds, and revolved around a new addition to the lineup of international rescues five emergency craft. Thunderbirds are go is a 1966 british sciencefiction puppet film based on thunderbirds, a supermarionation television series created by gerry and sylvia anderson and produced by their company ap films apf. Thunderbird entertainment is a pure play content production studio creating award winning original programming in scripted, factual and animation. In due course, he submits at least three different designs for jeff to. The plot sees lady penelope, alan, tintin and parker as the only passengers on the maiden, roundtheworld flight of a futuristic. Both halves of this double features are accompanied by audio commentaries, isolated scores, and optional english sdh subtitles. Inspired by such disparate influences as bonanza, james bond, and the pop culture of 60s london, thunderbirds burst onto the british television scene in 1964. The century 21 studio divided once again with one team tackling thunderbird 6 while the other continued to produce episodes of captain scarlet. The movie marks the second foray onto the big screen for the cult series thunderbirds, following thunderbirds are go, and while its difficult not to be impressed by the hard work and patience thats gone into making the film, theres not much here to appeal to nonfans of the series.
Lady penelope building better puppets tiger moth theatrical trailer quiz craft mission photo gallery subtitles english, german, french, italian, spanish. The complete thunderbirds story, was told over 45 issues of the thunderbirds comic. The first mission to mars in the zerox has just taken off, but the hood gets his foot jammed in the trim while trying to plant a bomb. When he suggests an airship, he is mocked and ridiculed, although the nwac go ahead and build the antigravity skyship one. Thunderbird 6 is a 1968 british sciencefiction puppet film based on thunderbirds, a supermarionation television series created by gerry and sylvia anderson. Most popular complete themes addons for thunderbird. Written by the andersons and directed by david lane, it is a sequel to thunderbirds are go 1966. The first thunderbirds film was a flop so why they made another seems strange. However he will miss out on its maiden roundtheworld flight when jeff tracy wants brains to design a new thunderbird vehicle. He is a rare mix of successful entrepreneur and artist. Thunderbird 6 is the second supermarionation feature film based on gerry andersons tv series thunderbirds, released in 1968 the new world aircraft corporation gives brains an open invitation to design a new aircraft.
Jeff tracy is driving brains up the wall by demanding he design a spectacular new rescue vehicle, a thunderbird 6, and then constantly rejecting all his efforts. Production on this film began after gerry anderson began work on captain scarlet and the mysterons 1967, a series that used far more realisticlooking supermarionation puppets. The film was completed in december 1967 and received a u certificate from the british board of film censors on 22 january 1968. Alan, tintin, lady penelope and parker represent international rescue on skyship ones roundtheworld maiden flight, unaware that criminal mastermind the hood is once again plotting to acquire the secrets of the thunderbird machines. Following filming of a flying stunt on m40 motorway in buckinghamshire which was newly completed but. Thunderbird 6 was the name given to a vintage tiger moth biplane. The film was completed and classified by january 1968, but was then shelved for 6 months for release in july. Anderson reportedly considered making thunderbird six in the same style, but decided for reasons of continuity to retain the bighead style of puppets for the film.
Thunderbirds is a british sciencefiction television series created by gerry and sylvia anderson, filmed by their production company ap films apf and distributed by itc entertainment. It was produced between 1964 and 1966 using a form of electronic marionette puppetry dubbed supermarionation combined with scalemodel special effects sequences. Before the airship begins its roundtheworld tour, a horde of assassins kill its crew and take over the airship so that they can lead the international rescue team into trap, set by. We are here to listen to a proposal from a mr x, a man who is fifty years ahead of his time.
A reclusive young fisherman goes looking for his missing sister in the rugged pacific northwest. Lady penelope and some of the international rescue crew are the honoured. Construction work could be seen during the shot of the sydney harbour bridge, despite the fact that the movie was set in 2068 95 years since the sydney opera house was opened. Completed in december 1967 and awarded a u rating from the british board of film classification on 22 january 1968, thunderbird 6 did not premiere until 29 july, at the london odeon cinema in leicester square. This british scifi film is based on a popular british television series thunderbirds. While alan, tin tin, lady penelope and parker travel. Filmed using the andersons trademark supermarionation technique, the movie was a sequel to the 1966 hit thunderbirds are go. Barry gray thunderbird 6original motion picture soundtrack. Penelope voice of cowriter and producer sylvia anderson, traveling plush on skyship one, discovers the hosts have planted bugs in the puppet supermarionation feature thunderbird 6, 1968.
Thunderbirds are go was the first featurelength movie based on the thunderbirds tv show created by gerry and sylvia anderson. Thunderbird 6 the major selling point of the second thunderbirds feature film is that a new thunderbird is unveiled, the titular thunderbird 6. With peter dyneley, sylvia anderson, shane rimmer, jeremy wilkin. The film, written by william osborne and michael mccullers, was released on 20 july 2004 in the united kingdom and 30 july 2004 in the united states. The complete thunderbirds story thunderbirds wiki fandom. Apr 06, 20 brains designed a new hightechnology jetassisted airship called sky ship one. Thunderbirds are go is a 1966 british sciencefiction adventure film based on thunderbirds, a 1960s television series starring marionette puppets and featuring scale model effects in a filming process dubbed supermarionation. Jeff tracy tells brains that he wants him to design a sixth rescue vehicle for the international rescue organization however, he provides no specifications to work to. Although the technology is better in this one the creaky plot and visible strings spoil this film. Mark is the president of thunderbird entertainment. Perhaps knowing what theyd got on their hands, the studio didnt release the film for.
On its maiden launch, villains hijack the aircraft and a fierce gun fight breaks out, endangering a group of brains i. Thunderbird 6 is a 1968 british sciencefiction adventure film written by gerry and sylvia anderson, directed by david lane and produced by century 21 cinema. Feb 20, 2011 thunderbird 6 is a 1968 british sciencefiction and adventure film written by gerry and sylvia anderson, directed by david lane and produced by century 21 cinema. Aileron roll on takeoff, opposing inverted, knife edge pass, 8 point roll, opposing splits, high alpha pass, max turn half cuban 8. The thunderbird machines were a series of speculative fiction machines imagined for the mid1960s film and television thunderbirds series, developed by gerry anderson. Learning from the weaknesses of the thunderbirds are go feature film which premiered to a much smaller audience than originally expected in december 1966, thunderbird 6 went into production in may 1967 alongside the production of captain scarlet which had started in january. Thunderbird 6 was filmed simultaneously with the andersons new tv series captain scarlet 196768, which split the crew of the production company 21st century into two groups. Id never seen the film before but i remember how hilariously cheesy the television episodes were. Basically, thunderbird 6 sounds more like a movie, and thunderbirds are go despite the orchestral score and inspired sound design doesnt so much. Written by the andersons and directed by david lane, thunderbirds are go concerns spacecraft zerox and its manned mission. Paid agents of the hood murder the original crew of skyship one prior to takeoff and assume their identities, entertaining the guests while scheming to.
Cues lifted from the highest quality sources available, this includes the bluray isolated score and. Thunderbird 6 was released in july 1968 to a mediocre box office response that ruled out the production of further sequels. Thunderbird 6 rescue vehicle thunderbirds wiki fandom. Like the last film it has highlights particularly in the explosive conclusion but its just a mediocre scifi adventure.
However, by the time thunderbird 6 finally kicks into gear, it climaxes with a fairly exciting if not terribly logical rescue operation thats more satisfying than anything in the first film. At the time that thunderbird 6 was being filmed, the sydney opera house was under construction. The company became internationally known for its imaginative childrens actionadventure marionette television series most significantly thunderbirds produced for british independent broadcasting companies associatedrediffusion, granada, abc. Thunderbird 6 is a 1968 british sciencefiction puppet film based on thunderbirds, a supermarionation television series created by gerry and sylvia anderson and produced by their company ap films. A sequel to 1966s thunderbirds are go, it was the second film to be adapted from the 1960s television series thunderbirds, which combined scale models and special effects with marionette puppet characters in a filming process that the. Construction work could be seen during the shot of the sydney harbour bridge, despite the fact that the movie was set in 2068 95 years since the sydney opera house. To promote the film, a lady penelope impersonator, penny snow, toured britain in a pink rollsroyce imitation of fab 1. Thunderbird 6 is a 1968 british sciencefiction and adventure film written by gerry and sylvia anderson, directed by david lane and produced. As a result, the film thunderbird 6 has a slightly different look from the smallscreen version. Apr 03, 2015 only the worlds most tedious child would dream of being thunderbird 5s sole crewmember john tracy, permanently stuck in orbit because your family hate your stupid face. Characters appearing in the classic thunderbirds canon, including those from the tv shows, movies, comics, audio stories and novelisations. Thunderbirds is a 2004 britishamericanfrench sciencefiction comedy actionadventure film based on the 1960s television series of the same name, directed by jonathan frakes. Walnut2 for thunderbird, based on icons from art walnut2 is based on walnut but with better looking wood panels. Thunderbird 6 movie at the moment, their are five, that we now need a thunderbird 6, and then they build it thunderbird 6.
Published by fleetway editions ltd, on 6th february 1993 comic no. The released work began with the supermarionation television series thunderbirds and was followed by subsequent feature films thunderbirds are go and thunderbird 6 in 196568. The first half of the film is lighter on action than the first one but sets up the narrative very well, with penelope, parker, tintin and one of the tracy brothers i can never remember which is which or which vehicle they fly taking a world tour on the maiden flight of a new airship. The international rescue team is faced with one of its toughest challenges yet, as the revolutionary lighterthanair craft skyship one is hijacked while on her maiden voyage around the world. This action packed original vintage film poster was designed to promote thunderbird 6, the 1968 movie written by gerry and sylvia anderson. Penelope voice of cowriter and producer sylvia anderson, traveling plush on skyship one, discovers the hosts have planted bugs in the puppet supermarionation feature thunderbird 6, 1968 view the tcmdb entry for thunderbird 6 1968. Oddly, although thunderbird 6 was completed by january 1968 the date of its british film catalogue classification, the film was shelved for six months and. Perhaps knowing what theyd got on their hands, the studio didnt release the film. Thunderbirds are go and thunderbird 6 are both very flawed productions, but still have some charm as artifacts of a unique and idiosyncratic vision.
There are lots of nice film parodies throughout and some nice performances from the voice cast but the thunderbird 6 element is a lot of hype for nothing. The voices of keith alexander, sylvia anderson, john carson, peter dyneley, gary files, christine finn, david graham, geoffrey keen, shane rimmer. A man who is undoubtedly the worlds greatest aircraft designer. Remaster of the tracy island theme and skyship one theme that open the movie, thunderbird 6.
Thunderbirds is a 2004 britishamerican science fiction actionadventure film directed by jonathan frakes, based on the 1960s tv series thunderbirds created by gerry and sylvia anderson. Against backdrops including the statue of liberty and the sphinx, lady penelope, parker, alan and tin. Against backdrops including the statue of liberty and the sphinx, lady penelope, parker, alan and tintin fight the hijackers from onboard, while the rest of the team tries to stop the airship crashing. The tracey family of international rescue consisted of retired astronaut and widower jeff a dead ringer for john forsythe, and his five sons, each with his own thunderbird rocket ship. But thunderbird 6 is clearly one of the lesser works. The brand new vhs tape i saw was not a good transfer.
In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using. The characters are portrayed by special marionettes. Thunderbird 6 members of international rescue are guests for the maiden flight of a new aircraft. Watch thunderbird 6 online stream full movie directv. Very much like voyage to mars this is a cut down version of the original feature, intended simply as a tribute, there are a few more bangs and whistles tha. Gentlemen, we are gathered here today as representatives of some of the greatest design teams in the world.
Written by the andersons and directed by david lane, it is a sequel t. In this animated adventure, international rescue scientist and inventor brains david graham creates a hightech airship, dubbed skyship one, designed to circle the world. Thunderbirds is a liveactioncgi action film directed by jonathan frakes, and starring philip winchester, ben kingsley, bill paxton and a young vanessa hudgens, released in 2004 by universal. The tracey family of international rescue consisted of retired astronaut and widower jeff a dead ringer for john forsythe, and his five sons, each with his own thunderbird rocket s. Thunderbird 6 was commissioned with a larger budget, but completed when the shows success was tailing off. The zero x falls out of the sky and crashes into the ocean. With natalie brown, colten wilke, ben andruscodaon, william belleau. Thunderbird 6 is a 1968 british sciencefiction puppet film based on thunderbirds, a supermarionation television series created by gerry and sylvia anderson and produced by their company ap films apf. Thunderbird 6 original film poster the games room company. Still, at least brains got further with an airline company when he designed a revolutionary airship for them.
A reclusive young fisherman goes looking for his missing sister in. He founded canadas leading factual company great pacific media which was acquired by thunderbird in 2014. He is an awardwinning writer, producer and music composer. The film, written by william osborne and michael mccullers, was released on 24 july 2004 in the united kingdom and 30 july 2004 in the united states, with later opening dates in other countries. I sat down to watch thunderbird 6 for nostalgic reasons.