From his opening salvo, our anti-hero explains his uncannily familiar origins — at eight days old, sent to Earth by his parents from their dying galaxy, and the blue, large - craniumed baby grows up in the shadow of a
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jawed, smug git who is universally beloved, can
fly, and has life handed to him on a silver platter.
A fictional spin on William Wyler's 1943 doc Memphis Belle: A Story of a
Flying Fortress, which also chronicled the last mission of the titular B - 17 Bomber, this period pic is largely remembered as a showcase of
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jawed studs, including Billy Zane, Matthew Modine, Harry Connick Jr., and Eric Stoltz.