President and the First Lady will host the Tuskegee Airmen along with cast and crew members of the movie Red Tails for a screening at the White House.
Red Tails stars Terence Howard in a presentation about the first group of African-American fighter pilots to serve in the U.S. armed forces.
Said Howard about the White House screening, "I'm way past excited.”
Howard also screened the movied with former president George Bush.
Said one movie goer of the advanced screening, "The movie is intriguing and has edge-of-your-seat action. It's well done, and certainly worth seeing."
Watch the movie trailer, already with over 2 million views, below.
The movie was fronted and produced by George Lucas, who described Red Tails as being "close to 'Star Wars: Episode 7' as you could get."
Lucas faced many challenges to get the movie made due to most major studios not wanting to take on a big budget risk with an almost entirely African American cast. He spent $100 million of his own money.
Listen below to hear Lucas talk about his film and the history behind it.
Red Tails, which Lucas referred to as "an old fashioned film", is in theatres January 20th.
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Update. 8:35 pm Friday, 1/13/2012** First photo: President Obama and First Lady Michelle address the Tuskegee Airmen at the screening of Red Tails at the White house.
Red Tails stars Terence Howard in a presentation about the first group of African-American fighter pilots to serve in the U.S. armed forces.
Said Howard about the White House screening, "I'm way past excited.”
Howard also screened the movied with former president George Bush.
Said one movie goer of the advanced screening, "The movie is intriguing and has edge-of-your-seat action. It's well done, and certainly worth seeing."
Watch the movie trailer, already with over 2 million views, below.
The movie was fronted and produced by George Lucas, who described Red Tails as being "close to 'Star Wars: Episode 7' as you could get."
Lucas faced many challenges to get the movie made due to most major studios not wanting to take on a big budget risk with an almost entirely African American cast. He spent $100 million of his own money.
Listen below to hear Lucas talk about his film and the history behind it.
Red Tails, which Lucas referred to as "an old fashioned film", is in theatres January 20th.
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Update. 8:35 pm Friday, 1/13/2012** First photo: President Obama and First Lady Michelle address the Tuskegee Airmen at the screening of Red Tails at the White house.
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| First Lady and President Obama in the White House theatre room at the movie screening of Red Tails. Official White House photo. |
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