The Wright Brothers

• Director: Gregg Lachow
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• Genre: Historical Film
• Movie Type: Docudrama
• Main Cast: E.B. Molloy, Megan Murphy
• Release Year: 1997
• Country: US
• Run Time: 105 minutes

Plot

A bizarre historical spoof from independent writer-director Gregg Lachow, this film takes many liberties with the famous story of the Ohio brothers who were the first to launch a manned airplane flight. Megan Murphy plays Orville Wright as a cross-dresser, though his brother Wilbur (E.B. Molloy) is straight. In the 1890s and 1900s Kitty Hawk of Lachow's imagination, some people already are driving modern cars and wearing 1990s-style clothing. After repeated failures, the brothers succeed in their efforts to fly, but their accomplishment is virtually ignored. Years later, Orville visits a museum devoted to their history-making flight. The Wright Brothers is a very different kind of documentary reenactment. ~ Michael Betzold, All Movie Guide

Cast

Megan Murphy - Orville Wright; Kara McMahon - Katherine Wright; Mark C. Murphy - Lorin Wright; John W. Stone - Bishop Wright; Antero Ali - Octave Chanute; John Holyoke - Augustus Herring; Michaele Miller - Netta Wright; E.B. Molloy - Wilbur Wright; Charlie Rathburn - Reuchlin Wright; John Q. Smith - Charlie Taylor; Robert Hunter - Boat Captain

Credit

Chip Phillips - Associate Producer, LeDawn King - Costume Designer, Chip Phillips - First Assistant Director, Gregg Lachow - Director, Jaime Hook - Editor, Richard Brender - Executive Producer, Jim Ragland - Composer (Music Score), Alan Lehman - Production Designer, Gina Hicks - Cinematographer, Chris Peterson - Producer, Ajae Clearway - Sound/Sound Designer, Gregg Lachow - Screenwriter, Lorne Peterson - Model Effects Supervisor

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