| Red Tails' airmen have new target: box office | Send to a friend |
| Saturday, 21 January 2012 19:12 |
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Nashville. Tuskegee Airman Herbert Carter flew 77 missions during World War II and crashed landed only once, impressive numbers that challenged those skeptical of the abilities of black aviators. Decades later, he and the other legendary African-American airmen he flew with must once again prove themselves — at the box office. "Red Tails," a movie chronicling the heroism of the Tuskegee Airmen and starring Cuba Gooding Jr. and Terence Howard, opens Friday in 2,500 theaters nationwide. "Star Wars" creator George Lucas has been blunt about his 23-year struggle to make the film. He said executives at every major studio rejected it because they didn't think mainstream viewers would pay to see an all-black cast. The 94-year-old Carter sees the hesitation by studios as history repeating itself. Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites           |
