Storied “Star Wars” filmmaker George Lucas waited 20 years to get “Red Tails” done and earlier this year, the finished product hit screens. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/entertainment/gossip/40534

The story behind the story of “Red Tails” is the 20 years that Producer George Lucas spent trying to get the story to the big screen because studios were not impressed by a film with an all-black cast. Ultimately, he invested his own money, $58 million for the production budget plus $35 million for the […]

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“Red Tails” stars Terrence Howard and Cuba Gooding, Jr. It tells a story about the heroic Tuskegee Airmen.  The “special effects” will put you right in the cockpit during the flying sequences.  BlackAmericaWeb.com has more.  Read More:

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Today see the movie that takes adversity to the skies. Red Tails is the story of the first African American U.S. Fighter Pilots. After completing the southern Tuskegee training project, and having faced military segregation while primarily kept on the ground during World War II, the first African American Fighter Pilots are finally called to […]

The Boondocks” creator Aaron McGruder might not be the first person you think of when you want someone to write an action movie about a historic military unit, but apparently, that’s only if you’re not George Lucas. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/entertainment/movies/36416

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Tom Joyner, whose father, Hercules, was part of the Tuskegee Airmen program, is taking “The Tom Joyner Morning Show” to Kiss 104.1 FM in Atlanta for a Sky Show concert, slated in conjunction with the release of the World War II epic, “Red Tails,” a film that heralds the courageous work of the airmen. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/entertainment/gossip/36357

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The highly anticipated movie “Red Tails” hits theatres this Friday, Jan. 20th.  “Red Tails” stars Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard and Ne-Yo, among others, and tells the real-life account of the Tuskegee Airmen, an all-black World War II fighter pilot squad. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=blog_inner/36335/6546626/Nikki_Woods

George Lucas, legendary movie director basically funded this historical ‘black’ movie ‘Red Tails’ on his own with nearly no support from Hollywood…Your morning man the fly jock Tom Joyner finds out why did it take 23 years to get this movie completed.

“Red Tails” may have had one of the longest gestation periods of any Hollywood film, considering that its producer is legendary Hollywood filmmaker George Lucas. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/entertainment/movies/36091