Watch: Castles in the Sky 2014 123movies, Full Movie Online – It is the mid-1930s and the storm clouds of WWII are forming in Germany. This film charts the work of Robert Watson Watt, the pioneer of Radar, and his hand-picked team of eccentric yet brilliant meteorologists as they struggle to turn the concept of Radar into a workable reality. Hamstrung by a tiny budget, seemingly insurmountable technical problems and even a spy in the camp, Watson Watt also has to deal with marital problems as he chases his dream. By 1939, Watson Watt and his team have developed the world’s first Radar system along the south east coast of England – a system that, in 1940, will prove pivotal in winning the Battle of Britain..
Plot: England, while the storm clouds of Nazism menace Germany. Robert Watson Watt and a team of eccentric and brilliant meteorologists struggle to turn the mere idea of radar into a functional reality.
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Really enjoyable film – especially if you love the development of technology
I guess I enjoyed this film because of its theme – RADAR – rather than the cinematic dimensions. I worked in the BBC’s engineering department many years ago and could identify the challenges of inventing something new with limited resources.Having said that I thought Eddie Izzard did a really good job despite other people’s criticism or his wobbly accent. His acting was believable and carried the passion that Robert Watson-Watt must have had to press through to an operational system. I liked the themes of teamwork, toxic relationships, camaraderie, not giving up, working to deadlines.
As another reviewer mentioned, there was good use of symbolism if you were open to see it. The weakest part for me was the relationship between Robert and his wife played by Laura Fraser. Seeing her again made me want to watch the wonderful ‘A Knight’s Tale’ with Heath Ledger.
I guess the technology challenges added to the score for this. If you like that kind of thing this is a good film to watch.
Chris ‘Bob’ Morshead
Good to see Bob popping up and making a career after his navy experiences. The Navy certainly helped with his acting abilities have travelled around the Bahamas and other scenic areas, spending much time in the sea.His focus then was not really radar or history but swimming which he seems to have put to good use in this movie. His awareness and familiarity with radar certainly seems to have provided a cameo role for him, but it would be wrong to assume he has any air force background when whatever short service career he had was spent in the Royal Navy trying to justify his position and learning to swim for hours at a time.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 30 min (90 min)
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Genre Biography, Drama, History
Director Gillies MacKinnon
Writer Ian Kershaw
Actors Eddie Izzard, Laura Fraser, Arran Tulloch
Country United Kingdom
Awards 2 nominations
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