«Құдай – менің серігім»: Соғыс жылдарының авиациялық фильмі туралы деректер

1945 film by Robert Florey
some one dozen North American B 25Gs and various other training aircraft helped create a busy sky. But five airmen died in a midair collision. With as many as 60 aircraft committed to the production, the film was the most ambitious of its kind in wartime. To portray the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters, the production used "Hollywood Zeros", the ubiquitous North American AT 6 trainers, repainted and carrying Japanese national insignia. The Warner Brothers' Ranch near Los Angeles was used as the airfield seen in the film's opening sequence at the American Volunteer Group (AVG) base Kunming. There a trio of full scale P 40 mock ups, built several years earlier for the 1942 Republic film, Flying Tigers, are visible in the background, along with two P 40Es reclaimed from the AAF Reclamation Depot in San Diego. Col. Scott served as a technical adviser and flew in a number of sequences, reprising his role as a Flying Tiger.

While most moviegoers may have regarded the film as typical of Hollywood, the scriptwriters were instructed to be faithful to Col. Robert Lee Scott Jr.'s original account of his exploits over China, and to provide backstory to enlarge his character. By basing the film on exploits of historical figures (only occasionally resorting to fictional characters such as "Tokyo Joe"), the film gained considerable authenticity. However, by 1945 the American film going public were wary of what was essentially seen as another in a series of patriotic, "flag waving" films. Critics relegated it to an "also ran" position, regarding the sub plot of Scott's inspirational message as forced. The New York Times reviewer, Bosley Crowther noted that the " pious injection of the spiritual in an otherwise noisy action film is patently ostentatious and results in a maudlin effect". Variety wrote that Florey's direction "manages authenticity and obtains excellent performances", though "undoubtedly commercial license has pointed up some incidents for better dramatic flavor". Harrison's Reports wrote that though it was "quite thrilling in spots, offers little that is new for this type of picture". Wolcott Gibbs of The New Yorker did not find the film very authentic, writing that "I remain dubious about a flier who keeps turning around to talk to passengers in the back", and sarcastically noting that the Japanese were "clearly the most incompetent aviators in the world". Premiered in Macon, Georgia, Scott's hometown, God Is My Co Pilot had commercial success as one of the last of the patriotic productions to be released during wartime. In a modern context, the film has received a revival in interest as it is now considered one of the "classic" aviation films, primarily due to its aerial scenes, which were always considered one of its assets. Along with Scott's role in telling the story of the Flying Tigers, God is My Co Pilot is now considered to be more a historical record.

According to Warner Bros records, the film had budget of $1,970,000 while earning $3,373,000 domestically and $1,035,000 in foreign countries.