SYNOPSICS
The Last Great Circus Flyer (2015) is a English movie. Philip Weyland has directed this movie. Paul Binder,Armando Farfan Jr.,Renanto Fernandes,Richie Gaona are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2015. The Last Great Circus Flyer (2015) is considered one of the best Documentary,History movie in India and around the world.
During a Ringling performance in 1982, Miguel Vazquez made national news (NY Times, NBC News, etc.,) by becoming the first trapeze performer to complete in performance what was described as "The greatest feat in all of circus history" - a quadruple somersault to the hands of his brother and catcher, Juan. For 15 years, Miguel and his family, "The Flying Vazquez", headlined the premiere circuses in The U.S. and Europe. In 1994, at zenith of his career, Miguel unexpectedly stopped flying - never to perform the quadruple somersault again. Filmed over a seven year period, the film focuses on the past and present lives of the members of "The Flying Vazquez" and addresses the dangers and sometimes tragic events in the lives of circus performers. To understand why Miguel Vazquez might be "The Last Great Circus Flyer", the film includes interviews with the greatest living trapeze flyers (past and present) and features location filming at Ringling Bros., Circus Vargas, the John and Mable ...
The Last Great Circus Flyer (2015) Reviews
A Fascinating and Personal View of Circus History and Trapeze Artistry
The topic seems at first to be esoteric — a great trapeze artist succeeds early on in doing something "impossible" and then later retires — but the film itself is an extremely well made and at times amazing combination of family and industry history. It never loses its focus on the performers themselves, especially the main performer, the legendary Miguel Vasquez. Several things are appealing about the film: NOTE: This is my personal review of one of the films shown at the 2015 Alexandria Film Festival (http://alexandriafilm.org/); I'm one of the Festival judges.