
Skyward (1980)
6.9|20 Nov, 1980|100 min
A touching drama of a handicapped teenager and her quest for the freedom of the skies.
6.9|20 Nov, 1980|100 min
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Billie Dupree is a flight instructor at an old Texas airport. When a young girl in a wheelchair finds the airport by watching gliders fly, she decides she wants to learn how to fly. Dupree teaches her to fly with some special controls compensating for her handicap. Koup Trenton runs an aircraft repair service and is trying desperately to get an old airplane back in the air. The three, together, put the young girl and the old plane up in the air.
Keywords
wheelchair user
disability
new student
physical disability
pilot training
Casts

Bette Davis
Billie Dupree

Howard Hesseman
Koup Trenton

Suzy Barbieri
Julie Ward

Marion Ross
Natalie Ward

Clu Gulager
Steve Ward

Ben Marley
Scott Billings

Lisa Whelchel
Lisa Ward

Irma P. Hall
Mrs. Sinclair
Mark Wheeler
Mr. Olsen

Jessie Lee Fulton
Secretary

Bill Thurman
Pilot #1

Rance Howard
Pilot #2
Rhonda Minton
Stephanie
Gene Pietragallo
Jason

Greta Blackburn
Miss Russell
Jeff Nicholson
Theatre Usher
Kate Finlayson
Nurse
Rusty McCaskey
Boy in Class
Bill Blackwood
Self
Crews

Anson Williams
Story

Ron Howard
Executive Producer
John A. Kuri
Producer

Anson Williams
Executive Producer
Lee Holdridge
Original Music Composer
Robert C. Jessup
Director of Photography
Robert James Kern
Editor
Bobby Hoffman
Casting
Jack Marty
Art Direction
Lynn Decker
Hairstylist
Gene Hilda
Makeup Artist
Peggy Shannon
Hairstylist
Jimi White
Makeup Artist
Norm Gray
Unit Production Manager
Thomas Herod Jr.
Unit Production Manager

Daniel Attias
Second Assistant Director
Thomas Herod Jr.
Second Assistant Director

Craig Huston
First Assistant Director
John A. Kuri
Second Unit Director
Mike Parsons
Property Master

Gary C. Bourgeois
Sound Mixer
Robert Wald
Sound Mixer
Denis Dutton
Sound Effects
Jack Bennett
Special Effects
Jerry G. Callaway
Second Unit Director of Photography
Robert Driskell
Gaffer
Kerry Rike
Key Grip
Neil Roach
Camera Operator
Philip Sloan
Dolly Grip
Shirley Abrams
Local Casting
Patty McKiernan
Wardrobe Assistant
Daniel P. Hanley
Assistant Editor
Cate Hardman
Assistant Editor
Michael Phillips
Location Manager
Kathy Durning
Music Editor
Candis Waters
Script Supervisor
Alvin Milliken
Transportation Captain
Betty A. Buckley
Production Coordinator

Cheryl Howard
Producer's Assistant
Kelly Wimberly
Production Assistant

Ron Howard
Director
Nancy Sackett
Writer
Backdrops & Posters

