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Posted: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 - 12:10 AM UTC
"Empire of the Sun"
Just a great flick. The outdoor cinematography rocked.
"P-51 Cadillac of the sky!!" Anyone who saw that kid jumping up and down on the roof when the 'stang pilot did the wing waggle and didn't well up had to try pretty hard not to.
Shaun
Oh, and Christain Bale who played Jim in the movie,
Is currently playing this guy:
See, you get bonus movie trivia.
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Posted: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 - 12:38 AM UTC
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"P-51 Cadillac of the sky!!" Anyone who saw that kid jumping up and down on the roof when the 'stang pilot did the wing waggle and didn't well up had to pretty hard.
Same with the beginning of A Bridge to Far, when the boy cycles down the path and the Recce Spitfire comes over at tree top height and waggles his wings after the boy waves at him..... Goosebumps as I type..
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Posted: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 - 12:48 AM UTC
Yes, 'Empire of the sun' really caught the mood of the war in the east, and the experiences of western civilians caught up in the mayhem.
'Saving Private Ryan' and 'Band of Brothers' probably caught the most realistic impression of war in all its severity and tragic consequencies. The film with the biggest impact on the brutallity of war and genocide has to be 'Schindlers List'
These are perhaps the best films but paradoxicly not films I would watch very often due to their intensity.
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Posted: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 - 03:59 AM UTC
the pianist is very,very good (which means it is depressing because it is set in the Warsaw Ghetto). Band of Brothers was a very good mini series. Das Boot is very good.
cheers
Philip
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Posted: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 - 04:49 AM UTC
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Just thought of another I enjoy watching:
Jame Witmore---- Battleground......
Bob Mitchum, and Kurt Jurgens........ The Enemy Below......
John Wayne----- On Wings of Eagles.
and how about---- On a Wing and a Prayer? Again the book was 100% better...LOL
I'm sure I'll come up with a few others...... but don't wish to overtax my senile brain....... :-) :-) :-)
I was wondering when somebody would mention Battleground. It's on my top ten list.
For the record here is my list.
Saving Private Ryan, with all it's flaws
The Great Escape
Patton, also flawed but very good.
Das Boot
The Longest Day
Battleground
The Cruel Sea
Twelve O'Clock High
Battle of Britain
I also like what somebody once called Guilty Pleasures.
Kelly's Heroes
Operation Petticoat. More based on fact than many people give it credit for. For instance the bit about sinking the truck kind of happened.
The Dirty Dozen
1941. also based very much on fact.
By the way, just out of curiosity, shouldn't both this post and the "worst movie" post be in the Movies forum, not off topic?
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Posted: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 - 06:06 AM UTC
Hi there
3 films come to mind:
Theirs Is The Glory - actual Arhnem combatants went back to re-enact the battle.
Plus the previously mentioned Stalingrad and Das Boot.
All the best
Rowan
P.S. And despite all its problems - The Battle of Britain! I could just watch those aircraft all day!
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Posted: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 - 06:58 AM UTC
Hi all!
Rowan, have you heard about the movie
Dark Blue World from Jan Sverak?
It's a movie about Cezch pilots enlisting in the RAF during the Battle of Britain. It's the usual "two guys fighting for a woman" story but the movie is quit good despite the fact that the Spitfires are not always the accurate versions...
My list would be:
Band of brothers
The Longest Day
Stalingrad
Baa Baa Black Sheep (the serie)
... and Dark Blue world!
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Posted: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 - 07:10 AM UTC
Hi Jean-Luc
I watched Dark Blue World the other week and it included some aerial footage from "The Battle of Britain".
I was knocked out flying back from Greece a few weeks ago; the weather was clear and we were kept in a holding pattern over Biggin Hill and Kenley... looking out towards the coast, you could see the entire 11 Group "battlefied". It's a sight I'll never forget.
All the best
Rowan
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Posted: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 - 07:20 AM UTC
I forgot about Guns of Navarone... I loved that one. I remember watching that and Sands of Iwo Jima with my Dad when I was little. I'm going to have to add those to my Netflix queue now.
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Posted: Thursday, July 14, 2005 - 12:03 AM UTC
Hey Henk!
YES, YES, YES; I remember "Het meisje met het rode haar"
(What's the English translation?
The redhead? :-) )
That's a Dutch classic resistance movie. I hope for everybody that pearl is translated for international market and if not, you guys are missing something indeed!
There are some very good Dutch productions, although I saw the DVD of the series of "Oorlogswinter" (War Winter) but that was dissapointing a bit.
BTW did anybody mentioned
TOUR OF DUTY allready?
When I was 16 (long time a go) I could not miss a single episode. Purcell, the serg, LT, man it was great. Specially the first series where super.
Still here Rolling Stones "Paint it black" !
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Posted: Thursday, July 14, 2005 - 12:23 AM UTC
Yes, Rodger, it should be over in the "Movies" forums I guess. But everyone is having so much fun here I didn't want to move it...
Shaun
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Posted: Thursday, July 14, 2005 - 01:35 AM UTC
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Hey Henk!
YES, YES, YES; I remember "Het meisje met het rode haar"
(What's the English translation? The redhead? )
That's a Dutch classic resistance movie. I hope for everybody that pearl is translated for international market and if not, you guys are missing something indeed!
Renee van Suitendijk (als ik me haar naam correct herriner..
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Posted: Thursday, July 14, 2005 - 08:26 AM UTC
OK... a few more winners in my book:
Stalag 17
The Wooden Horse
A Man called Intrepid
The Man Who Never Was
Glory
The Paths of Glory
12 O'clock High
Joe
A Soldier's Story
Yangtze Incident
And to get the blood boiling............
Frances goes to war......... :-) :-) :-)
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Posted: Thursday, July 14, 2005 - 09:00 AM UTC
Der Untergang -new one about the lastdays in berlin
Das Boot - the long version in german
Stalingrad -based on the books of Sven Hazel
Band of Brothers -goes without saying
And ...Kellys Heros for the hell of it! :-)
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Posted: Thursday, July 14, 2005 - 06:28 PM UTC
Hi all
Of course, we mustn't forget the immortal "Blockheads".
All the best
Rowan
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Posted: Friday, July 15, 2005 - 03:50 AM UTC
My List is:
Saving Private Ryan
The Longest Day
The Great Escape
A Bridge To Far
Big Red One (reconstruction)
Hunt For Red October (no one mentioned this?)
Das Boot
Best comedy: Battle of the Bulge for when I need a good laugh.
Grumpy remember the 4:30 movie? They had the best theme weeks!
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Posted: Friday, July 15, 2005 - 04:33 AM UTC
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Grumpy remember the 4:30 movie? They had the best theme weeks!
I think this was just in the Los Angeles area but one station there used to have the "Million Dollar Movie." They'd show the same move each week night at about 7:00. At the beginning of the show they'd have somebody introduce it, and at each station break they'd show these props from the movie. Like for Mr Roberts they'd show a palm tree, and naval commander's cap, a bottle of coke, etc. If you missed the movie one night, or really liked it, you could see it any of the other times.
Back for a moment to Battle of the Bulge. I did really like it when I saw it the first time in a theater in Hollywood, the Cinerama Dome. They had this big set made up in the lobby. I can't recall all what they had but it was like props from the movie. It made going to the movie more of an event.
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Posted: Friday, July 15, 2005 - 05:59 AM UTC
Rodger, we also had Million Dollar Movie, channel 9 (WOR) out of NY, came on about the same time Monday to Friday, 4:30, and again at night, if I recall it was 8 or 9 PM, and ran all day Saturday and Sunday afternoon.
Hey thanks for the reminder.....
Mr. Roberts..... still one of my favorites........
When "A Bridge Too Far" opened by me, they had all these restored vehicles outside in the parking lot, the reinactors, and of course, the the Army recuiter, and National Guard recuiters.........
Great thinking..... let me go watch the Brits get slaughtered, and run out to enlist........
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Posted: Friday, July 15, 2005 - 06:10 AM UTC
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Hunt For Red October (no one mentioned this?)
I always thought it was too bad that they never made Red Storm Rising, Flight of the Old Dog, and Team Yankee into a movie.
Those just beg for CGI.
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Posted: Friday, July 15, 2005 - 12:32 PM UTC
I guess "band of Brothers" and "Saving private Ryan" would be typical of favorite area in WW2.
But extending the list would be "Blackhawk down", "Michael Collins" and "the wild geese".
Love these 5 films.
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Posted: Friday, July 15, 2005 - 01:08 PM UTC
Steven we have the same reading lists. Could you imagine how long Red Storm Rising movie would have to be to match half the book?
Team Yankee another favorite!
Sorry for the off topic rant.
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Posted: Friday, July 15, 2005 - 01:40 PM UTC
hey guys there are some great movies mentioned so far and I wish I could sit down and watch them all again.
But I don't think I have seen "Enemy At The Gates" mentioned yet.
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hey guys there are some great movies mentioned so far and I wish I could sit down and watch them all again.
But I don't think I have seen "Enemy At The Gates" mentioned yet.
Hello Neil!
It was posted under the name
Stalingrad Jean-Luc
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Posted: Friday, July 15, 2005 - 08:32 PM UTC
Frank, thank for reminding me 'Michael Collins'...
It is an excellent peace of work!
Remembering the scene with that armoured car driving up to the middle of the soccer (or rugby?) field and start shooting at the public and players just because they where Irish still makes my blood boil again
Paul
