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pbrowne -> RE: War film never mentioned... (10/26/2020 3:49:28 AM)
Hell is for Heroes (1962) starring Steve McQueen. Great film, slightly on the dark side with McQueen playing a bitter loner. Apparently most of the actors hated the film due to poor budgeting and bad props. Apparently McQueen's Grease Gun kept jamming in the film, and it wasn't scripted, but due to badly made blanks.

wodin -> RE: War film never mentioned... (10/26/2020 1:03:01 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: pbrowne quote: ORIGINAL: pkpowers Check out Murphys War with Peter o tool ; it has the most ironic ending in any war movie Great film! Possibly the only film ever to feature a Grumman OA-12 Duck. Did you know that Peter O'Toole was married to his co-star Siân Phillips for 12 years before the film release in 1971? They went on together to make Goodbye Mr Chips, though O'Toole was always bitter to Phillips (they married when she was very pregnant to another man). Phillips later went on to play the wicked Livia, Augustus' wife in I Claudius. Love Goodbye to Mr Chips..the black and white version.

warspite1 -> RE: War film never mentioned... (10/26/2020 1:34:08 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: wodin quote: ORIGINAL: pbrowne quote: ORIGINAL: pkpowers Check out Murphys War with Peter o tool ; it has the most ironic ending in any war movie Great film! Possibly the only film ever to feature a Grumman OA-12 Duck. Did you know that Peter O'Toole was married to his co-star Siân Phillips for 12 years before the film release in 1971? They went on together to make Goodbye Mr Chips, though O'Toole was always bitter to Phillips (they married when she was very pregnant to another man). Phillips later went on to play the wicked Livia, Augustus' wife in I Claudius. Love Goodbye to Mr Chips..the black and white version. warspite1 I think I've only seen the O'Toole/Clark version. A very good film - but a bit of a tear-jerker.

MrsWargamer -> RE: War film never mentioned... (1/27/2021 2:37:40 PM)
Remember, we are discussing/discovering old classics. It's not the time period of the subject, but the time period the film was created in. The recent Midway film was neat visually, and a lot different feeling than the older film, but often, it's the age the film was made in that made it memorable. After watching The Battle of the Coral Sea, I find it hard to like if you watched it for the battle (which was horribly accomplished). I liked watching The Graf Spee film Battle of the River Plate, but the vessels used in the film were of course not ideal. We kinda sank the German navy. Not much left to use in the film. The Sink the Bismarck film is a better looking film I suppose. I don't recall much in naval film for the Mediterranean. There must be something out there that isn't documentary.

RFalvo69 -> RE: War film never mentioned... (1/27/2021 6:51:13 PM)
S.O.S. Submarine (1941) Uomini sul fondo (original title) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034346/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 The crew of an Italian sub is trapped in the hull after a collision. Heroism ensues. This movie was made with a real submarine crew instead of professional actor, and as fascist propaganda. The story, however, has nothing especially "fascist" in it and can be labeled as "universal". La nave bianca (1941) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033941/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 Made by Roberto Rossellini, it is the story of an hospital ship during the war. Once again no professional actors were employed, but the real crew of an Italian hospital ship. A naval battle in the movie is re-enacted by splicing together real footage from the Battle of Punta Stilo and the Battle of Cape Teulada (here you can see a rare reconstruction of what happened inside a ship involved in a naval battle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krFxUrZsYqw&ab_channel=alex84roma) Once again, the actions shown could belong to any ship from any nation in WWII (and the movie actually shows the battle in a realistic, not "glorious" way).

RedLancer -> RE: War film never mentioned... (1/27/2021 7:18:51 PM)
Breaker Morant (1980) ...all I need to say is that if you visit this forum and haven't seen this film then you should... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNrTAxJttwE

RFalvo69 -> RE: War film never mentioned... (1/27/2021 8:28:30 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RedLancer Breaker Morant (1980) ...all I need to say is that if you visit this forum and haven't seen this film then you should... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNrTAxJttwE Is it about the struggle of common people who talk about a pandemic and internet censorship while trying not to become political? [:'(]

IslandInland -> RE: War film never mentioned... (1/28/2021 10:11:50 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RedLancer Breaker Morant (1980) ...all I need to say is that if you visit this forum and haven't seen this film then you should... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNrTAxJttwE Great film. Another one I watched with my dad as a kid but only came to realise how great a film it is when I got older. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx7y4RjgiBc Soldiers of the Queen. Sung by Edward Woodward. ^ SPOILERS. IF YOU WANNA WATCH THE MOVIE DON'T WATCH THIS.

warspite1 -> RE: War film never mentioned... (1/29/2021 5:45:43 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RedLancer Breaker Morant (1980) ...all I need to say is that if you visit this forum and haven't seen this film then you should... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNrTAxJttwE warspite1 Thanks for posting. I hadn't realised it was available on YouTube and hadn't seen that in many, many years. A very good film, well acted - though as with many such films one should take many elements of it with a pinch of salt if looking for historical accuracy.

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