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First trailer for Hacksaw Ridge (New movie from Mel Gibson about MoH Winner Desmond Doss)
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Posted on 07/28/2016 12:47:42 PM PDT by Callahan

Mel Gibson is nuts but he's a hell of a director. Desmond Doss was a Seventh Day Adventist conscientious objector in WWII to who was awarded the Medal of Honor for rescuing 75 casualties despite refusing to carry a weapon.


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: films; gibson; movies; trailers; ww2
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To: Callahan

Damn! Braveheart is my favorite movie.
I think it’s got competition! I’ll go to the theater for this one!!!! I went all girl and got major teary eyed during the dang trailer.


21 posted on 07/28/2016 3:25:01 PM PDT by lizma2
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To: Callahan

Mel Gibson is one of my favorite actors. All that tabloid junk has NEVER bothered me. Like me, he’s no angel but I still like the man.


22 posted on 07/28/2016 3:28:29 PM PDT by Randy Larsen (Trump, or no more republicans)
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To: mad_as_he$$

What an honor to know such a man. The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom and these men had it in spades. To think that American children are now taught that bravery is a man wearing a dress is beyond comprehension. Mel may be a crazy apostate, but he knows how to make a great American film.


23 posted on 07/28/2016 3:48:56 PM PDT by antidisestablishment (If those who defend our freedom do not know liberty, none of us will have either.)
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To: mad_as_he$$

Wow so you knew him! I just watched an oral history from the man himself on YouTube. Must have been something else to hear that in person.


24 posted on 07/28/2016 4:05:51 PM PDT by Callahan
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To: Callahan

How is Gibson “nuts”? Just because he said some dumb things while drunk? Hardly the first. It’s ridiculous what this genius has been put through.


25 posted on 07/28/2016 4:06:53 PM PDT by montag813
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To: panzerkamphwageneinz

Read the whole story and really feel small and insignificant.

http://www.badassoftheweek.com/index.cgi?id=528487830784


26 posted on 07/28/2016 5:09:43 PM PDT by oldvirginian (Live free or die!)
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To: SES1066

If “winner” was good enough for George , it’s good enough for me.

A lot of people argue that a person is a “winner” only in the lottery or a game of pure chance. Of course, that’s preposterous. A man wins a fight. A man wins a fair lady. A nation wins a war.


27 posted on 07/28/2016 5:55:48 PM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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To: Arthur McGowan

George Bailey.


28 posted on 07/28/2016 7:38:07 PM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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To: Callahan

Finally, a movie for adults. Not a superhero costume in sight (unless you count Army green). I guess I’ll slouch out of my cave come November—hopefully amidst the glow of a recent Trump victory.


29 posted on 07/28/2016 11:36:07 PM PDT by Rastus (#NeverHillary #AlwaysTrump)
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