Extra Memorial Day Favorite Films Thread - Revolution to World War One

sonofatpatcher2 ^ | may 31, 2004 | sonofatpatcher2

[top of the world ma]

You're doing a great job with all these movie threads. You're cup runneth over. :) You put a lot of time and effort into it, we can all tell. Thanks!

Don't miss The Beast if you can find it. It's about the Mujahadeen with one RPG tracking a lone, lost Soviet tank in the Afghan widerness.

No Man's Land is subtitled.

[sonofatpatcher2]

Yes, I've seen The Beast of War (1988) and found it to be a pretty good film. It was originally titled "Motherland" and George Dzundza has bragged it is one of his best films.

BTW, I read William Mastrosimone's screenplay back in 1986 on one of my jaunts to Hollywood... It had a harsher tone if you can believe it?

[The Scourge of Yazid]

That's one of those movies that was nominated for an Academy Award, which I actually want to see.

I don't know if you can help me with this, but there was some film about a young raj in India who was the target of an assassination plot by fanatical jihadis.

I'm not sure, but Katherine Hepburn might have starred in it, along with a few other less notable actors.

The only reason I bring this particular film up, is because it was rebroadcast about a week after 9/11 on one of my PBS stations. Personally, I think that the timing couldn't have been more perfect.

There are two scenes in particular: One that involves a relentless suicide charge on the ramparts of a British fort, and the other, which involves the wholesale slaughter of passengers on an Indian train.

I may be conflating several story-lines from completely separate movies, so I'd appreciate some assistance.

Perhaps you could alert some of the movie buffs on FR and ask them if they recognize anything I've just mentioned.

Thanks!

[nuconvert]

"Gone with the Wind"

"The Time of Their Lives"

[sonofatpatcher2]

Yes, one of Abbott & Costello's funnier works!

Along with Buck Privates (1941), In the Navy (1941), Keep 'Em Flying (1941), Buck Privates Come Home (1947) and Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950).

[sonofatpatcher2]

Re: I don't know if you can help me with this, but there was some film about a young raj in India who was the target of an assassination plot by fanatical jihadis. I'm not sure, but Katherine Hepburn might have starred in it, along with a few other less notable actors.

Just checked the Kate Hepburn site at IMDb http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000031/ and found nothing like that. Kate was a Chineese named Jade in Dragon Seed (1944).

Could you possibley be thinking of Bhowani Junction (1956) http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0049007/

BTW, Stewart Granger made one of the best sword fighting films of all time: Scaramouche (1952) and Ava Gardner was the Number 2 major Hollywood babe of all time!

[The Scourge of Yazid]

You could be right about that.

It was definitely filmed pre-60s, that's one thing I'm certain of.

I wish I could think of the title, but to be honest, I haven't watched the movie in its entirety.

Thanks for the help!

[bravo whiskey]

The Lighthorsemen, the Australian Mounted Infantry at Beersheba in ww1

[dougherty]

My favorite non WWII war movie is Master and Commander. I also like the Horatio Hornblower movies from A&E.

[dougherty]

How could I forget Gallipoli?!? Yes, I realize I probably mispelled it. That one is good as Master and Commander in my book.

[sonofatpatcher2]

And I forgot "Anzacs" (1985) (WW1 miniseries) with Paul Hogan, Gallipoli (1981) & Attack Force Z (1982) with Mel Gibson and Breaker Morant with Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson and Bryan Brown.

Will ya'll forgive me down under?

[sonofatpatcher2]

Re: "My favorite non WWII war movie is Master and Commander. I also like the Horatio Hornblower movies from A&E."

Check out Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951) http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0043379/ for Greg Peck in a very faithful portrayal to C.S. Foster's books. Don't get me wrong, the A&E Hornblower miniseries is excellent.

[sonofatpatcher2]

BTW The Devil's Brigade is now showing on Turner Classic Movies...

[Ciexyz]

....there was some film about a young raj in India who was the target of an assassination plot by radical jihadis.

Hmmm....I can't pinpoint this particular film, but the scene about slaughter of passengers on a train makes me think of "Gandhi" starring Ben Kingsley. Gandhi if you remember had to deal with warring Hindu and Moslem factions as the nation became independent.

Another excellent miniseries about colonial India was "The Far Pavilions" (circa 1985) starring Amy Irving.

[The Scourge of Yazid]

Thanks for the suggestions.

Though the film I'm thinking of is definitely not the film starring Ben Kingsley and Candice Bergen.

I've always been amazed by the fact that Ben Kingsley-to my knowledge-is the only true superstar actor to have come out of India.

Considering the fact that Bollywood produces more films on a per capita basis than any other part of the world-with the possible exception of Hong Kong-you would figure that there would a lot more Indian actors, and perhaps a director besides Mira Nair.

[nuconvert]

Hold That Ghost.