Great WWII Movies.

Jan, 05 2002 | Justice

[Terriergal]

Yep. I was kind of distracted from all those details the first few times by Jude Law though. ;-)

[zygoat]

I watched Windtalkers last night for the first time, about Navaho radio men speaking in thier native tounge to decieve the Japanese while calling in artillery and air strikes. Kinda quirky with Nicolas Cage, but one of the bloodiest war flicks I've ever seen. Cage is a sergeant assigned to protect one of the radiomen.

[Axenolith]

Is the movie "A Bridge Too Far" about the Market Garden fiasco?

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Yes, and if you want to play and learn from one of the finest PC wargames ever made get the Microsoft\Atomic games collaboration "Close Combat - A Bridge to Far". Not only is it a fabulous tactical simulation (and nearly impossible to win as the allies), they went whole hog on adding a huge amount of Market Garden and WWII weapons and vehicle information. The follow up titles "The Russian Front" and "Battle of the Bulge" were excellent too but didn't give as much historical information.

[decimon]

"Well, I liked The Thin Red Line very much, but I guess nobody else did so be warned."

I also liked it but more so on the second viewing. What made it for me was the seasoning of the troops which culminated in their overrunning the Japanese camp.

[wingnuts'nbolts]

Red October.

There is a movie about german troups and American troups who meet at a French Farmhouse where they spend Christmas Eve together, are fed hot food, before they go off to kill each other again. I can't remember the name of the flick.

Up Periscope.

Winds of War.

[wingnuts'nbolts]

I had a friend, Dexter Lishon, who was in that escape. If you submit his name to google you'll find him being shot down over Germany.

[wingnuts'nbolts]

It has aready been mention, the movie title I couldn't remember, Midnight Clear!.

[Axenolith]

That was covered yesterday on "Greatest Raids" on the History Channel!

[Axenolith]

376th Bump!

[ken5050]

I caught the end of the show about the IDF Raid on Entebbe.....most excellent...great graphics....

BTW, haven't read the whole thread...but a rarely shown WW II...great flick..."A Walk in the Sun"...and a marvelous title tune and score, as a bonus...and another fav of mine...."Purple Heart"

[Chapita]

Agree with you, 100%; I had the book but gave it and others to the VA library about 7 years ago.

[My favorite book is "To Kill A Mockingbird", followed up by "The Ugly American".

[cornelis]

Right. It ends in Damascus.

[cornelis]

Was there a right war?

[PAR35]

Your comment about the History Channel show reminded me of a fairly good war movie about RAF Mosquitos 633 Squadron - good flying sequences using real Mosquitos.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

For Napoleonic wars I recommend the 1968 or '69 Russian production of WAR AND PEACE. It's about 8 or 9 hours long.
The first 4 hours is rather boring but the second half(from where Napoleon begins his invasion of Russia) makes up for it.
It makes the Italian version with Henry Fonda look "cheap".

[wardaddy]

Steiner...(Cross of Iron) as well.

Das Boot is in the top 5 of all war movies period.

[stumpy]

The pianist is a true story, and an excellant book.

[okie01]

"That [Highest Honor] was covered yesterday on "Greatest Raids" on the History Channel!"

Did they include the trial, sentencing and shocking conclusion? To me, this was the real stunner. That the Japanese, in granting the raiders "the highest honor" they could bestow, executed the sentences as they did.

The movie was, truly, a study in cultures.