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Great WWII Movies.
Jan, 05 2002
| Justice
Posted on 01/05/2003 7:48:31 PM PST by Justice
My wife and I just finished "Band of Brothers" and "Guns of Navarone". Two WWII movies which we both enjoyed very much. Please post any recommendations that any of you have for more movies of the same ilk. Many thanks!
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To: Justice
Oh, and one other, "The Devil's Brigade". Not the most accurate account of the combination of Canadian and American soldiers that formed the 1st Special Service Force, but at least it shows that there was an SF before John Wayne.
To: Justice
Take it from an old movie buff,my short list is- Battleground, this is a great flick about guys in the battle of the Bulge next Bataan and a real goodie is Go For Broke , its about the 442nd-Nisei. I got a million of em but these are some of the best.
To: Justice
Interesting take on Vietnam..."A Bright Shining Lie" with Bill Paxton.
Concerns the early years of Vietnam.
To: Justice
Good WWI movie..."Gallipoli" with Mel Gibson.
To: Justice
These are the war movies I've seen and enjoyed: "The Great Escape", "The Bridge At Remagen", "Saving Private Ryan", "Band Of Brothers", "Tora Tora Tora", "The Guns Of Navarone", "A Bridge Too Far", "Von Ryan's Express", "Stalag 17", "Hart's War", "The Big Red One", "The Longest Day", "The Green Berets", "Das Boot", "Midway", "The Devils Brigade", "Enemy At The Gates", "Hamburger Hill", "Full Metal Jacket", "Platoon", "Red Dawn", &"Black Hawk Down"
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01/05/2003 8:22:08 PM PST
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flynhghr
To: Justice
The Sands of Iwojima
To: okie01
"Bridge On The River Kwai" is a good movie but full of historical and factuak errors.
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01/05/2003 8:24:45 PM PST
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flynhghr
To: flynhghr
One of the best Marine Movies is Battle Cry. I read an article the other day saying the movie " 12 Oclock High" was probably the best movie ever made of the 8th Air Forch.
A Band of Brothers is a lot better in the book, I suppose there was just too much going on to put in a movie.
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To: cornelis
"Lawrence of Arabia" T.E. Lawrence whipped the Arabs into a homo-erotic frenzy and whipped the Turks during World War I.
I'll go out on a big limb and say Casablanca.
To: Justice; Hazzardgate
To: rubofthebrush
"my short list is- Battleground, this is a great flick about guys in the battle of the Bulge..." Battleground, 101st Airborne troops trapped in Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge.
Starred Van Johnson and John Hodiak, won two Oscars (1950) and was nominated for four others.
Certainly one of the top war films of all time.
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01/05/2003 8:27:41 PM PST
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okie01
To: Ciexyz
Enemy at the Gates (2001) starring Joseph Fiennes and Jude Law. Big budget European movie about Soviet snipers at the Battle of Stalingrad. Ed Harris played the Nazi sniper who tries to flush out his Soviet counterpart. This is available for rental at the video stores. That was a great film.
To: guitfiddlist
In a related point, as we speak, there is a WWII In Color documentary on the P-47 Jug - as involved in the air war over Germany. Thanks for the heads-up... that WWII in Color stuff is all good.
Check out this P-47 pilot's journals
To: BooBoo1000
I agree that the book "Band of Brothers" is better than the movie, but most of the time books are.
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01/05/2003 8:29:14 PM PST
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flynhghr
To: Justice
Hey, what was the one with John Wayne, Dana Andrews, Jimmy Stewart, Telly Sevalas, Gina Lollobrigida, Alan Deloin, Gabby Hayes, Brigitte Bardot, Fabian, Frankie Avalon, Horst Buchholz, Yves Montand, Barabara Stanwyck, Jayne Mansfield, Stewart Granger, Sidney Poitier, with the theme song written by Henry Mancini and sung by Johnny Mathis? Yeah, that's the one! Great, wasn't it?! I wish they had had Paul Newman and Rod Steiiger in it too!
To: fso301
Cross of Iron
Das Boot
Two great ones. Cross of Iron is my favorite. ;0)
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01/05/2003 8:30:52 PM PST
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cibco
To: Justice
Hanoi Hilton-Michael Moriarty
Hamburger Hill-The most realistic Viet Nam war movie. The other trash (Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, Deer Hunter, Apocalypse Now) can't compare, if real Viet Nam battles interest you.
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01/05/2003 8:30:55 PM PST
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VMI70
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To: Missouri
"It was a pretty grim movie and showed that the German Navy was the least nazi-fied of their military branches."
I agree Das Boot was a great, dark movie. Not sure I agree with the quote above. From what I've read, a good many of the U-Boat commanders were pretty fanatic Nazis.
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01/05/2003 8:33:18 PM PST
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kms61
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