Of the Epic Films Made

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26-09-21, 16:08
Cleve van Leef

Of the Epic Films Made

Is this the best

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ccVu992CYE
26-09-21, 16:34
JumpersforGoalposts

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Originally Posted by Cleve van Leef

Is this the best

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ccVu992CYE

No
26-09-21, 16:37
SLUDGE FACTORY

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There are many great films

There is no greatest ever film

The Great Escape is a good film
26-09-21, 16:38
cardiff55

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No
26-09-21, 16:41
JumpersforGoalposts

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

There are many great films

There is no greatest ever film

The Great Escape is a good film

Indeed, but probably just a "top ten" WWII based movie and certainly IMHO well behind the likes of Schindler's List, Bridge on the River Kwai, and Saving Private Ryan.
27-09-21, 13:40
SLUDGE FACTORY

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Originally Posted by JumpersforGoalposts

Indeed, but probably just a "top ten" WWII based movie and certainly IMHO well behind the likes of Schindler's List, Bridge on the River Kwai, and Saving Private Ryan.

A Bridge Too Far

Where Eagles Dare
27-09-21, 13:56
stan butler

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Originally Posted by Cleve van Leef

Is this the best

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ccVu992CYE

It has to be up there
27-09-21, 14:01
stan butler

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Originally Posted by Cleve van Leef

Is this the best

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ccVu992CYE

One scene that stuck with me was from an old war film. Near the end of the film two soldiers had to run zig zag across fields to get to safety whilst the japs were behind shooting at them. Any idea what the film was called? :thumbup:
27-09-21, 14:53
A Quiet Monkfish

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Originally Posted by Cleve van Leef

Is this the best

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ccVu992CYE

My uncle was in Stalag Luff 3. Knew nothing about the tunnels until the night before the break out, and was given a slip of paper with '203' written on it - sadly, but also fortuitously the tunnel was discovered well before it was his turn.
27-09-21, 14:57
BLUETIT

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https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=yo...qwOt-kr3GJ9VkM
27-09-21, 15:00
BLUETIT

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yjEcOkwV2MU
27-09-21, 15:45
Taunton Blue Genie

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Regarding some of the fiction woven into the film:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-...-mark/10911138
27-09-21, 16:12
ToTaL ITK

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If you're a flag waving Brit, then yes its probably the best movie ever made
27-09-21, 17:30
tforturton

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Hardly an epic. 'Ben Hur' is an epic, or 'Spartacus'.
The Great Escape is okay for a quiet Sunday afternoon, but an epic it is not.
27-09-21, 17:46
Jordi Culé

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Originally Posted by stan butler

One scene that stuck with me was from an old war film. Near the end of the film two soldiers had to run zig zag across fields to get to safety whilst the japs were behind shooting at them. Any idea what the film was called? :thumbup:

Too Late The Hero
27-09-21, 17:46
The Bloop

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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie

Regarding some of the fiction woven into the film:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-...-mark/10911138

Several Hollywood backed WWII based films made at the time exaggerated the roles of American personnel in the stories, partly to give the actors a higher profile and hopefully a greater box office return.
The Great Escape being a classic example.
27-09-21, 17:51
Taunton Blue Genie

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Originally Posted by The Bloop

Several Hollywood backed WWII based films made at the time exaggerated the roles of American personnel in the stories, partly to give the actors a higher profile and hopefully a greater box office return.
The Great Escape being a classic example.

Absolutely, Steve McQueen's role being a perfect example.
27-09-21, 18:33
bobh

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Originally Posted by stan butler

One scene that stuck with me was from an old war film. Near the end of the film two soldiers had to run zig zag across fields to get to safety whilst the japs were behind shooting at them. Any idea what the film was called? :thumbup:

Too Late The Hero.

Great film. Michael Caine and a yank whose name escapes me

Just seen already answered. :facepalm:
27-09-21, 18:48
bobh

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Originally Posted by The Bloop

Several Hollywood backed WWII based films made at the time exaggerated the roles of American personnel in the stories, partly to give the actors a higher profile and hopefully a greater box office return.
The Great Escape being a classic example.

In the 60s the yanks even made a series called "The Rat Patrol" about an American unit called the Desert Rats fighting Rommel in North Africa.
British TV cancelled it afer protests just a couple of episodes into its run.
27-09-21, 20:37
Ivortheengine

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The Boat. Classic war film viewed from a German angle.
Failing that Wallace And Gromit- The Wrong Trousers.
27-09-21, 20:43
light up the darkness

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Originally Posted by bobh

In the 60s the yanks even made a series called "The Rat Patrol" about an American unit called the Desert Rats fighting Rommel in North Africa.
British TV cancelled it afer protests just a couple of episodes into its run.

I remember my father jumping up and down about the ‘bloody yanks’ and their fairy stories in North Africa
27-09-21, 20:48
jon1959

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Originally Posted by The Bloop

Several Hollywood backed WWII based films made at the time exaggerated the roles of American personnel in the stories, partly to give the actors a higher profile and hopefully a greater box office return.
The Great Escape being a classic example.

'U571' had the Americans capturing the enigma machine from a German U Boat and turning the tide of WW2.

Only they didn't.

It got high ratings from the reviewers in the USA but was panned here for re-writing history and stealing someone else's achievement.
28-09-21, 03:20
the other bob wilson

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I’d say the Great Escape would not even get in my top 1,000 epic films.

John Wayne won the Second World War didn’t he?
28-09-21, 03:47
Elwood Blues

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Originally Posted by Cleve van Leef

Is this the best

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ccVu992CYE

These are three of my favourite scenes scenes from three of the old style epic's also from the sixties

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjmbgZ2wZvk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ILqbD6XXkA&t=23s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKCmyiljKo0&t=11s

oh and of course an alternative cut of the last one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T481yh1KiY
28-09-21, 05:05
The Bloop

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Originally Posted by light up the darkness

I remember my father jumping up and down about the ‘bloody yanks’ and their fairy stories in North Africa

My dad would but he refuses to watch them.
28-09-21, 06:25
AfricanBluebird

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

A Bridge Too Far

Where Eagles Dare

Where Eagles Dare is one of Burtons finest moments.

"A hole, is a hole, is a hole"

Love everything about that film and I am not typically a 'war film' kinda person
28-09-21, 15:58
light up the darkness

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Originally Posted by The Bloop

My dad would but he refuses to watch them.

He said”I was in North African for 2 and a half years, saw lots Germans and Italians but the only time I saw a yank was when we were being shipped to Italy when most of the serious fighting was over”

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