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The fellow rendering aid looks like an American actor whos name escapes me.
That's Van Johnson helping Ricardo Montalbán in Battleground. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battleground_(film)
He shoulda fireman carried his buddy back to their lines instead of stuffing him under the jeep. If I'd have time to haul my *** outa there, I'd sure as heck have time to haul my buddy out too. Just thinking about what happened next.
Haven't seen that one Mark. The other one's OK though.
Battle Ground is a good film - notes belowQuote:
Originally Posted by browningautorifle
Screenwriter Robert Pirosh based this story on his experiences as an infantryman during the Battle of the Bulge. Pirosh did not serve with the 101st Airborne and wanted to create a script that was faithful to their experiences. He used his first hand knowledge of the battle to write the script. This was done with the blessing of General McAuliffe, who was commanding the 101st during Bastogne. Consequently many of the incidents in the film - such as Pvt. Kippton's habit of always losing his false teeth, or the Mexican soldier from Los Angeles who had never seen snow until he got to Belgium - that have always been derided as "typical Hollywood phony baloney" actually happened.
20 veterans of the 101st Airborne who fought in the Bastogne area were hired to train the actors and were also used as extras.
Douglas Fowley, who plays Pvt. Kippton (he of the continually lost false teeth) served in the Navy in the South Pacific in World War II and lost all his own teeth in an explosion aboard his aircraft carrier during battle.
James Arness, who has a minor role as division member Garby, served in World War II and is the most decorated of the actors in the film. He received the Bronze Star; the Purple Heart; the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with three bronze campaign stars; the World War II Victory Medal and the Combat Infantryman Badge for his service.
In an interview released shortly after the film came out James Whitmore said that he based his appearance and his attitude partly on Bill Mauldin's famous "Willie and Joe" cartoons that appeared in the "Stars and Stripes" newspaper, popular with servicemen during WW2.James Whitmore, served in the Marine Corps. during World War II.
That part was even in the credits. It would have been of aid when the drill scene was filmed. They had them interspersed with the actors. But still, drill is just drill. I taught many men that had been civvies a week before... It would have been harder for Whitmore who had to give it. Lots of good scenes in that one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark in Rochester
Anyone know from whence my avatar came ?
Chris
I never forget a face. Names are becoming a diffrent story.
I always knew that one too. It's the second the sun breaks through the clouds and the aircraft start doing runs...(James Whitmore)Quote:
Originally Posted by emmagee1917
James WhitmoreQuote:
Originally Posted by emmagee1917
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Mmmm... Bill, wrecked jeep... Bill, wrecked jeep... ??? :madsmile:
Bob
Bill would have it...
Heck yeah I would. Okay, here's the deal with this jeep; it is, of course, a prop but somewhere there is a picture of this same jeep, from the movie, from the very rear looking forward. In that picture one can clearly see all the gauges and speedometer have been removed and IIRC the transmission floor cover is gone revealing that the transmission has been removed as well. The rear wheel is not a WWII jeep combat wheel and neither is the axle it's attached to. Just a couple of observations ;) And yes, I'm really bad about pointing such discrepancies out during the movie :D
Yeah, me two. I just pointed out an M-14 to my wife in Patton, besides the Walker Bulldog and Patton tanks. Of course, the Jeeps were all over the map in that one.
Bob
"sun breaks through the clouds and the aircraft start doing runs" Hub Zemke and his Jugs :)
"besides the Walker Bulldog" Ah, the M41, the Corvette of tanks -- 76mm gun, fast -- last tank with sticks instead of a wheel.
The absolute worst motion picture of all time for for vehicle authenticity was "In Harms Way" with John Wayne. The story of Pearl Harbor being attacked that had M151's, M35's and M37s, all Vietnam era vehicles. In fact I don't believe there was even one WWII vehicle in the picture. I'm surprised they didn't have F4 Phantoms, A-6 Intruders and B52s flying sorties in that movie! :rofl:
I hesitate to mention it because as war movies go it's possibly the worst I"ve seen, but Pearl Harbor. I love when the Japanese planes strafe and bomb the three Aeges Cruisers tied up together.
How was the vehicle accuracy in A Bridge Too Far?
It wasn't bad but it wasn't great. Considering what they had to work with it was quite good. IIRC there was an M37 in it as a German troop truck and of course the tanks were all wrong. I'll have to dig it out now and watch it :)Quote:
Originally Posted by SA M1Dom
Other than the C-47s the aircraft were all wrong. There were eleven C-47s from around the world used to film the movie. Interestingly, they couldn't get airworthiness certificates for their gliders, even though they were either actual Horsas and Wacos or exact replicas. Seems the British Air Ministry finally came to the conclusion that neither were airworthy! Then a windstorm damaged the lot so it was all done on the ground. The Spit is a period-acurate Mk.IX. The fighters are simply T-6 Texans modified to look a little like P-47 Thunderbolts but the result actually looks more like Brewster Buffaloes. A Taylorcraft Auster III played itself as the liaison plane.
Someone else can answer for the ground vehicles. There are shots where you can see tanks moving but the tracks aren't moving at the speed they are moving (or at all) so you look closer and see tires underneath. Clearly some fiberglass replicas mixed in. The German tanks were later German Leopard I tanks.
Bob
A Bridge Too Far is one of my favorite movies. Miss the days of the epic war film where almost all the major stars in Hollywood were in it. The only problem is every time I see it. The musical score dances in my head for like a week.