I saw an original 35mm cinematic release copy last winter, and unfortunately, all but the last 25 minutes were washed out red. It destroyed all the visual impact. I felt very bad for people in the audience that had never seen the film before.
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The Director's Cut is my favorite. I don't like the narration at all even though it provides some nice backstory to what is going on.
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Hell Is for Heroes (1962): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056062/ Steve McQueen, James Coburn, Fess Parker, and Bob Newhart in his first movie role, playing Bob Newhart.
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Originally Posted By: wheelsup_cavu
Hell Is for Heroes (1962): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056062/ Steve McQueen, James Coburn, Fess Parker, and Bob Newhart in his first movie role, playing Bob Newhart.
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Interesting that James Coburn was in this and then about 15 years later he played a German soldier in "Cross of Iron".
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
Hell Is for Heroes (1962): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056062/ Steve McQueen, James Coburn, Fess Parker, and Bob Newhart in his first movie role, playing Bob Newhart.
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One of my favorite WW II films.
You should also check this one out if you haven't:
The Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) with John Wayne. Surprisingly good for such an old film, especially one made just a few years after the actual battle. The Duke does a pretty good job playing Stryker though there is a lot of the 40s style acting which takes away from some of the scenes. Of course it wouldn't be a war movie without an awful romance.
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"1940's style of acting" - You mean cheesy and exaggerated?
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
Every time I watch this I chuckle and how everyone in here from the politicians to the top General Brass down are either just a bunch of trigger happy warmongers or a bunch of inept morons and at all the dark comedy references.
The only person who had any sense is the British Royal Air Force Captain.
I don't think a movie like this one and also its cinematic companion piece, also from 1964, Fail-Safehttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058083/ can be made today with all the political correctness going around.
One of the best part of the movie in my opinion:
[the President calls the Soviet Premier]
Quote:
President Merkin Muffley: [to Kissoff]Hello?... Uh... Hello D- uh hello Dmitri? Listen uh uh I can't hear too well. Do you suppose you could turn the music down just a little?... Oh-ho, that's much better... yeah... huh... yes... Fine, I can hear you now, Dmitri... Clear and plain and coming through fine... I'm coming through fine, too, eh?... Good, then... well, then, as you say, we're both coming through fine... Good... Well, it's good that you're fine and... and I'm fine... I agree with you, it's great to be fine... a-ha-ha-ha-ha... Now then, Dmitri, you know how we've always talked about the possibility of something going wrong with the Bomb... The *Bomb*, Dmitri... The *hydrogen* bomb!... Well now, what happened is... ahm... one of our base commanders, he had a sort of... well, he went a little funny in the head... you know... just a little... funny. And, ah... he went and did a silly thing... Well, I'll tell you what he did. He ordered his planes... to attack your country... Ah... Well, let me finish, Dmitri... Let me finish, Dmitri... Well listen, how do you think I feel about it?... Can you *imagine* how I feel about it, Dmitri?... Why do you think I'm calling you? Just to say hello?... *Of course* I like to speak to you!... *Of course* I like to say hello!... Not now, but anytime, Dmitri. I'm just calling up to tell you something terrible has happened... It's a *friendly* call. Of course it's a friendly call... Listen, if it wasn't friendly... you probably wouldn't have even got it... They will *not* reach their targets for at least another hour... I am... I am positive, Dmitri... Listen, I've been all over this with your ambassador. It is not a trick... Well, I'll tell you. We'd like to give your air staff a complete run-down on the targets, the flight plans, and the defensive systems of the planes... Yes! I mean i-i-i-if we're unable to recall the planes, then... I'd say that, ah... well, ah... we're just gonna have to help you destroy them, Dmitri... I know they're our boys... All right, well listen now. Who should we call?... *Who* should we call, Dmitri? The... wha-whe, the People... you, sorry, you faded away there... The People's Central Air Defense Headquarters... Where is that, Dmitri?... In Omsk... Right... Yes... Oh, you'll call them first, will you?... Uh-huh... Listen, do you happen to have the phone number on you, Dmitri?... Whe-ah, what? I see, just ask for Omsk information... Ah-ah-eh-uhm-hm... I'm sorry, too, Dmitri... I'm very sorry... *All right*, you're sorrier than I am, but I am as sorry as well... I am as sorry as you are, Dmitri! Don't say that you're more sorry than I am, because I'm capable of being just as sorry as you are... So we're both sorry, all right?... All right.
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I'm a huge Kubrick fan so I love all of his films to varying degrees. I even like his lesser known films like "Lolita" and "The Killing".
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Just finished working through the last episodes of Black Sails. It and Game of Thrones are the only shows I've watched regularly in years.
my brother loves Black Sails, I don't subscribe to the pay channels so I don't watch it. My GF and I just started watching GoT. Season 1 and only a few episodes in.
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Heh, I'm also a newbie to Game of Thrones. I just watched episode 4 from season 2.
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
Cloud Atlas. I didn't know much about it before watching, so it came as a pleasant surprise to me. The make-up took a bit of getting used to, but overall it was very entertaining, and I enjoyed the interlinked story structure - it reminded me of Pulp Fiction.
