Favourite War films

[Mini Me]

Couple more come to mind, Von Ryan's Express, Bridge on the River Kwai, Father Goose, with Cary Grant, Wake Island, Battle Hymn and Gray Lady Down. TV series McHales Navy and MASH. Rick H.

[Tim Marlow]

Tim, just checked Theirs is the Glory' and you're right about the las scene. How could I forget such a powerful statement
Speaking of statements, Grave of the Fireflies was mentioned earlier. Oh god yes.
Couple of other Japanese films worth looking out for - From the Cockpit, (Ohka, Tony's, so what if it's anime?) Pacific Battleship Yamato (for which they built half the ship) and For Those We Loved, which is about the kamikaze

Glad you like fireflies, it should be better known!
There’s a recent Ghibli studio anime about the origin of the zero that’s good as well, but I can’t remember the name of it? It’s a bit like First of the few, but not about Mitchell and the Spitfire.....

[rtfoe]

Does anyone know the name of the film, 1970s, with Tom Bell as one of three paras out patrolling behind enemy lines?

Long Day Is Dying...just checked on IMDB.

Cheers,
Richard

[Tim Marlow]

Ooh, going through my BW British stack again;
Reach For The Sky - Kenneth Moore is too nice to be Bader
Angels One Five - or any war film with Jack Hawkins

But now I realise there's another film not been mentioned at all so far, and it's one of the best, and actually most realistic, war films ever made

Battleground

Yep, Moore is a better Bader than Bader. Never seen battleground. I’ll have to look out for it.

[Guest]

Couple more come to mind, Von Ryan's Express, Bridge on the River Kwai, Father Goose, with Cary Grant, Wake Island, Battle Hymn and Gray Lady Down. TV series McHales Navy and MASH. Rick H.

Father Goose great film Rick. Cary Grant (from Bristol UK) very funny.

[Tim Marlow]

Oh, I've been told to mention Star of Afica, about Hans Joachim Marseille

Not seen that one either, another to look out for....

[Tim Marlow]

Couldn't they have just repeated Winds of War?

I don’t think we deserved either! Should have just left it at Tora Tora Tora!

[AlanG]

The Dambusters remake has been on the cards for more than 10 years now, from Peter Jackson of Lord of the Rings fame. Perhaps he's been waiting for a replica lanc to be put in the air?

Peter Jackson has already made 13 x 1/1 scale replica Lancasters made for the film. There were pictures of them on the net some years ago when there was more hype around the making of the film.

And regarding the dog in the film. Peter Jackson has already said that they considered changing the name to Digger but as it isn't actually an integral part of the history of the raid, then it will probably be omitted.

[rtfoe]

Yep, Moore is a better Bader than Bader. Never seen battleground. I’ll have to look out for it.

Seen that once long time ago and remember it was colder looking than Band OB's series on Bastone.

Cheers,
Richard

[Tim Marlow]

And there's me mentioning Jack Hawkins earlier
Lawrence of Arabia!

...and bits of young winston.....

[Tim Marlow]

Father Goose great film Rick. Cary Grant (from Bristol UK) very funny.

Another Grant film, I was a male war bride!

[Tim Marlow]

And there's me mentioning Jack Hawkins earlier
Lawrence of Arabia!

Fantastic film on so many levels. Spielberg is on record as saying the shot of the mirage as Omar Shariff makes his entrance is the nearest thing to a miracle ever put on celluloid.

[GerryW]

Peter Jackson has already made 13 x 1/1 scale replica Lancasters made for the film. There were pictures of them on the net some years ago when there was more hype around the making of the film.

And regarding the dog in the film. Peter Jackson has already said that they considered changing the name to Digger but as it isn't actually an integral part of the history of the raid, then it will probably be omitted.

Fairly sure that the signal for the successful outcome of the operation was the dogs name, so to my idea, it's rather 'integral' to the film, and the pathos of the dog waiting for his master to come home in the final scene, how can you drop the dog?

[BattleshipBob]

Not a film but

Conspiracy, the infamous Wannsee conferance, chilling is not good enough!

Brillant acting by Mr Brannagh

[Tim Marlow]

Not sure “Heaven and earth” or “Apocalypse now” have been mentioned yet? Also, what about Howard Hughes’ Hells Angels?