Author Topic: Battle of Britain (Read 1089 times)

Furball · « **on:** May 03, 2004, 06:39:15 AM »

wolfala posted this in the history section, is too good not to be posted here as well.

thx wolfala

here

Flossy · « **Reply #1 on:** May 03, 2004, 06:49:10 AM »

Thanks for pointing it out, Furball....

to The Few....

Flossy

GScholz · « **Reply #2 on:** May 03, 2004, 09:27:29 AM »

Beautiful. Can't wait for the whole thing.

mechanic · « **Reply #3 on:** May 03, 2004, 02:17:57 PM »

thats great!! is this a film that is coming out soon?
makes me wish i ws born 50 years earlier. to die like that would have been better than to live 100 years in this pig swill infested world of deceit and money chasing fools.....
(ok, calm down now boy, most pople dont like you refering to thier world in this way.)

Fridaddy · « **Reply #4 on:** May 03, 2004, 09:53:13 PM »

http://imdb.com/title/tt0388940/

Delirium · « **Reply #5 on:** May 04, 2004, 07:01:47 AM »

Its great to see another historical based film coming out but Tom Cruise is far too old for the role. Besides, couldn't they have found a native RAF flyer to base the movie on?

Unfortunately, I fear this movie will be another Pearl Harbor, insulting and completely Hollywood.

YUCCA · « **Reply #6 on:** May 04, 2004, 07:38:06 AM »

Wont know till ya watch it

Ecke-109- · « **Reply #7 on:** May 04, 2004, 08:46:43 AM »

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Its great to see another historical based film coming out but Tom Cruise is far too old for the role.

I dont know what 'cruising' Tom is good for. But definitely not for war movies.

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I fear this movie will be another Pearl Harbor

Uh...Pearl Harbor was a war movie? Thats strange! Thought its a remake of 'Love Story'

Ecke

Bodhi · « **Reply #8 on:** May 04, 2004, 09:00:07 AM »

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Originally posted by Delirium
Its great to see another historical based film coming out but Tom Cruise is far too old for the role. Besides, couldn't they have found a native RAF flyer to base the movie on?

Unfortunately, I fear this movie will be another Pearl Harbor, insulting and completely Hollywood.

ummm.... one problem with using a "native RAF flyer", Cruise is playing an American Volunteer for the RAF...

LAstly, they have are calling for a lot of hardware, and what they are asking for is very specific and very accurate to the times. Hopefully the context and accuracy is good!

Hajo · « **Reply #9 on:** May 04, 2004, 09:29:01 AM »

Battle of Britain....already made in 1968.

Starred Robert Shaw etc. Was a great movie. Lots of original

aircraft. I'm afraid this new more modern Battle of Britain will

be a let down.

pugg666 · « **Reply #10 on:** May 04, 2004, 09:53:54 AM »

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LAstly, they have are calling for a lot of hardware, and what they are asking for is very specific and very accurate to the times. Hopefully the context and accuracy is good!

Are there any Flying 109E's left? I sure hope they don't use those gawd awful looking merlin powered 109's.

HavocTM · « **Reply #11 on:** May 04, 2004, 10:01:04 AM »

I know there are some (UGH!) Spanish built 109s around flying, but it looks like there may only be one flying E model in a museum in Arizona:

http://www.bf109.com/flyable.html

SELECTOR · « **Reply #12 on:** May 04, 2004, 11:24:16 AM »

Battle of Britain....we won...

SELECTOR · « **Reply #13 on:** May 04, 2004, 11:25:27 AM »

there will be a spanish built 109 flying in UK later this month..after the re-built merlin has been tested..

Furball · « **Reply #14 on:** May 04, 2004, 12:50:23 PM »

as far as i am aware, that short clip is nothing to do with the tom cruise film. Its an advertisement for an IL2 film i think, with interviews and film clips from the documentary that was on british tv called "Spitfire Ace".