Author Topic: Cross of Iron (Read 289 times)

Ack-Ack · « **on:** August 14, 2005, 09:33:07 PM »

Watching Cross of Iron the other night and noticed that during the scene the Germans come under bomb and strafing attacks by Soviet fighters that the planes were F4Us complete with the US insignia. Never thought Peckinpah would let such a glaring error in one of his movies but guess not.

ack-ack

VOR · « **Reply #1 on:** August 14, 2005, 09:36:00 PM »

The book was great, the movie was horrible. The slow-motion cinematography drove me nuts.

Bluedog · « **Reply #2 on:** August 15, 2005, 03:59:01 AM »

Cool movie all the same though isnt it.

I guess Soviet fighters were hard to come by for western film makers back when it was made......doesnt explain why they didnt at least change the US markings but.

beet1e · « **Reply #3 on:** August 15, 2005, 04:27:43 AM »

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Originally posted by VOR
the movie was horrible. The slow-motion cinematography drove me nuts.

Agreed. I saw it at the cinema when it came out, but I walked out about half way through. It really was that bad.

As for the slow motion cinematography, wasn't that a Sam Peckinpah speciality in that era?

Nefarious · « **Reply #4 on:** August 15, 2005, 05:57:26 AM »

That movie was next on my DVD list...

lazs2 · « **Reply #5 on:** August 15, 2005, 08:34:02 AM »

really fun movie to watch.

lazs