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Offline BlueJ1

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« on: November 07, 2006, 06:25:15 PM »
Ive watched this movie a few times now on Showtime. I suggest anyone looking to kill a few hours on a rainy day to check this movie out. Dosnt make itself out to be a Hollywood movie. Shows a small microcosm of what happened in Rwanda. Only drawback in the movie I saw was Nick Nolte plays the role as a UN officer.
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Offline JB88

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« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2006, 06:27:09 PM »
holden macgroin as a UN officer?

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a beautiful film indeed.

blows my mind.
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« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2006, 06:28:19 PM »
Hes a Canadian Officer. Sorry Canada. :(
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« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2006, 06:34:34 PM »
He plays a Canadian?  I thought his character was Belgian.

Either way, good movie.  I thought it would be a lot more emotionally draining a la Schindler's List, but they did a good job of keeping it palatable.
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« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2006, 06:37:27 PM »
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« Reply #5 on: November 07, 2006, 06:39:50 PM »
One of the hardest parts was when the rebels drove past the UN soldiers and threw a bloodied UN helmet. All the UN soldiers could do was lower their weapons.
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« Reply #6 on: November 07, 2006, 06:46:11 PM »
Huh.  Dunno where I came up with Belgian, then. :)
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« Reply #7 on: November 07, 2006, 07:08:52 PM »
Don Cheedle's character fled to Belgium at the end.  Maybe that was it.
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« Reply #8 on: November 07, 2006, 07:47:01 PM »
He was portraying General Dallaire. Did you watch or read anything else on my recommendations list ?

This is better than Hotel Rwanda, but it cost $25.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/ghosts/
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« Reply #9 on: November 07, 2006, 08:06:11 PM »
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He was portraying General Dallaire. Did you watch or read anything else on my recommendations list ?

This is better than Hotel Rwanda, but it cost $25.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/ghosts/


You have a list...

Can I be #1?
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« Reply #10 on: November 07, 2006, 08:12:13 PM »
Did you write a book ?

Yes, I put 2006 list here, just do a search on topics started by Suave.
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« Reply #11 on: November 07, 2006, 08:32:13 PM »
No, no books.
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Offline Thrawn

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« Reply #12 on: November 07, 2006, 09:45:43 PM »
For further info on Dallaire and Rwanda I recommend his book "Shake Hands with the Devil", or the documentary on him ,and his trip back to Rwanda, of the same name.


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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0424435/
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