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Offline Halo

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Favorite Classic Obscure War Movie?
« on: September 20, 2003, 06:57:18 PM »
What's your favorite classic obscure war movie?  Not the blockbusters but the more artsy and often overlooked?

I think mine is The Beast, about a Russian tank that gets separated from its unit in Afghanistan.

There was another whose title escapes me.  Might even have been black and white.  In WWII, a rather average German family sends its father and sons to war but they're not really into the politics, just figure it's a patriotic thing they need to do, and are mostly anxious for it all to end so they can get home.

It ends with most the family on a balcony at their home somewhere in Germany, looking down the street as the conquering Russians draw nearer.  The last statement is something like, "It might not be too bad."

Anyone know the title of that one?
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« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2003, 07:33:28 PM »
More artsy and overlooked?

Gotta be "Hell Squad" from the early 80s.
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« Reply #2 on: September 20, 2003, 08:52:59 PM »
Not sure if it would qualify as "artsy", but I watch "Heartbreak Ridge" several times a year.

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« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2003, 09:04:51 PM »
"A Midnight Clear"

About a unit in the Ardennes during Christmas 1944.  They have a snowball fight with the Germans across the line. Pretty good flick.

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« Reply #4 on: September 20, 2003, 09:41:23 PM »
Quotes from the above movies I know:

The Beast:

"RPG kaboom tanka"

Heartbreak Ridge:

"It don't mean nothing".

Don't know the others.

An obscure quote from the movie I like:

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« Reply #5 on: September 20, 2003, 10:24:06 PM »
"The Beast" and "A Midnight Clear" are both excellent flicks!
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« Reply #6 on: September 20, 2003, 10:27:34 PM »
The Odd Angry Shot

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« Reply #7 on: September 20, 2003, 11:03:29 PM »
The guns of Navorone

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« Reply #8 on: September 20, 2003, 11:06:03 PM »
Hmmm, for some reason I keep watching "Castle Keep"

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« Reply #9 on: September 20, 2003, 11:17:19 PM »
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« Reply #10 on: September 20, 2003, 11:28:00 PM »
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« Reply #11 on: September 20, 2003, 11:31:51 PM »
'The Beast' is awesome, it was good to watch before the recent stuff in Afghanistan in 2001.

The tank commander: "Out of commission, become a pillbox. Out of ammo, become a bunker. Out of time, become heroes. "
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« Reply #12 on: September 20, 2003, 11:37:16 PM »
I like "Hell in the Pacific"  at least I think that's it...  Lee Marvin is marooned on an island, alone except for a solo Japanese soldier...

And for those who have never seen a Gary Cooper movie, Sgt. York is a classic.
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« Reply #13 on: September 21, 2003, 12:12:18 AM »
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« Reply #14 on: September 21, 2003, 01:03:53 AM »
the ninth configuration.