Author Topic: Favorite Classic Obscure War Movie? (Read 1870 times)

DrDea · « **Reply #30 on:** September 21, 2003, 08:55:19 PM »

Shot through the heart and Castle Keep.

Twist · « **Reply #31 on:** September 22, 2003, 07:42:09 AM »

Robin Hood: Men in Tights

gofaster · « **Reply #32 on:** September 22, 2003, 07:56:23 AM »

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Originally posted by Holden McGroin
Thats him...Toshiro Mifune was also in Seven Samurai and Midway...

Toshiro Mifune is considered to be the ultimate Samurai actor. He's the equivalent of John Wayne. No, wait, he's more than John Wayne. He's John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, and Yul Brenner all rolled into one. That's how good he is/was/will forever be.

Gunthr · « **Reply #33 on:** September 22, 2003, 09:15:58 AM »

84 Charlie MoPic

GrimCO · « **Reply #34 on:** September 22, 2003, 09:20:12 AM »

Quote from the Swede in Heartbreak Ridge:

"I'll wait outside for the MP's sir..."

GREAT MOVIE

mtndog · « **Reply #35 on:** September 22, 2003, 09:50:10 AM »

The Bridge
The Train
Five Graves to Cairo

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Habu · « **Reply #36 on:** September 22, 2003, 06:40:26 PM »

You know Kelly's Heros was my favorite movie as a kid. It still holds up well. I like to see it now to look at all the vintage equipment they had in the movie.

There is a nice movie about a Marine who gets marooned on a Japanese occupied island in the pacific called "Heven Knows Mr. ?????" I forget the name of Marine. Good movie that is quite nail biteing at times first time you see it.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #37 on:** September 22, 2003, 07:00:03 PM »

Fav. obscure and fav. movie of all time:
Dr.Strangelove (Slim Pickens, greatest actor of all time, IMO, and one of the most generous hollywood stars to have ever lived besides Jerry Lewis)

Halo · « **Reply #38 on:** December 01, 2003, 06:23:27 PM »

Finally found that the answer to my original question might be not a film but a television series: Heimat #1, color and b&w, 924 minutes on nine VHS tapes, available from the German Language Video Center in Indianapolis, Indiana (1-317-547-1257).

This is the 16-hour story of a German family (the Simons) from the end of WWI to 1982. It was shown on PBS, sponsored by WGBH in Boston.

Apparently it was the ending of one of the shows that impressed me so much. Not so much, however, that I'm willing to shell out a buncha geld for all those VHS tapes (would consider less expensive DVDs if they ever become available).

This ring a bell with any of you? Ever recall seeing parts of it?

Other potentially interesting German WWII films are Mein Kreig, I Was 19, The Damned, and the three-part 08/15 (named for a gun that often malfunctioned). I haven't seen any of these but the descriptions sound interesting.

mrblack · « **Reply #39 on:** December 01, 2003, 06:26:14 PM »

Firebase gloria
Full metal jacket
the green berets
Saving ryans privates

AKS\/\/ulfe · « **Reply #40 on:** December 01, 2003, 06:31:53 PM »

Sahara
-SW

2stony · « **Reply #41 on:** December 01, 2003, 07:01:34 PM »

That movie with Robert Mitchum is called "Heaven Knows Mr. Allison".

The movie I like that I haven't seen in years is "No Man Is An Island" with Jeffrey Hunter. It's a true story about a sailor that hides in the jungles of Guam for three years until the U.S. takes back the island.

FUNKED1 · « **Reply #42 on:** December 01, 2003, 07:18:37 PM »

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Originally posted by gofaster
Toshiro Mifune is considered to be the ultimate Samurai actor. He's the equivalent of John Wayne. No, wait, he's more than John Wayne. He's John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, and Yul Brenner all rolled into one. That's how good he is/was/will forever be.

Eastwood's "Man with No Name" character in Leone's films (which Clint continued to play in just about every western he did) was based on Mifune's Sanjuro character in Yojimbo and Sanjuro.

FUNKED1 · « **Reply #43 on:** December 01, 2003, 07:19:33 PM »

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Originally posted by Holden McGroin
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 yeah, that's one of my favorites. Lee Marvin vs. Mifune. Two guys who actually fought in the war and had the scars to show for it. Real tough guys, not Hollywood pretty boys.

Dnil · « **Reply #44 on:** December 01, 2003, 07:40:32 PM »

kinda war movie'ish....the sand pebbles with steve mcqueen.