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Title: Battle of Britain
Post by: 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 (http://pauke.ee.ethz.ch:8732/oberstguncam/Movies/thx1138BOB.wmv)

Title: Battle of Britain
Post by: Flossy on May 03, 2004, 06:49:10 AM

Thanks for pointing it out, Furball....

to The Few....


Flossy

Title: Battle of Britain
Post by: GScholz on May 03, 2004, 09:27:29 AM

Beautiful. Can't wait for the whole thing. :)

Title: Battle of Britain
Post by: mechanic 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.)

Title: Battle of Britain
Post by: Fridaddy on May 03, 2004, 09:53:13 PM

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

Title: Battle of Britain
Post by: Delirium 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.

Title: Battle of Britain
Post by: YUCCA on May 04, 2004, 07:38:06 AM

Wont know till ya watch it :)

Title: Battle of Britain
Post by: Ecke-109- 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

Title: Battle of Britain
Post by: Bodhi 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!

Title: Battle of Britain
Post by: Hajo 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.

Title: Battle of Britain
Post by: pugg666 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.

Title: Battle of Britain
Post by: HavocTM 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

Title: Battle of Britain
Post by: SELECTOR on May 04, 2004, 11:24:16 AM

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

Title: Battle of Britain
Post by: SELECTOR 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..

Title: Battle of Britain
Post by: Furball 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".

Title: Battle of Britain
Post by: mars01 on May 04, 2004, 01:16:27 PM

How does it end?:D

Title: Battle of Britain
Post by: Steve on May 04, 2004, 01:32:42 PM

I'd like to see a good Bob movie(what an amazing time for humanity)... I'd rather it was from an RAF pilot's perspective though as  they carried the brunt of the burden.

Title: Battle of Britain
Post by: RedTop on May 04, 2004, 06:41:27 PM

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Originally posted by Furball
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".

Those guys in that clip that were interviewd were also on the history channel in another show on the Spit. Could be same interviews or at least looked the same. Possibly they used them for Furbys show as well...It was very interesting listening to them. The show mainly was about the spitfire and not aces. If I remember right.

What a beautiful plane. I'd give anything just about to ride in one of those before I die.

Title: Battle of Britain
Post by: DREDIOCK on May 04, 2004, 07:26:53 PM

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Originally posted by Ecke-109-
I dont know what 'cruising' Tom is good for. But definitely not for war movies.;)
 
Uh...Pearl Harbor was a war movie? Thats strange! Thought its a remake of 'Love Story'

Ecke

Ya got dat right.
Dunno what it is but something about him just irritates the hell outa me.

Title: Re: Battle of Britain
Post by: Wolfala on May 04, 2004, 11:10:54 PM

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

thx wolfala

here (http://pauke.ee.ethz.ch:8732/oberstguncam/Movies/thx1138BOB.wmv)

Yr welcome chief - and its an IL2 movie guys - nothing to do with the Tom Cruise flop to be.



Wolf